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Should be a Spectacular Wedding if everyone is the same. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D ;-)

We have just been into Cheltenham looking for an outfit to wear to grandson's wedding in September. All the shops have sales on and consequently it is like rummaging through a jumble sale or charity shop. So, nothing bought yet. Still got 2 months yet.

thank you for all your comments and suggestions.
will let you know what i decide to buy in chester on sat. :-D

hope you get something Suzanne,

One block colour for outfit is easier to team up with shoes bag headwear and jewellery,,,,,,

also try and take your headwear with you as some hats/and things dont look right with the outfit,either swamping or get lost in power of outfit......good luck......and try on what you woulnt normally go for,,,,,you'd be very suprised how on a hanger and on can look......

I did notice that Coast had a few nice dresses in, straight style but a bit short for me (old knees aren't a good look!) and in plain colours, some of the dresses with a sort of ruffled front, would look nice on the right figure.

Instead of Chester, have you been to Cheshire Oaks outlet?

I bought a Country Casuals jacket for D's wedding, but couldn't face the long floaty floral dresses, so pulled a shorter shift style from the back of the wardrobe that I hadn't worn for a long time. Fascinator was neutral so I added a ribbon to match the jacket. Shoes from M&S, and friend loaned me a matching bag.

I am not a floaty dress person but shift dress you cant go wrong with smart jacket and nice bag and shoes

Practically no-one wears hats to weddings here .................... so don't be pressured into wearing one, or a fascinator if it is not "you"

Buy something that you are comfortable in, and that you WILL wear again.

Try to match your shoes and bag in color ...... as we were taught to do back in the 50s and 60s :-D


My daughter got married just over 13 years ago.

I do wear skirts and rarely wear trousers in summer ............... and I love long skirts. I don't think I have a skirt shorter than mid calf in my closet at the moment.


For daughter's wedding I found a skirt and top, in a turquoisy/sea-foamy colour, skirt was just the right length for me ........... and it was perfectly wearable for other events.

PLUS .............. it was washable, and didn't crease!



Unfortunately .............. I then put on weight, and so the thing is hanging in the storage closet downstairs :-D



sylvia

I love long floaty skirts but being only 5ft2+ they make me look a bit squat, and being overweight (16) doesn't help the image either. I always always wanted to be 2-3 inches taller.

Ann, I have the same problem, and I am only 5ft. Saw some lovely dresses in M & S the other week, lovely and floaty, and was tempted, but knew it would be wasting my money.

Julia in Derbyshire

You 'sound' taller Julia :-S LOL

Island, I think I have shrunk as I have got older. Another one of those things that happen, like the facial hair, grey hair etc.LOLOL


Julia in Derbyshire

I think we all have mental images of folk on here that are probably way off the mark in most cases. I thought you were tall, dark and handsome until I met you Island :-D :-D :-D

Handsome, hansome Wend, is Island really a bloke then. I thought I had been corresponding with a woman. Yikes!!!!


Julia in Derbyshire

Yep, he's the only bloke I know who does crochet ;-) :-D

I am speechless

Shocked in Derbyshire

You've got to stop having mental images Wend, I told you I was tall, raven haired and gawwjuss - what's not to believe? :-D

I bet loads of men knit and crochet in your neck of the woods Wend ;-) :-D

If your not very tall you can wear floaty dresses and skirts......just dont by any thats full but tapered and always wear a top that dont finish at the waist with skirts .....one colour is always slimming and gives appearence of adding a few inches in height .

dont go too bold with a pattern or it will swamp.

Island, that photo of you in your Avatar looks great, :-D seems you,re a bit of a Flapper. :-D :-D :-D ;-)

well everyone,went to chester 2day.

tried on some lovely dresses,

what did i get?? NOTHING.,.
every dress made me look 20stone (im 10st) my big bust does not help me has most dresses are made for woman without chests.

got a nice bag and loads of clothes for my 23m old granddaughter from the next sale. sitting in my sisters house in widnes now,going to have a coffee before i drive home to anglesey,going back next wk for the hen party,so have all day sat to look again. :-D