Grey dress as wedding guest

[TeaChocKitKat]

Ladies of mumsnet, can I wear this to a wedding and if so how do I accessorise it?

https://www.monsoon.co.uk/aurora-embellished-mini-dress-grey-20000770004.html

There will be a reason its reduced and only sold out in a size 22.

Anyone, no matter what size they are, should wear a static control slip under that dress. It will make the dress hang better on any body size.

To the non fashionable on this thread, look at what that unfashionable Miuccia Prada is selling! The OPs choice is just fine. @TeaChocKitKat Lots of party dresses are shorter. In fact brides wear short wedding dresses for the evening now. Take no notice of some of the dubious advice on here and don’t take a pashmina! This is not 2000. Just add minimal accessories and shoes as in this pix. Which the non fashion brigade will think is a £2000 nightie!

The dress has grown on me since you first posted the link. I think in person it is probably quite nice.

It does look a bit like a nightie and too skimpy for a wedding.

Why do posters keep saying the grey dress looks like a nightdress? The Prada slip dress looks like an underslip. Yes, obviously some people will wear it as a dress, but it also looks like an underslip. You could even wear it under the OP's dress.

The grey dress has beading and sequins - it clearly isn't a nightdress.

Style&Beauty is an oxymoron. This topic is where staid and curmudgeonly lives. Women are to be modest & inconspicuous in the background with a bolero. Inevitably florals and nothing of note are the recommendations. Literally, don’t know why posters ask S&B to comment on potential choices

This topic is where staid and curmudgeonly lives.

This thread certainly is - I’m amazed at some of the comments and even wonder if other posters are looking at a different dress to me!

@Tappingthetopfloor I think what’s worse is that posters have no fashion sense. Or remotely up to date ideas. Yes, of course the Prada dress is skimpy but skip dresses are. That’s what they are called. That doesn’t mean women don’t wear them. This is also just a party. The op isn’t going near a church! It’s like a load of elderly matrons have descended on this thread with utterly out of date attitudes to a party. Where, it’s highly likely, the bride will be in her second wedding dress that’s probably very skimpy!

I don't believe for one minute that the "ooh it looks like a nighty" posters wear nightwear that bears the slightest resemblance to this dress.

I hope the OP hasn't been talked out of wearing it. As a dress.

I don't believe for one minute that the "ooh it looks like a nighty" posters wear nightwear that bears the slightest resemblance to this dress.

😁So true.

Is it for a Sumner Wedding OP? If so I feel it looks a bit Christmassy. If not I'd go for it!

Christmassy! Doesn’t look like velvet or red with white fur! It’s a summer dress with beads designed for the evening party the op is going to, Thetz egg it’s on sale now and not at Christmas.

This is current season Prada. What would be wrong with a dress similar to this?

Since you like it and you're not going to the church/service wear it with whichever accessories you choose (I'd go with shocking pink or orange) It's definitely a party dress ! I'm sure you will look gorgeous

Wow the fat shamers cant help themselves can they! The OP is asking if the dress is suitable for a wedding, no mention of their size, and people still feel like they have to come along and post about how much they hate fat bodies. WHO ASKED.

OP I think the dress is fine for an evening do of a wedding.

Definitely not for a wedding even just the evening. It looks like a negligée.

No, if u have to ask then u know it’s an issue.

TwigletsAndRadishes I like you. This is spot on! In the real world we wear clothes that make us LOOK GOOD whatever our size and shape! This means we can’t all wear the same things. This is common sense. Different styles and cuts look vastly different on differing bodies.

Yes god forbid the giant women show off their awful knees and calves!! 🙄

It's hideous and what are they wearing on their head??

But that's being plus size generally because whatever you wear, someone will have an opinion about how awful you look and how you'll look awful in anything because you're fat and therefore lazy and worthless and inferior to them. So why ot put up with that in a dress that makes you feel pretty.

Hi OP, wouldn't wear it to church but yes fine for an evening do. I like grey and pink as a colour combo so maybe pink jacket/bag/shoes?

Wow! So many comments! I'm 5ft so it wouldnt be anything like as short on me as it is on the model. I was really hoping for suggestions on how to accessorise it than a debate on if it looks like a nighty or not 😂

I've ordered it to try on. Not entirely convinced about it but it doesn't look like any nightys I've ever owned so will see what it's like when it arrives.

I've ordered it to try on. Not entirely convinced about it but it doesn't look like any nightys I've ever owned so will see what it's like when it arrives.

Good! I’m pleased to hear it OP (love the dress!) and then post some pics of you wearing it. 😁 and then you can really break the internet!