Comments on: Dressing the MOB

By: Mother of the Bride Fashion | Rock My Wedding

Mother of the Bride Fashion | Rock My Wedding — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:01:18 +0000

[...] so it seemed only right to include her like this. My maids wore Raspberry pink and Mum wore a cream Jaeger dress with purple and lime green pattern, plus purple accessories which blended [...]

By: :: ROCK MY WEDDING :: UK WEDDING BLOG ::

:: ROCK MY WEDDING :: UK WEDDING BLOG :: — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:01:44 +0000

[...] but no sooner had her make-up been done and she was asking Josh to quickly go over her hair too! Mothers of the Bride eh?! I was just glad she was happy and confident as she had really worried about her outfit for [...]

By: Emma

Emma — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:02:32 +0000

Thanks girls!
you are so brill
x

By: Louise

Louise — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:37:08 +0000

I’m so pleased that you’ve done a MOB post! I’m getting married in Italy on the 3rd of August in a small wedding (16 guests) and my mum is struggling to find her perfect outfit. She wants something that is classic yet fashionable, a dress that she won’t melt in in the Italian sun and must wear a bra as she has had breast cancer and understandably has lost some confidence. Which is awful as she looks amazing for 50 (I hope I look half as good when i’m her age!) Have you got any ideas?

Thanks

Louise.x

By: Anna K

Anna K — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:36:29 +0000

Ah…Ma F was hilarious. I was on my lunch break one day when I got this call…”Oh my days Anna I’ve just walked out of Jaeger! With a store card!” “Good on you Mum!” She’d gotten herself a Jaeger foxglove purple dress and matching jacket, and teamed it with black Betty Jackson clutch and courts and some chunky pearls. Nothing bloody whatsoever to do with the colour scheme and it did not matter a jot because she looked amazing. She’s always been self-conscious and NEVER treats herself and I was so proud of her!

By: Jenny aka Gwen

Jenny aka Gwen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:18:37 +0000

Aaah Bec, your Mum looks stunning x

By: rebecca@rockmywedding

rebecca@rockmywedding — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:08:39 +0000

Glad this has gone down so well ladies!

Do not fear – I have so much more to come on this… and will definitely have a look out for some grey/pinks Emma

watch this space…

xoxo

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:50:31 +0000

I’d totally recommend using the personal shopper service at somewhere like john lewis. They have jaeger etc. My aunt is larger and they sit you in a room, find out what you want and then get it from the shop floor whilst you read magazines and drink tea.
The changing rooms are huge huge huge and there are sofas just outside in another room.
The service is free too.
It’s brilliant for people, maybe aunts as I know most mob will be looking for something extra extra special but would recommend as a good place to start!

By: AJS

AJS — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:48:59 +0000

Contra – another great post thank you. Agree your mum looked super-glam fabulous.

I got engaged on 2nd Feb last year and by the end of that same month my mum had bought her outfit – even though we hadn’t by then even thought about when / where / what season we’d get married, only that we would!!!

She always said that if I ever found someone who’d marry me (!) she’d treat herself to an Armani suit and that’s exactly what she did. A beautiful couture navy skirt suit. Not cheap but by no means as expensive as I’d imagined.

But now comes the task of finding a top to go underneath the jacket, and the headwear/shoes/bag. I’m not having a colour scheme for the wedding so really anything goes….I’ll be very interested to see the next MOB post on next week.

xxx

By: Charlotte@rockmywedding

Charlotte@rockmywedding — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:47:01 +0000

I have to say my Mum got majorly stressed over her outfit – she felt she needed to “stand out” as MOB and not blend in with the other guests. I just told her to wear something she really liked and felt comfortable in.

In the end ( after trying everything from an Armani trouser suit to a £25 dress in the Coast sale) ….she ended up with an ensemble from Episode. Chic double breasted ivory jacket over a bronze/gold dress with a pretty beaded shrug underneath for the evening – she stressed right up until the day that it wasn’t “special” enough though – no idea why, I thought she looked great – elegant and timeless.

Emma – Mr O’Shea’s Mum wore grey and pink to our W-day, a beautiful grey hat too, I’ll find out where it was from and comment on this post Pet.

Charlotte xxx