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Ideas for a flattering London summer wedding dress after a split

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PithyBeaker · 20/04/2026 13:02

I would LOVE some ideas for gorgeous dresses that might work for a London summer wedding. Context is that I just split from partner I was expecting to go to the wedding with so I’d like to look smashing and like I DNGAF. I’m not much of one for dressing up and have nothing to wear. The couple are old friends from uni and there will be many old faces there. I’m almost 5,10 (so most dresses in shops are too short) and a size 10. Don’t want to wear heels. Thanks in advance!!!

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Allseeingallknowing · Yesterday 19:43

Tuhafeni · Yesterday 16:01

At the risk of sounding like Chat GPT, that update changes things.

I think slightly more conservative if it’s a church wedding, and more so if it’s catholic/orthodox, but even at an Anglican church wedding, I would tend to have covered shoulders (is this is just me being old-fashioned?) And churches can be cool, even on hot days. But I think you can still lean into a bit of glamour. I like this and would wear it to a church wedding, perhaps with a cover-up for the ceremony. Then as it is for the reception (my only frame of reference for Inns of Court is Oxbridge College weddings which in my experience are pretty much anything goes after the chapel ceremony.)

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Very Victorian Beckham !

gentlysnoringpooch · Yesterday 19:43

PithyBeaker · Yesterday 16:07

🤣 def not trying to suggest I DNGAF about the bride, that vibe wouldn’t fly. I meant more just I want to look really good and not like I wish I had a date.

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That's what I assumed too. As the wedding is going to take place in two very formal settings, then I can see it's not suitable. All the London weddings I've been to have been multicultural and full of bright colours, where the bride definitely wouldn't be offended by the dress I suggested, so I was basing my suggestion on that experience.

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PithyBeaker · Yesterday 20:22

MandyMotherOfBrian · Yesterday 18:52

Ooh love this 😍

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Eucatastrophilia · Yesterday 20:36

Ahem …

Why would you assume an Inns of Court wedding couldn’t be ‘multicultural’, @gentlysnoringpooch?

gentlysnoringpooch · Yesterday 20:43

Eucatastrophilia · Yesterday 20:36

Ahem …

Why would you assume an Inns of Court wedding couldn’t be ‘multicultural’, @gentlysnoringpooch?

I didn't make that assumption, just that it would be more formal, so the dress I suggested wouldn't be suitable. I was explaining my choice to Backawayfromthesausage who said 'Would you really front up at someone’s wedding wearing that?'

Backawayfromthesausage · Yesterday 20:54

PithyBeaker · Yesterday 16:07

🤣 def not trying to suggest I DNGAF about the bride, that vibe wouldn’t fly. I meant more just I want to look really good and not like I wish I had a date.

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You’d look like you were desperately trying to pull in the green dress. 😂

cantgardenintherain · Yesterday 21:39

I like the me and em green dress.

Jellycatspyjamas · Yesterday 22:30

EleanorMc67 · 20/04/2026 18:04

Comes in several other colours! It's a fabulous dress. I like that it says in the product details "May cause compliments"!!!

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The copper colour is stunning, and a nice move away from brown or black.

EleanorMc67 · Yesterday 23:56

Chocolateteabag · Yesterday 23:21

I am considering this Me+Em dress for my summer 50th - it looks pretty striking (in my head at least!)

It is striking - I have a fondness for a bit of ruching, always have! I like the shoes too.

somburd · Yesterday 23:58

PithyBeaker · Yesterday 20:22

Ooh love this 😍

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Peacocks are unlucky .

EleanorMc67 · Today 00:14

PithyBeaker · Yesterday 20:22

Ooh love this 😍

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I've stopped myself from posting that very dress - as I've done so before, so many times, that I'm boring myself! But I'm not bored of the dress, I still think it's a beauty!!

You might also like this one, @PithyBeaker , which is new in at Liberty - it would also be good with your colouring?

As to whether it counts as a DGAF dress - that's for you to decide! To me, it would mean that I feel bloody great in it - whatever it might be. So if it's this, or the Farm Rio dress, or something else - then you're 90% there!

Oh, & I'd probably trust your fashionable Paris-dwelling sister on what looks nonchalantly fabulous on you, more than anyone on MN (including me)!!!

https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/carline-rose-midnight-maxi-dress%C2%A0-000872660.html

Ideas for a flattering London summer wedding dress after a split
EleanorMc67 · Today 00:25

somburd · Yesterday 23:58

Peacocks are unlucky .

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No they're not. Some people think peacock feathers are bad luck. But it's a superstition. Lots of cultures actually believe they bring prosperity & happiness, & even have healing properties.

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