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Wedding outfit for reluctant teen

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Bohoboo · 22/07/2024 17:36

Would love some ideas for my 17 year old daughter to wear to a family wedding. She thinks she needs to wear a dress as the other teen girls will be (including her sister). The others are all wearing pale blue or green maxi fitted bodycon dresses. She has an hourglass figure and it is very difficult to find styles that suit her. Anything that fits her round the waist does not fit her bust or hips. It is this Saturday. She is very reluctant to look or go shopping and I am feeling stuck.
Any ideas would be gratefully received. Thank you

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OatFlatWhiteForMePlease · 05/08/2024 09:04

Lovely, glad she felt good 🥰

Boxina · 05/08/2024 09:12

Bohoboo · 05/08/2024 07:51

Hi sorry for not replying. She found a dress she really liked in quiz. Was such a relief. Thank you for all your advice. Dresses with any kind of preformed bust shaping are just a complete no no which ruled out so many. But this one worked well. She sized up so the dress could fit across the bust area. Because it is stretchy material it still fit well elsewhere. The biggest win was that she felt good in it and she could wear one of the bras she liked under it without any alterations. Pic to follow

@Bohoboo I'm too late to this thread but in future I suggest she buys a dress that fits her boobs and then gets a local seamstress to take it in elsewhere. Always buy for the largest part of the body and take the rest in. That way she will have more options.

BaronessBomburst · 05/08/2024 10:04

Love the dress and glad she found something! 😊

GoldFrame · 05/08/2024 10:14

That’s lovely @Bohoboo !

Quiz has some lovely stuff

newfriend05 · 05/08/2024 12:14

I bet she looked lovely.. perfect dress

Oceangreyscale · 05/08/2024 13:15

Great choice!

Chrispackhamspoodle · 05/08/2024 14:53

Op my DD is 15 size 30FF bust and a size 10/12.She looks great in body con and that's the style her and all her friends wear.Anything else she will feel like she is dressed like a 30 year old.If she has a tummy she is conscious of some shape wear?A bravissimo bra has given my daughter the ability to wear strapless too.Nice wrap for her shoulders and some chunky sandals.

bigTillyMint · 05/08/2024 15:30

Lovely dress that she has found.

My DD was the same shape at 17 (still is!) and looked amazing in stretchy bodycon dresses which really show off an hourglass figure.

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