another wedding outfit thread - this time a small slightly casual wedding.

[hatwoman]

about 40 guests, church followed by outside barbecue type affair, at a nice hotel, overlooking a beach. I'm 5 foot and a tinsy bit. size 8-10. reddish hair. any ideas?

what have you in the wardrobe already?

sounds like a nice-skirt-and-cardie job

nothing exciting in the wardrobe. I'm due a new outfit

[searches memory banks]

are you a green-wearing redhead or a pink-wearing one?

Kew have some great semi-casual green dresses - saw a fab one in a magazine ad the other day but can't pin it down online.

aha twas this whole outfit in fact

how intersting that you divide red-heads into green and pink wearing! I wear tons of red and pink, and people often complement me saying "that shouldn;t suit you but it really does". I'm trying green too because I know it "should" suit me. and I think it does. also wear a lot of brown and neutrals

I do like that, I like the colour and I particularly like the cardi, but waists and flairy skirts really don;t work on me.

oooh like that dress!

this is more me. what do you think? here . also looking at at makes me ralise how much I do love red. I get an instant "oooo" feeling when I look at it. whereas green is more "aah"

maybe with this ? bit difficult to tell if they go togther. or what I'd wear underneath.

obvioulsy not in the blue. in the red - if they're matching

im the opposite, wear a lot of red but get a tingle when i see green. tried on a fab green dress in coast here and it was stunning!

or maybe this one although I'm in danger of being true to my jigsaw tried nad tested formula (albeit kew does jigsaw in this case!)

lissie - that is stunning. did you get it? I did get that wow thing then - maybe it's solid, vibrant colour that does it. certinly give it impact

I'm off to kew. I likethis one , this one and this one

love the 1st and the 3rd ones!

didnt get it, too big on my hips and the 8 was too small on my chest. was GUTTED thought my search was over! even looked fab with my hair!

my work here is done!

love the red skirt too

this is lovely and may suit..

and this

I like the jasmina dress, but, to be honest it's very similar to a Coast skirt and top I bought last summer for a much posher wedding. I am kind of using the excuse that this is a more informal wedding to get myself a new outfit that I might actually wear at other times

oh my! look at this!

oh good lord

please find me an excuse not to buy it (apart from the fact that I won't fit into it for at least a year)

but thats why you should buy it! isnt it beautiful?

its too big for me (need an 8 in monsoon) am devestated, t'would be perfect for my weddings

I've just got back from trying on virtually everything in kew - none of it suited me . I ended up in Whistles buying an outfit that I think is lovely. It's very difficult to describe -and I don;t think Whistle's has a website does it? anyway it's very dark pink silk. a shirt (well, let's face it, it's a blouse) and skirt. the seams are stiched in pale blue. both the shirt and the skirt have what could only be described as tabs on them - gives a a sort of frill effect - sounds wierd ay? looks nice though. very flattering