Dress people, MOB help???

mominva
Sat, 03 Aug 2013 20:31:04 +0000

Hi all,
Yes I’m MOG. G is my middle child, only son, first to wed.

I did not decide on Plum, the manufacturers did that for me. The only other dresses, with sleeves, for my body type were in Navy. My MIL has picked navy and the bridesmaids are in black. I was hoping for a pewter or silver but would have been happy with a dark teal or cranberry in a flattering style.
MOB is a step and has deferred to me.

As a practical person, I started out being attracted to dresses with jackets. But then thought how the jackets tend to shift just as the shutter snaps, so sleeves it is!

The first dress is a ‘not awful’ iffy, if my plan to slim down and tone up is a success, it could work. The dress is not a petite, the dress length works OK, but the sleeves are well past my wrists.

If my daughter likes the J Kara tomorrow, that will be the dress.
If bride’s is long, I will keep mine long; but it will work shorter, too.

I have pewter/silver shoes coming from Zappos, which will work with either dress.
But if the J Kara is the one, I think bronze could be better with the beading.