Alternative wedding guest dress needed for end June!

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By alternative I mean my style is usually slightly gothy and/or grungy! So nothing floral or traditionally weddingy. If budget allowed Westwood would be great. I quite like Ganni. Wear a lot of black and grey and animal prints.

Happy to spend up to around £200.

Size 12. Big boobs (32GG) but tend not to show them off.

Hate my upper arms (lose skin after losing 65kg) so MUST have sleeves at least elbow length. Ideally maxi length as legs not great either.

Thanks in advance!

Next have some great sale dresses at the moment… these two possibly fit the bill (although not black and very different to each other!).

https://www.next.co.uk/seasons/style/su698311/w24563

https://www.next.co.uk/seasons/style/su482136/aj8078

Thanks but both feel quite wintery - really like the red one though apart from not being able to wear a bra!

What about this? Would the sleeves be long enough?

This is gorgeous -

Any of these any good?
https://www.disturbia.co.uk/products/vanessa-butterfly-print-organza-puff-sleeve-midaxi-dress

https://tallulahandhope.com/collections/aw-sale-2025/products/dorothy-wrap-dress-royal-satin-crepe-jet-black-embroidered

https://tallulahandhope.com/collections/aw-sale-2025/products/hannah-wrap-dress-royal-satin-crepe-jet-embroidered

Would you consider renting?

A thread recently had a link to Westwood rental dresses for a wedding

This was the link, that dress doesn’t work but there might be something else?

https://byrotation.com/products/vivienne-westwood-black-dresses-cm331psc300022p3nsio1t3fz

I always think of allsaints for requests like this. Sorry, one pic is over budget.

I know you said not floral but I think this could work for someone more alternative in taste. I have a friend who would rock this dress and that's her style.

Long sleeves and maxi?

https://www.nobodyschild.com/products/phoenix-midaxi-dress-2614008001

This is nice too

https://www.marksandspencer.com/animal-print-bardot-midaxi-dress/p/clp23049206?intid=mobile_app_pdp_share

I went down a slight rabbit hole and I’m not sure it was all good 😂. A bit… gothic cosplay. I thought All Saints but they seem to be strappy.

Sorry I’m being a bit lazy not posting links but I liked these. The red one can be made in any colour you like. Etsy is full of places that will make to order but of course you need to do proper research on that. For my wedding I actually wore a Vivienne Westwood / Alexander McQueen inspired nipped in black silk jacket over a pearl grey dress and then had a small black headpiece with black feathers overlayed and a black short veil - really hard to describe ). It looked slightly vintage inspired on me but the styling could have made it gothic / alternative if I’d wanted so don’t rule out a simple dress styled

This is nice, could probably get away with black if you prefer.
www.nobodyschild.com/products/navy-polka-dot-jacquard-angela-midi-dress-d253949blu

or this

www.neverfullydressed.com/products/burgundy-tilly-dress