The kind of dresses that might be considered suitable for a mother of the bride outfit are likely to vary depending on the tone of the wedding involved. With that in mind, we’ve put together a quick mother of the bride dress style guide to help you find the most appropriate outfit for your daughter’s wedding. As with any outfit choice – it shouldn’t matter how much you spend or where you get your outfit from. If you find a dress that makes you feel sensational, it makes no difference whether it comes from Helmut Newton or House of Fraser (where you can find a fine selection of dresses just now).
The Traditional Wedding: It’s likely to be a big do, with an equally sizeable, full skirted bridal gown making its way down the aisle. The key to putting together a traditionally inclined mother of the bride outfit without making it look old fashioned is to go for a classic style of dress and then ramp up the bridal vibe with a fabulous hat. Dresses with pleated skirts are widely available this year and channel an appropriately retro vibe whilst also playing a key role in more current fashion trends.
A mother to be proud of: Dressed in the Anoushka G Fia satin dress and jacket available at House of Fraser
The Laid Back Wedding: More informal weddings, though increasingly popular, are often the hardest to style. Your outfit still needs to incorporate a certain sense of occasion but without being overly formal. Hats are unnecessary, as is over the top jewellery, but a celebratory tone is still required. With this in mind, why not go for a dress fashioned from a brightly coloured print pattern? Bright colours always bring a sense of joy to an outfit and a bold print will err more on the side of fun than formal. And it gives you the perfect excuse to wear something you may never usually consider.
The Monochrome Wedding: It’s becoming increasingly fashionable to host a colour coded wedding, with a monochrome theme proving the most popular variety. This is often a tricky one to play as few mothers of brides will want to wear black to their daughter’s wedding yet an all-white number is likely to be unflattering on older skin. Choose, instead, an off white dress and dress it up Chanel style with black hat, gloves, shoes and thin waist belt.
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