help! mothers. dresses. issues. long.

weddingbelle117 · October 2009

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SarahSmile23 · October 2009

i presonally don't think the mob and mog gowns need to coordinate with your wedding party/colors at all. their dresses sound lovely!

MOBinFL2008 · October 2009

MOB and MOG are not members of the wedding party and do not need to match or coordinate at all. They each need to pick a color and style that they are happy with, feel good in, and look fabulous wearing. They are not accessories for the bridal party!!!!If one wants to wear orange with purple polka dots and the other wants to wear red with yellow stripes, it shouldn't matter. They get to pick their own clothes.Honestly, think about it, how many pictures will either of them actually be in with the wedding party? Let each one wear what they want. Everyone will be happier that way.

Theresa626 · October 2009

I agree with the above two posters. Except for weddings, have you ever looked a picture and thought that the group of people who was standing together looked bad because their clothing didn't match each others?

bluepoet2007 · October 2009

My mom and MIL did not match our wedding party...and it worked out fine. Any of those dresses sound lovely!

weddingbelle117 · October 2009

The reason I was asking is bc they are both convinced they should somewhat match the bridal party and want me to decide for them on length and color despite me saying it's up to them.

Theresa626 · October 2009

I think chocolate and champagne sound good because they are both brown/beige colors and neutral.

umcollegegrl · October 2009

If they're waiting on your decision, youre just going to have to tell them to wear something. My mom and FMIL were doing the same run around waiting on the other person, wanting me to tell them yadda yadda. I finally told them I didn't want them to match, told my mom to wear the black and silver dress she was considering, and told FMIL to buy the rust colored dress she was eyeing in the store. My girls are in clover long dresses and the wedidng is also in November. I just wanted the Moms in something they were happy in, they had obviously found dresses they liked but were both too caught up being concerning about what is "proper" and matching. Make it easy on everyone. Tell them you love whatever dress and just go with it lol

Theresa626 · October 2009

I just have a funny story that this reminded me of. When my cousin got married, her mother wore elaborate outifts to the ceremony and reception because she loves to stand out and be noticed. Her church outfit was a red suit with a gigantic-ly huge wide brimmed hat with a big bow on it. For the reception, she changed into a multi colored sari (she is a short white lady). Anyway, everyone knows how eccentric she is and no one thought much of it. It was more amusing than anything else.

bluepoet2007 · October 2009

I don't mean to hijack the thread, but Theresa's story reminded me of my aunt at her stepdaughter's first wedding. Aunt S chose to wear a long, beaded fire engine red dress with puffy sleeves. It was an early afternoon wedding in November, and she stuck out in the church like a sore thumb! (I was the flower girl and I was only 7, but that's what I remember most. Wow.)

MrsWhitneyAmanda · October 2009

My girls wore celadon, which is close to sage. My mama wore a really pretty champagne dress; MIL was going to wear a chocolate dress but decided that since everybody else was wearing light colors she wanted to go light too so she opted for a cornflower blue dress that was super pretty. My stepmother wore an emerald colored dress that looks teal in pictures. I wasn't crazy about the idea of MIL wearing chocolate but I didn't want to spend any energy on it so I didn't object, although I was excited when she decided on her own to wear blue. I agree with PP who said mothers don't need to coordinate with everybody else but I do think they should match the formality of your wedding (ie, if your girls are in floorlength dresses the moms should be too). HTH.Oh, I will also say that there are NO formal pictures where the parents are with my bridal party so coordinating with the rest of us was completely unnecessary.

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