Please help me find an outfit for the winter wedding i'm attending <whiney begging>

[TheRealMrsOsborne]

I'm going to my BIL's wedding on new years eve and i'm really stuck for an outfit to wear as it's all christmas stuff in the shops.

It's being held at a castle and will be indoor mostly i hope. I'm a size 18/20 with really huge norks, 5ft 6 with very pale skin (Almost blue) and dark hair.

I suit really bold colours like plum, raspberry, emerald green etc. I'm hourglass shaped and don't really want to be showing off my arms.

The wedding colour is berry red and my DH & DS's are part of the wedding party so ideally i need to compliment them with my colours. I'm not adverse to wearing black but i just can't find anything i like the look of. Would rather not spend more than £100 is possible it being so close to Christmas.

If any of you have any ideas i would be so grateful , and if i haven't told you enough info, if that's possible ....feel free to ask.

What do you think of this?www.marksandspencer.com/gp/product/B001GB7OS8/sr=1-34/qid=1228346106/ref=sr_1_34/277-1674895-5466142 ?ie=UTF8&node=&m=A2BO0OYVBKIQJM&keywords=&mnSBrand=core&size=60&rh=n%3A43091030%2Cn%3A121616031&page =1

that's not bad mrs o.... but you'd really need to see it in rl... could be really lovely / nasty close up! and you might need something on top i think....

find something in a dark-ish shade of green, I would.

I went to a January wedding and wore a dark chestnut brown velvet jacket and floor-length skirt, with bronze not-sequins-but-long-shiny-bits on - very nice. Got it from Debenhams, Jacques Vert concession.

my pc wont copy link....but there is v nice dress on monsoon... "berry twist front dress" in day dresses.... lovely colour and good shape

try this

or this one, but I don't think you'd get it in time and it's a wee bit expensive !

oh and it has sleeves...

sorry te but those are HIDEOUS (imo)

each to their own

Thankyou, i'm really impressed to have got replies at this time of night .

I don't think those dresses are hideous (That's a bit too strong)the second one is quite nice but i do think it might make me look a bit goth given my colouring.

or a holly sprig?
but each to their own indeed....

www.bravissimo.com/products/clothing/dresses-and-skirts

dunno, MrsO - I have a friend who has similar colouring to how you described yourself and she has a dress v. similar to that second one but in dark cherry red (too close to your wedding party colours, I would think) and she doesn't look gothy in it. The first one defo would make you look gothy - but it was a bit tongue in cheek as a suggestion!

Can you not find something nice in Monsoon? Although, again, can be viciously expensive... not knowing what your budget is.

ahh, thick as - just re-read your OP

what about this? totally different type of thing to my previous offerings

you'd probably need this with it though

just looked at the monsoon website and they are having a promo until 7th December - you can get 30% off by mentioning the code listed on the site.

Anyone else got any ideas??? Am seriously worried now, went to M&S no wrap dress in sight and after trying a dress on in their 360 degree mirrored changing rooms i have discovered i have back boobs

I reallu like this dress (have seen it IRL)
www.evans.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=20554&s toreId=12553&categoryId=69555&parentcategoryrn=&productId=697136&langId=-1

Just wondering what planet thumbelf is on? . The one from Smurfgirl is nice.

happy on my planet, ta lots..

That one looks like a good one - thankyou , and thanks elf for trying to help me

Bloody bravissimo have either sold out in my size or stop at a 16, maybe i could post in the weightloss section and work out how to lose 5 stones in 3 weeks

This velvet coat is lovelyand you could wear a simple dress underneath, a lovely facinator in your hair..