What to wear to a wedding in August?

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My DH is best man, so I really need something in keeping with him. He's wearing a black suit, white shirt, gold tie & waist coat.
I've found a white linen skirt which comes to just below the knee, but don't know what to wear with it.
I'm open to suggestions or a completely new idea all together. budget will be about £50.

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where is wedding? Church or civil? posh or relaxed? time of day? what size/shape are you? what colours suit you? Have you shoes / bags / somethign suitable in the wardrobe already

Black and white always looks good -
strapless top on r with white skirt?
top right camisole?
Monsoon have some nice tops too:
one
two
three

actually Monsoon is heaving with good tops-to-go-with-white-skirts:

not black but still good
good for dodgy arms
#mark er#2
good for creating a waist
good for small norks

that weirdy one should have been

only for good arms

Coast is good for wedding clothes but expensive, tho' you could try e-bay.

Thanks, off to look at links.
It is a church wedding.
I'm a 12/14. No ideas about which colours suit me .
I have a pair of cream flip flop things, that look smart, a suede bag that looks ok against against the skirt in a dark creamy colour.

Quite like 2 & 3 although not sure of v neck as I'm usually covered in nail marks and bruises from feeding ds2

oh, well maybe the 'small norks' one?

bag and sandals sound fine, and £50 for a nice black-and-white top and maybe a fascinator gives you lots of scope.

Saw some nice things in the window of Hobbs this morning - may be worth a look as well. Also Debenhams often have hidden gems.

We have a debenhams and a reasonably new monsoon here, might have a trek in town and try some tops on

have fun - maybe take the skirt with you to assess the whole effect

lol at small norks! I've not been measured since '04!, been busy making babies and breast feeding. I was 34 D last time iirc

well in that case never mind spending £50 on a new top - get measured TODAY and get a new bra instead!
It'll make any top you buy look 60000 times better.

(Bravissimo is a good place to start if you think you're still a D or bigger, otherwise try John Lewis, Debenhams or an independent lingerie shop)

Don't really want to measure till DS2 stops feeding, aiming at a yr old, so another 2 months to go!

that why I've not measured sooner, no accurate consistent size yet.

[stern face]

but if you're prepared to spend £50 on an outfit for this wedding, spend £25 on a bra and £25 on a top. Honestly. Even if you only wear it for 2 months.

I know, you're right. Will get checked out at our local undies shop this week, they have a closing down sale too, so may have some bargains

what about this?

bit floral for my taste but if it suits you...

(and make that a nice new strapless bra...)

Still searching

this?

oh now that is quite cool
(strapless bra comment still stands)

why not wear the linen skirt though?

keeping options open
Will try to find pic of skirt

It's this one , only I paid £3.25!

i tried this on the other day, its really lovely on!

oh that's really pretty (the skirt I mean)

A very simple top wouldn't overwhelm the detail on the skirt