Mother of the bride attire

ganahl123

What color is appropriate for the mother of the bride's outfit to be? I am having an indoor ceremony in a church and my mother has an ivory/off white dress she wants to wear, but doesn't want it to be too close to the bride's "white dress". I told her it is probably ok, but do you think it will match too much with me?

artbyallie

Unless it actually looks like it could be a wedding dress, it should be fine. Although I would point out that people will not look kindly on a mother in any shade of white dress at a wedding. Even if she doesn't mean it that way, it is still viewed as inappropriate.

Summer2011Bride

Typically the one color to stay away from at a wedding if you're not the bride is white/ivory. Any other color she wants to wear would be perfectly fine,and since it sounds like she asked your opinion, I would probably point her in another color direction.

divinemsbee

My mom is wearing a dress that has an ivory penny lace overlay. She fell in love with this dress and the only two colors the lace comes in are ivory and black. She wants the under-part of the dress to be deep red, and since she asked my opinion I really don't like black and red together (really one of my least favorite color combos) but I told her whatever she wants. She will probably be wearing a red dress with ivory overlay. My dress is ivory point d'Esprit. Yeah, it bothers me a little, but, she loves this dress. 

I guess I'm saying that if she really loves it I don't see a problem, but if she's asking and not sure you could steer her away from it if it's going to bother you. 

kikirst33

IMO it really should be up to the bride to decide if an ivory dress would bother her.  For me I really wouldn't care if my Mom wore ivory but there are many brides who have very specific opinions on what color should be worn.

My SIL didn't want her momther, MIL or step-MIL to wear black dresses at her wedding.  *shrugs*

Summer2011Bride

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_attire-accessories_mother-of-the-bride-attire-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:15Discussion:50492cf0-6f1e-44f7-a472-f347c5f90316Post:43c3fc92-315c-42cd-aec1-bec4ac0dcf76">Re: Mother of the bride attire</a>:
[QUOTE]IMO it really should be up to the bride to decide if an ivory dress would bother her.  For me I really wouldn't care if my Mom wore ivory but there are many brides who have very specific opinions on what color should be worn. My SIL didn't want her momther, MIL or step-MIL to wear black dresses at her wedding.  *shrugs*
Posted by kikirst33[/QUOTE]

The bride shouldn't be dictating color at all really. It should be up to the MOB and MOG to wear what they want to wear. If OP is not bothered by ivory, then definitely her mom can wear it. It sounds like she was unsure though, so if her mom asked her opinion, it's fine for her to give it. Your SIL really shouldn't have dictated "no black" for her wedding. She shouldn't be telling the moms what they can and can't wear.

TheVirginians

Nobody is going to confuse the bride with the mob. If it's ok with you, then don't worry about anybody else.