MOB Outfit

[princesspadam]

So I think I’ve found the one.
i wanted a floor length gown, it needs taking up
not normally my colour but liked it.

not loving the fascinator so will choose something else

happy to take thoughts/feedback as I am so bad at choosing

I agree! The OP's is far nicer.

A friend wore a full length dress to her DD’s wedding 25 years ago with the first fascinator I’d ever seen. It was just a few delicate small burgundy feathers bobbing on a headband. She looked fabulous. Agree they’ve had their day though.

You look gorgeous in that dress. All I would say is off the shoulder is not appropriate for church but I presume that isn’t an issue, and if it is an appropriate shoulder cover up in the form of a shrug or pashmina or whatever is ‘in’ now can be found.

Lovely dress and you look great in it - but I still can't get my head round evening dresses for a day time wedding. Just as, I imagine, your American guests who are used to evening gowns for a wedding think day dresses equal underdressing - it's just what you're used to. Agree with losing the fascinator - they are more for day dresses than evening dresses - it's an incongruous look.

I also think it’s fine for formal black tie,but you lost me at the patronising she is a very lucky girl. She’s a grown woman making a choice.

OP lost me when it became apparent this day is about her and not the bride. Hijacking a wedding is never acceptable. Upstaging or competing with the bride isn’t either. Showing off and bragging is “common” not classy.

A little harsh but I understand what you’re saying, the she’s a very lucky girl was really patronising and a distasteful statement to make. It did smack of this wedding is about me and my daughter is along for the ride.

Some of the posters on this thread 🤦🏻‍♀️
Enjoy the wedding OP!

Megan's wedding wasn't so much Royal as the international social event of the year. I find it quite a useful barometer for the "is this suitable for a wedding question"?

Usually when item is being discussed on MN as being "totally unsuitable" a similar item can usually be found amongst her guests. Given that many of her guests had connections with the fashion industry or are otherwise in the public view I think if I needed a steer I'd rather look at her guest list than take advice from posters who think the Victoria Beckham dress, for example, is office wear.

That was the only suitable dress posted (though looked better for cocktails or an evening event, not a wedding) amongst a sea of ones that would look silly in the context of the event as described by the OP.

And I didn’t offer any advice, hon — I said the OP looks fantastic in her dress, which she does. Something tells me your pearl clutching is down to your own upset that you couldn’t pull her look off, and anger that no one likes your rather frumpy taste!!

Enjoy your royal watching, though. I bet you subscribe to Tatler. 🤣

What a weird post.

Really nice, OP, and fits the dress code.

"pearl clutching" adds nothing to an argument. Nor does "frumpy" - pity you didn't add "Mumsy" and go for the hat trick of trite, hackneyed MN sayings.

I didn't say anything about OP's dress anyway so not sure what point you're making. The dresses which are ludicrously being suggested by some as being "office wear" weren't my suggestion but tbh there are a couple, including the VB, one which I much prefer to the OP's.

But the many dresses posted at the start of the thread by a disapproving poster (sorry if that wasn’t you) WERE frumpy! They looked better for a grandmother of the bride (apart from the Beckham piece) or, as I so ludicrously put it, smart office wear.

Since the OP has said the wedding is black tie and her daughter wants her to wear a full length dress, there’s no argument for those dresses and against the dress she’s posted apart from “I don’t like it”, which is fair. But the bonkers comments about little girls in fancy dress, what the royals would wear, whether the entire concept is acceptable in polite British society… it’s almost too bizarre to bear! 😂

I really don’t know in what universe a one shoulder dress would be deemed suitable for a grandmother. And it’s not the insult you seem to think it is as there are some very stylish older women. Can you imagine the reaction if someone walked into the office wearing that? Jaws would drop with incredulity.

https://www.net-a-porter.com/en-gb/shop/product/johanna-ortiz/clothing/maxi-dresses/elegant-freedom-one-shoulder-printed-silk-georgette-maxi-dress/46376663163037248

I honestly have no idea what “frumpy” means any more. It seems to signify “I don’t like it”.

That’s really quite a stretch. The two of you come across like those two grumpy old men on the Muppet Show - Statler & Waldorf, wasn’t it?

Completely agree. If OP wants one shoulder and elegant this dress is really classy and “now” and polka dots may come and go but they do stand the test of time and never date.

I’m afraid I’ll have to correct you there. Polkadots are THE micro trend of this summer, which unfortunately means they will date very quickly. Probably by Sept, given how ubiquitous they are in the shops right now!

Just because something is ubiquitous at a particular moment in time doesn’t mean it will date. Polka dots and stripes are perennial.

love it!!! And it works with the theme too xx

The dress is amazing and suits you perfectly. Statement hat is the way to go to finish the look.

What does ‘appropriately’ mean to you in this context - following the direction of the host or doing your own thing?

Black tie dress, that’s not completely out of place for a day time event, or my age or shape, and that is also English wedding appropriate. Classy, confident and not trying to be the centre of attention because it doesn’t need to, it’s not “trying” or “shouting”. Just fabulous and “now”

Of course patterns reoccur over time! But statement polkadots - especially on a chocolate brown background - are a massive trend, and will not last past this summer. It’s the most “now” dress on the entire thread.

Funny, I think they’re a classic and have been for as long as I can remember. I think I bought my first spotted garment when I was 17 - literally more than half a century ago - and there’s been at least one in my wardrobe ever since.