Please help me make this dress less grumpy.....

[PersisFord]

This is it. It fits nicely, it's a lovely colour and it was a bargain. But now I come to think about actually wearing it for a wedding, I have no ideas what to wear with it that won't look tedious and frumpy. It is crying out for nude courts, a pashmina and a fascinator - is there any way of escaping this??

I'm a size 12, with shoulder length red hair. I am awful at wearing heels but I think I will have to. I need a jacket maybe? Also some jewellery? A bag?

Suggestions for any of these would be very very very welcome. Also any reassurance that I haven't made a horrible horrible mistake and I can look young and pretty in it.....

I tried on a similar one in reiss but it was £££. So I got this one. But I don't like it as much at all and I'm sad 😢😢😢

You could use the dress and style it 1950's era, pin curls up hair do, if it was me I'd have a petticoat underneath to make it pop and also wearing flats would match, baby doll pumps. X

Hair up like this, love the idea of a colour clash, I love coral colour lipstick when I dress in the style

It's a lovely dress OP. River Island have some nice orangey bags here and here.

I like turquoise with royal blue.

And I definitely agree with the shrug / cropped bolero option for a wedding. I wouldn't go matchy matchy, maybe a neutral bolero (navy?) and then bright shoes.

Oh also op, I think your red hair will go lovely with your new dress

Thank you candle! I hope so!

Thank you all for the lovely ideas. I am tempted by a turquoise shrug, coral lipstick, a gangsta-style rose gold chunky chain choker and some shoes of some other colour. Maybe coral as it is my favourite. Or rose gold if I can find them. Or maybe silver shoes and necklace.

Have I got carried away? It's quite a relaxed wedding but the bride is one of the most serenely beautiful girls I know and although I don't know many of her friends (I am grooms family) I would imagine they are equally classy.....

Hmmm. That all sounds a bit busy, to me. Sorry! I am a firm believer in less is more though.

Lovely dress OP.
Get a pashmina to match and navy shoes and a navy bag or silver shoes and bag.
Try Clarks.

remin I fear you are right!! I'm a bit punch drunk with excitement about not having made a horrible mistake!

I'll sleep on it I think. My mind is boggling with orange shoes at the moment!!

Thanks again everyone!

Gruach must be real muppet fur at that price

Ouchlego that's the colour scheme of the current Guide uniform.

Love those orange shoes, short jacket with a nipped in waist in orange and hair up.

Indigo blazer
Silver earrings
Red / coral clutch
Wedges/flats

It's a lovely dress btw!

Oh no really drspouse ?! Dib dib

That's the CUBS. Pay attention at the back girls!

That's the CUBS. Pay attention at the back girls!

Persis, love your username! I did a double take ;)

Cubs wear green!!

I'd wear silver with that dress.

Could I wear these shoes? I have a white petticoat and a cream fur shrug (leftover from my wedding) as well, would they do?

The dress is v pretty. I've tried it on again and it does fit perfectly.

daily I thought I was being v sneaky with my username!

I am v unconvinced by the cream shrug by the way.....it seems a bit pushy to wear something from one's own wedding to someone else's.....

Can someone please explain what is naff about a pashmina? I was planning on wearing one to a wedding next month but might have to rethink!

OP I love your username too! I used to think Lesley and Owen's story was so romantic when I was younger ( still do ).

Awwww fellow Anne of green gables super fans!! Apparently there is a new series coming to Netflix....

I tried on a pashmina. I looked like I had run a marathon and they had run out of space blankets - kind of huddled. I don't think I was wearing it right!!!

usedtobe They just look so 'weddingy' and conservative...like when would you ever see anyone wearing a shawl around their shoulders in real life? I think they make any dress look mumsy.

Navy sandals, navy nails, yellow clutch bag.