Please help me wow at this wedding

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I've had a really tough time recently and have a big wedding coming up that I'd like to go to feeling lovely.

I've bought the navy dress in the pic and whilst it looks nice on, I'm not sure it's THE dress. I am also oddly drawn to the stripy asos one but I don't like having my arms on show so would need some kind of cover up.

Can you lovely mumsnetters help me find something really awesome?

I am size 10, early thirties and open to suggestions. Generally sway towards a mid length and like I've said before, like to cover my arms. Legs are pretty good and I'm not averse to a jumpsuit. Budget up to £150 ish. Help me please :)

Love it, definitely navy shoes though.

What about this for a bolero / tight and actually not loads of material in the front so won't distract from your gorgeous dress

www.zalando.co.uk/esprit-collection-flow-cardigan-navy-es421i070-k11.html

Cloudy that's EXACTLY what I need thank you!

Ohhhh don't add a bolero, it's so aging and frumpy. Your arms are great.

It's all very well telling the OP not to wear anything over the dress, but what if it is a cold day? I would be utterly miserable if I couldn't get warm.

I didn't say not to wear anything. Just not a bolero.

You look great in that dress! Your arms are very nice, no need to cover them.

And if you do cover them... Please not with a stretchy bolero. They make people look frumpy imo. What about a short, well cut jacket?

The shoes are nice but very "matchy"...

Gosh, I'm actually somewhat jealous of that dress and those shoes... But I'm in the "3rd trimester"/swollen feet funk.

I tried all sorts of jackets/cardigans/pashminas etc with it yesterday and because of the high neck, anything loose or with too much material just looked wrong. I hope not to have to wear anything over it, but it's in a marquee and I'm generally a cold person so if I need to, I want to have the option of something to put over it in the evening. I have a black bolero and it looked the best shape with the dress out of the options I tried

I prefer the dress on you OP! Looks lovely, definitely wear that over the stripy one.

this jacket has surely got to be worth a try. Would offer more warmth than a thin little shrug and I think the cut would work really well if you get the sizing just right.

This also maybe worth a try, if you can find one in your size. Would depend on the shade of navy.

Or this looks quite neat and cute.

Textured Could be a disaster, but the shape is a bit biker-ish and might work in a size down?

Update with underskirt and strappy shoes! Not sure how obvious the underskirt is but I like it, makes it feel more dramatic if that makes sense!?

Jury is still out on evening cover up - I promise it looks bad with all the jackets I have tried, it's just too much material with the high neck. Pashmina looked terrible too!

You look bloody brilliant!! Thanks for coming back and updating us.

Seriously, you look ace!

You look great! The shoes work really well.

Bloody hell woman! You look amazing.
Have fun at the wedding.

You look lovely. The underskirt isn't too much (I don't like that huge 50s look) but it accentuates how slim your waist and limbs (yes arms too!) are. The shoes are lovely and delicate. Have a fab time

The strappy shoes are much better with it than the round toes up thread. It looks really lovely.

Thanks ladies, you've all been so kind and given fab advice.

I'm sat in the waiting room as having my op today and look what I've just spotted as I'm flicking through this months OK!