# Looking for a mother-of-the-bride dress **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 5, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428 "2013-02-05T23:14:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428/21 "2013-02-07T15:52:16Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > I **love** [this site](http://holyclothing.com/index.php/dresses.html), I got my wedding dress from it.. It’s inexpensive, & I think is great for a “formal bohemian” look. IMO anyway. Ooh! Aaah! Looks like this hits the nail on the head! Now when’s my next paycheck?? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428/22 "2013-02-07T16:00:23Z")
Where is Lady Gaga when you need her? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428/23 "2013-02-07T18:45:17Z")
Might want to confirm whether this noon wedding is “noon as in daytime” or “noon as in morning coats and most formal possible wedding”. Because it could be either (traditionally a noon wedding is as hoity-toity as you can get, although of course one would not wear eveningwear.) ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428/24 "2013-02-07T20:14:22Z")
I wore a pantsuit and sneakers to my daughter’s wedding. To be fair, I need to mention that ALL members of the wedding party wore high top Converse sneakers, embroidered with their bridal party function. The bridesmaids had their sneakers tied to the back bumper of the newlyweds’ car after the reception. I bought a GORGEOUS shell and overblouse at [www.wintersilks.com](http://www.wintersilks.com) for my son’s wedding, and found a coordinating pair of dress slacks at Macy’s. The bride gave me permission to wear “whatever you want, as long as you are comfortable.” (I adore my daughter-in-law!) ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428/25 "2013-02-07T20:31:05Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Might want to confirm whether this noon wedding is “noon as in daytime” or “noon as in morning coats and most formal possible wedding”. Because it could be either (traditionally a noon wedding is as hoity-toity as you can get, although of course one would not wear eveningwear.) Ah, jeez, I hope it’s not the latter. I don’t even know what a morning coat is! (Sounds cool, though.) All I know is that my cousin is having 8 bridesmaids in her wedding party, so it’s a bigger deal than any wedding I’ve ever attended or been in. But she’s a pretty down-to-earth girl, and her fiance seems the same, so I doubt they’re going as formal as possible. I’ll ask my aunt to check, though, for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428/26 "2013-02-08T15:29:21Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > It’s no big, though, as long as we can find the shoe discussions. Remember what’s important. 🙂 True dat. > [@gallows fodder](#): > > All I know is that my cousin is having 8 bridesmaids in her wedding party, so it’s a bigger deal than any wedding I’ve ever attended or been in. But she’s a pretty down-to-earth girl, and her fiance seems the same, so I doubt they’re going as formal as possible. I’ll ask my aunt to check, though, for sure. Good plan. Another tip I forgot to mention is coordinating with the wedding color scheme (if possible, without clashing with the MOG’s color scheme). If the bridesmaids’ dresses are, say, peach\* and the MOB’s outfit has related colors that harmonize well with it, then she looks like part of the overall design theme, even if her style is less formal and sophisticated. - Cripes, can you tell I’m middle-aged or what? How long has it been since any bridesmaid wore a peach-colored gown? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428/27 "2013-02-08T16:27:16Z")
Saw plenty peach-colored dresses at the bridal stores during fittings and such - one that wasn’t peach but was baby pink looked absolutely horrid on every single bridesmaid getting them fitted. Urgh. [Morning dress](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_dress). ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428/28 "2013-02-08T17:19:51Z")
Her bridesmaids are wearing [cobalt blue](http://www.glamour.com/weddings/blogs/save-the-date/suzannerozdebawedding.jpg). Personally, I think cobalt blue is kind of hard to coordinate with (what really goes with it besides white – yellow? bright pink? Those are such difficult colors to wear), and the MOG dress of black lace over flesh-toned doesn’t go at all IMO, so I’m assuming coordination on a grand scale has been thrown to the wind. As a matter of fact, my aunt looks pretty good in peach – she’s got brown hair, hazel eyes, and warm coloring. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428/29 "2013-02-08T18:15:46Z")
Peach, especially a muted (or dusty) peach would go SMASHING with cobalt blue! It would let the blue stand out, yet be different enough to show the Mother of the Bride in her special role. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428/30 "2013-02-08T18:39:46Z")
Yes, I think that really would go nicely, actually. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428/31 "2013-02-21T16:12:04Z")
Curious - has she found something? ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428/32 "2013-02-21T18:26:08Z")
Not yet, but I sent her all the info and links in this thread and she said she’d use them. She was really perked up by me and all the people in this thread saying the MOG’s dress seemed inappropriate to them, because she had been worried that she would have to find something equally as formal. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428/33 "2013-03-08T21:20:27Z")
[This dress and open-weave shrug](http://www.serengeticatalog.com/itemdy00.aspx?ID=31,2524&T1=WB192+BL+S) look pretty nice, and comfortable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-mother-of-the-bride-dress/649428.md?page=1)