My son is getting married next August. It will be a morning wedding. The bridesmaids are wearing knee length dresses. The MOB indicated to me that she is thinking about wearing a pantsuit. If she does in fact do this is it appropriate for me to wear a tea length dress?
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It is way too early to decide on attire. So much could happen. The morning wedding could end up as an evening wedding. In any case, as long as your tea length dress is no more formal than the MOB's attire, you are fine.
Thank you for your prompt response. Your attire answer was what I was thinking. However, I have to ask - I keep reading 'too early' plan for regarding dates. Perhaps this depends on location. They got engaged this August and had a hard time booking the church and halls for next August. Everything is booked up. Needlessto say, everything is booked and nonrefundable deposits made. I don't plan on buying my dress for quite awhile but did want to keep my eye open for ideas.
I agree that in some areas venues book a year or even more in advance. But, some plans do change over that time span. So, we do have to keep flexible and try not to make some decisions so early that we are locked in and cannot change them.
For example: one couple plans a rather formal large wedding, has the budget, and books a large venue 14 months in advance. He is laid off a month later after she has chosen and bought her gown and her attendants have done the same. Their budget cannot allow for the large formal wedding and now they are not only out the deposit for the venue (unavoidable), but cannot use the dress. The same goes for the attendants. This one reason why a timeline is so important. It doesn't mean that we can be right all the time, but maybe we can save ourselves a bit of stress and money. Rebecca Black, Etiquette Now
I've been known to go up or down a dress size or so in a year. Top Wedding Questions Forum Moderator - "Write your sorrows in the sand, your blessings in stone".
MOG tea-length dress while MOB wears pantsuit
