MOB attire

jonchrissy

My mom is coming to visit Monday- does anyone have any good suggestions where to bring her to look for a dress? I know she'll want to stay in Boston and I was thinking maybe Macy's, but any other suggestion would be great!

Also, my "adopted" grandmother asked me what color she should wear. I really don't care but she's insistent. By adopted, I mean she's my grandmothers best friend who watched me grow up and took me on trips, etc.
For those of you who offered suggestions, how did you pick it? My colors are light pink and champagne, but I don't particularly want to tell her to wear either of these. Would I be ok to tell her blue or green? I hate making decisions.
Feel free to totally ignore this if you think I'm nuts. I think this wedding is making me a little crazy.

JBs_Bride

My MIL got her dress at Nordstroms at SSP. She went back and forth on a few dresses and they were great with returns in the store and by mail. She also looked at Neimans, Saks, and Lord and Taylor, but she ended up liking the selection at Nordstroms the best.

My colors were  ivory, champagne, gold, highlights of pinks, yellows, greens. MIL wore a bluish-lavender dress. She did ask what color my mom was wearing so she wouldn't choose something to similar to my mom, but other than sort of mauve-ish pink (which is what my mom wore), I didn't give MIL any colors she should/shouldn't wear. She asked me a couple of times on what she thought of particular colors and they were all fine with me.

jkepros

My mom's dress was actually a bridesmaid dress that she bought at a bridal store (she lives in Iowa, so can't help with names of places), and my MIL got her dress at a bridal shop that I think is in Salem, NH (can't remember the name--I suck at this!).

We didn't have "colors" per say, so everyone in our families kept asking what color to wear.  They all seemed to end up in variations of teal/blue/purple.  Our moms didn't want to wear the same color; my MIL wore a deep eggplant dress, and my mom wore a pale, cornflower blue dress.  There are some pics in my bio under the attire tab (scroll down to the very bottom).

noodle_oo

I was going to suggest Nordstrom's as well.  The one at the Burlington Mall has a pretty nice selection of more formal-ish dresses. 

That is hard that she's insisting you pick a color for her.  Maybe just tell her to choose her favorite color?  Or if you know she looks really nice in blue (or whatever), suggest that?

LoveAdopted

MY MIL bought her dress at JC Penney, but we also looked at Macy's and one of the bridal shops and DB.

Her mother was the same way about choosing a color.. MIL finally got her to accept that it didn't matter at all what color she wore. Maybe instead of picking a color, you could offer to go shopping with her, that way she will still get your input but you can base it on what you find rather than limiting her. Or, you could tell her your colors and just suggest she finds something that compliments them.