Daughters wedding

Kaleidoscope have some very nice outfits for special occasions. Roman originals also have nice ‘dressy’ clothes.

Aonther one saying try JDWilliams.co.uk they have some lovely dresses

Marisota/Simply Be both have a good selection for the curvier woman!

If you have any John Lewis’s near you try their personal shopping service. I thought they were brilliant. She brought out a rail of dresses I would never have looked at and they were all perfect.

Hi sanders, we have 3 daughters and the third one finally married last year. I'm an 18 and I bought my dress from M&S, I also got my first daughter's wedding outfit from there 17 years ago! They are worth a look.

Bon Marche, M & Co and J M Williams do dresses in all styles and sizes and are reasonable prices. The new season stuff is in stores now. Good Luck.

We have some "nearly new" shops here, which are full of mother or the bride type outfits. These outfits cost a lot of money new, and are worn once. They often come with matching bag, hat, shoes etc.,

My friend buys special occasion dresses from Bombshell, because she had a recommendation from her cousin who is a size 18. They’re extremely flattering for curvier figures and very beautifully made. I would not hesitate to look on eBay either because I know a woman who paid about £1,000 for her suit, hat and shoes for her daughter’s special wedding in a castle and she’s never worn it since. You would possibly find a terrific buy there for a fraction of the original cost. Hope everything goes well for you all in the big day.

Do you know a dressmaker. A friend of mine was mother of the groom last year. She found a lovely dress but her son said you not coming to my wedding in that you look as if you're wearing the curtains!! Totally untrue!

She found a local dressmaker who supplied samples and gave advice. She made her a lovely plain dress with a three quarter sleeve short jacket.

Enjoy - the day passes so quickly

May sound bad but I got a lovely trouser suit (don’t wear anything that shows my knee) from eBay and a nice small hat as well. Lots of it on there is brand new and a good range of prices, very useful if the budget is tight.
Hope you enjoy the wedding

Did you know that eBay has a section of mother of the Bride clothing, most worn once and some very nice. worth a look.

I am plus size [very] and I think that Ulla Popkin, Marisota and Bon prix are all worth a look. Hope you find something wonderful.

Try eBay as lots of people sell on posh clothes after the event xx

I’ve just bought a beautiful dress for my sons wedding in August, from the Gina Bacconi range, lovely styles on their website.

Cherrytree and Bradfordlass I have bought off them very recently and I m a 14 could be a 16 in some makes and their Xl which says 14/16 is a perfect fit
Beautiful material and very well made I was really pleased and lovely ‘different’ patterns

try QVC online ,they have loads of fresses with sleeves and you can get them home an dtry them with different jackets/hats etc and send them back if they dont suit.You get 30 days to decide

Boden do some lovely dresses/coats, many go up to size 18. Shoes and handbags too, although not sure about hats. I find their stuff well cut for my shape

Cherrytree59 I agree.

I have a friend who sent for what was described as XL (she's a size 16) and the dress, though lovely was Size 10 at most.

The reviews often say that what is XL or 2XL in European sizes, is about 10 or 12 in China.

Sometimes I've tried on clothing here which has simply been sized up, with sleeves which literally come to below the knee!

A word of warning 're the Chinese sites such as Shein, please check out the reviews first.
They certainly put me off!
Sad as the clothes on their website look lovely

You could try Chesca or Ann Balon
Depends on budget but you will find both barely worn on eBay
chescadirect.co.uk/
www.annbalon.com/
I have a jacket with my Ann Balon. My Chesca has sleeves.

Try JDWilliams....got a lovely dress for wedding recently....

Jacques Vert went into administration last year and concessions were closed, great pity as I did have some nice outfits from them.

Not knowing your budget may I suggest Bon Marche, new stock just in.

I went down the dressmaking route and made my own. Decided what style I would like, found a pattern and ordered sample of fabric then the whole lot online and bought a matching jacket. Happy MoB.

Or try the Thrift Shops which are usually full of once worn MOB outfits.