It's Your Little Girl's Day! and you're Mother of the Bride It’s now a new era. Gone are the days when Mothers of the Bride Dresses were dowdy, frumpy old fashioned, but expensive gowns.

Knowing how to dress and what to wear to make a bold statement is the dilemma of many bride to be mothers today.

Finding the right dress can sometimes be bothersome and worrying, especially if you are a young at heart, vibrant and pretty woman who is in tune with high taste fashion and style.

Trying to find an amazing dress to make you feel chic and wonderful on your little girls day isn't that hard.

Find some tips here to guide you along and help you plan towards this great and important day of your life.

• Consider whether you desire a formal look, or a bold elegant look
• Consider the colour, cut and length. The style of accessories you think appropriate to your chosen style. If you sketch, consider sketching out what you envision If you cant sketch, go online and search for ideas. There are thousands of photographs and images there to inspire you Have these in mind before preparing to go shopping for your mother of the bride dress
• Check out the bridesmaids section in online or offline boutiques because there is not much sense in wasting time in the mother of the bride section if you are a bold, elegant and even a bit of a sassy woman.
• Dresses in the bridesmaid section are always alluring and chic and are made to be stylish. They carry a widr range of colours, materials and cuts. You will find one which will be just right for you.

Discussing the issue with your daughter is very important because you don’t want to cause a colour clash, style of era clash, and you want to make sure she loves the dress as much as you do.

Your dress should complement the Wedding's colour and style schemes

Remember, the day will put you in a position of honour.

Your style must be deserving of this. It may be your daughters day, but it is also the brides mother's day.

Make a smashing appearance in your mother of the bride dress.

Performing Mother of the Bride Duties

If the bride agrees to it, as her mother, you will pick out the colour that compliments the wedding colours. Basic colours are white, silver, beige, navy, champagne, ivory and now that black is no longer a taboo, yes black!.

• You need to liaise with the bridegrooms mum on all gown choices as its preferable you both co-ordinate your choice of gowns. She shouldn't be left out.

• As mother of the bride, the bride needs assistance with choosing her dress and accessories, colour scheme of the day, theme of the wedding ( its all now vintage inspired), the choice of music and the collation of guests to be invited.

• When the guest list starts to get out of hand, you will help in narrowing down the list.

• You have a hand in the choice of drafting out and choosing the type of wedding invitations that go with your theme.

• As the mother of the bride, you are the assistant who is solely responsible for the other wedding details, including photography, videography, the choice of a wedding cake, bridal accessories, the arrangements for the bridal shower, and the choosing of the wedding bouquet and flowers.

• You must be in charge of the choice of food, the caterers, decide on what to give out as wedding favours, call on the church for the church matters, choose the banquet room, reception hall, and take care of lodging arrangements for out-of-town guests.

• The mother of the bride leaves the wedding ceremony earlier than everyone else, that is after the bride and groom. This is because she has to be there to greet and welcome guests as they file into the reception hall, or at the signing of the wedding register.

• The mother of the bride dances with the father of the bride or if unavailable, the escort, and then with the groom during the first formal dance.

• Overall, the brides mother is to ensure that everyone is having a wonderful time.

Break that traditional rule of forgetting about taking care of yourself. Brides mother's, because they spent almost all their lives bringing up her children, tend to put themselves in the back seat oftentimes.

Times have changed. You need to look and feel good, beautiful and you must be admired on the wedding day of your daughter. Getting admiring looks and whistles is now very acceptable. Your mother of the bride dress must turn heads. MUST!

Wear a dress that will make you feel great, looking like you are getting ready for the Oscars. Go all out for the glitz and glamour. Go for colours that you have never worn before if there are no rigid colour schemes.

Wear a colour that will become and enhance your unique look and beauty

A younger mother of the bride dress can be glamorous and full of life. If you want to look like a Hollywood movie star, you can do so, but dress in accordance with good taste and a dress choice which will fit and complement your body type and proportions.

Off- the -shoulder styles can be very appropriate, if you use a shawl or a stole jacket. Spaghetti strap gowns are fine too if not cut too low or revealing.

If you are a plus size mother of the bride, please go for dresses with chic and style. You can wear a longer jacket, wider skirt if necessary but the secret is in the fabric the colour scheme. If the mother of the bride gown has great details and trim, you will feel just wonderful. Those fancy embellishments will detract and not enhance your body type. If you are plus size, do not focus on that but do focus on the fact that you can look great in a dress cut and altered for your proportions and unique look.

Complement your dress with elegant jewellry and smashing shoes. Make sure you feel good about yourself, while performing the various mother of the bride tasks on the wedding day.

As you are preparing for your daughter’s wedding, you will see how stressful and time consuming it can be. Just make sure your focus is on that big day.

You deserve some of the glory and attention as well. You ARE the bride’s mother and you should be looked at and admired as well.

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