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What to Wear? Mother's Edition
It's Tidbit Tuesday, so let's get into it! Sorry for missing last week, but we are picking up on our first part two for a topic! What to Wear - Mother's Edition.
What does the MOB (Mother of Bride) and MOG (Mother of Groom) wear? Who get's their dress first? What color do they get? What style? All great questions and I'd love to give you my input.
According to ChatGPT, "MOB gets her dress before the MOG, because she sets the tone for levels of formality and color." She should also wait until the bride and bridesmaids get their dresses. She should coordinate but not match with the MOG. The outfit should be age appropriate too.
In my opinion, the bride should have final say in dresses. If not specifically the dress, the color, the style, and the length.
For my wedding, I had very specific details, but I didn't finalize everyone's dresses.
For my mom, she was my "something blue," so I wanted her to be the only one wearing blue out of the mothers/mother figures in our lives. So she wore blue. My mother in law wore pink. My step mother in law wore a black blouse and black pants. Kyle's aunt, who is like a second mother to him, wore a black dress with a bright floral pattern. Our wedding was semi-formal. I preferred long dresses, but not super formal, but I love what everyone choice. It fit their personalities, their comfort level and they all looked beautiful.
Mothers shouldn't upstage the bride, and they shouldn't match the bridesmaids, unless that is what you wanted. I told the four "moms" to not wear white (obvi), silver (because I was accenting with gold and I hate when both clash) and dark green (bridesmaid color), and that only my mom could wear blue, which included all shades of blue.
I don't know if they all agree it, especially the various shades of blue, but they respected my wishes, which I'm thankful for.
Everyone wants to look their best for a wedding, especially when it is your child's wedding. For some parents, they can't wait to see their little one get married. That's wonderful, but there are "rules of weddings" that you should respect, even if you don't agree with it. It's not your day. It's their's.
