Fellow brides, this is very similar to the dress my mom is wearing to my wedding. Her lace overlay is whiter and brighter, but you get the idea.
She loves it, and is super excited about it, which makes me happy since she was dreading trying on dresses (she has a colostomy bag and she doesn't love her figure, although I'd kill for her legs). But, that lace overlay is killing me.
I cannot stress enough how much she loves this dress, and I can't tell if I'm overreacting or if there's cause for concern here. I'm not only worried about pictures, but a LOT of the people who are coming are opinionated loudmouths who (unlike me) won't think twice about telling her their exact opinion of wearing white/ivory/champagne to a wedding, in excruciating and embarrassing detail. Above all, I don't want her to have any negative feelings at all on my wedding day. I'm worried if I DO say something, she'll be (at least) embarrassed and/or (at worst) offended. It's worth mentioning that I've kinda-sorta painted myself into a corner, as she showed me the dress while I was distracted with something else and I gave a hearty "I love it!" before going back to what I was doing. My concerns started later...
My wedding is an outdoor, beachy/tropical (though not at a beach) ceremony with an indoor reception, and this dress gives her that breezy, dressing-up-for-a-fancy-dinner-while-on-vacation-in-Jamaica vibe that I'm going for. (In fact, HER dress has that vibe more than mine, which is a more traditional, lacy affair that I only tried on to shut the salesgirl up, and ended up falling in love with, tropical theme or no tropical theme. Here's mine (ivory), although that's not me in the photo...
http://www.bonny.com/collections/unforgettable/1413#.VbtCIvlVhBc) In case the photo I attached of her dress is too small, here's a link to it as well, although her lace is much whiter:
http://www.polyvore.com/its_tan_brown_mood/set?id=165938507
I hate to say something and have her pick out something she isn't quite so comfortable in. But I also don't want to avoid photos with her all night...
So, fellow brides, do you think I'm just overreacting and the dress is in fact totally fine? Or should I suck it up and be honest with her about maybe finding something else? If I should say something, any tips on how to bring it up???
Thanks!