What to wear to a wedding?

[Aria999]

I'm looking for inspiration for something to wear to a summer wedding.

Dress code: formal; floor or mid length dresses or jumpsuits, not ivory, cream or white.

Me; short, broad (5 foot 4, size 12, post c section tummy that needs hiding a bit. 38" / 32" / 38". 132 lbs.). 46 and just starting to feel like my face looks old, so moving more towards light / mid colours.

Normally I wear trousers, t shirts and cashmere sweaters in camel / tan / white / gray / black. I like tank tops and halter necks and things that hug a little under the bust, as they make me look less broad. I generally look terrible in anything too floaty, patterns, strong colours, or cold colours.

I sometimes look ok in sleeveless jumpsuits but there aren't really any wedding suitable colors available that I don't look terrible in. (Also several posters on another thread were being scathing about sparkly jumpsuits and made me question my judgment!).

Please help, this is surprisingly hard!

Definitely black and gold dress. Focuses on your cleavage (hopefully you're OK with that around the people attending) and skims over your tummy which you were worried about and just gives you a lovely hourglass shape. You'll be able to wear a decent bra with the wide sleeves so you can dance. Black sandals so all the focus is on the dress, you don't need anything else fancy with such a bold pattern. Hair up will highlight your neck and shoulders and neckline of the dress. A gorgeous chunky bracelet and you're done!