My mother would run up to you and hug you till you couldn't breathe if she read that post! She always says that, and they ALWAYS show the outfits modelled on women who must've had kids when they were about eight in order to be mother of the bride. There's no way she's going to wear anything like what you see in most places!

A lot of the mother outfits i've seen i'd be absolutely mortified if my mother turned up wearing any of them! Most of them look like something Hollywood likes to put on the young gold-digger stepmother in films!! x

totally agree here!
my mum (who is 57)has ordered a selection of dresses from m and s and isme to try! most expensive was £60 i think she said, but she suffers from rhumatoid arthhritus so cant wander from shop to shop trying things on, so from the comfort of home and not rushing she can feel comfy with her choice!!!
there are lots of lovely outfits out there for mum of the bride so hope they all fine them!!

My mum is having hers made from the same lady that has made my bridesmaid dresses (they are Chinese made). We have e-mailed them a pic along with here measurements and if its anything like the girls dresses they will be fab x

I completely agree, MOB outfits seem to only come in neon colours or have large amounts of frills - very bizzare!

I've seen loads that look like they would be better suited to my gran or great gran.
Normally I would trust my mum to pick her own outfit as she knows what looks good on her (and her and my step mum are going to be in battle to be the best dressed and the thinnest) but as she hates h2b I'll have to vet her outfit.

It's either a full mourning outfit. Or her wonder woman costume or noddy. Thinking about it I reckon noddy and big ears.

We love fancy dress in our family the more obscure the better. Me and my ex turned up at my aunts 60s theme party as 118 guys. Eyeliner does not make a good moustache. Doesn't come off easy.

Another thought to add is that some ladies do not want to wear a dress, whether it be long or short. My mum would not look like my mum in a dress but can we find an occassion wear trouser suit anywhere!? MOB collections just do not do them. She is looking for something with very wide leg trousers (she loves palazzo pants) and a tailored jacket with no collar or lapels (sorry cant spell that word) but we cannot find any sort of suit that matches that description. She still wants to look like MOB and not just any guest and we are finding it so hard! These designers as soooooo trouser suitist!!

My mum's got a 'mother of the bride' outfit lol it's from the shop I'm getting my dress from but to be fair it's not typical mother of the bride. It's all ruching, fits our colours and she just looks amazing in it. She wasnt for spending so much but we went shopping for her and my grans on the same day, and when she tried it on I felt how I imagine mob feels looking at her daughter in her wedding dress... I was all teary, nodding and saying 'yeah, that's the one', she looked and felt absolutely beautiful in it. Here's a pic of said outfit...

I took my mum to Debehams for an apointment with a personal shopper for my brothers wedding. I have posted a discussion on it before. It was fabulous as mum didnt want to spend a small fortune on an outfit but they dressed her for her shape and the right colours and it is all free (apart from buying the clothes).

My mum got a really lovely dress and jacket from LK Bennett from Cheshire Oaks outlet. It was still more expensive than she'd usually pay for an outfit (she's not a spender!), but it's really classy, good quality and she feels like a mob! It was from last year's collection so she's happy nobody else will be wearing anything similar. They had lovely trouser suits in there too. Think Cheshire Oaks is part of the MacArthur Glen retail chain. Might be worth a look for nice outfits a bit cheaper than in stores.

My mil got her dress from Coast with a jacket from Wallis. They're both going for fascinators rather than hats.

My mums having a fascinator too - she tried on a couple of hats but she looked like boy george with them on so she's going for the fascinator which she's much happier with - still formal but not so stiff x

i went shopping with my mum for her outfit the other week, she looks beautiful! She bought a shift dress with a matching bolero, handbag, hat and shoes and she looks fabulous :o) She got it from Jaques Vert as she wanted to treat herself so it ended up costing a small fortune! xx

I have seen a lovely trouser suit online that you have to have made probably from China or something though. I have nothing against this idea but my mum would be totally nervous about paying for something she prob couldnt return without seeing it first. I just cant find anything like it online in this country and wouldnt even know where to start looking in the shops. I'll try to put a pic in my photo albums and if anyone has any ideas for my poor ol mum then they would be gratefully received x

My mother wont even wear a skirt, top and jacket which I can completely understand as its just not her but this leaves us with not a lot to choose from and we are really struggling. I just want her to be comfy. I dont want her to lose that mother of the bride look, I dont want her to just look like any other guest but at the same time the trouser suit combinations that are out there seem only to look very normal, average, perfectly nice but not what we want for the day. Its so hard :o( She has got a black jacket from Viyella (not sure if I've spelt that right) with ivory embroidery all over it with the intention of poss wearing a pair of black phase eight palazzo pants with it but we are not sure about the black thing! Is it okay/allowed, the jacket is very striking due to the ivory embroidery but its still a lot more black than ivory. What does everyone think?

I just want her to be happy and comfortable, she isnt a typical MOB in that she wants the usual type of outift and we are just finding it frustrating that places selling MOB outifts dont seem to cater for ladies that want to wear trousers and floaty wide legged ones at that :o(

my mum wants to come to the wedding in her jeans and trainers trying to talk her into getting a trousers suit lol