Wedding Invitations

In continuation from yesterdays wedding etiquette blog, there is yet more to say about the attire of the mother of bride.

Some people insist the mother of the bride must wear the bride’s colors or match the bridesmaids. Then there are those who even insist the bride’s mom and mother in law need to dress in similar clothing. Finally, others believe that mothers of the bride have a unique opportunity to stand out compared to the other guests (without showing up the bride of course). If they wear similar clothes to that of the bridesmaids or anyone else, then they’ll just blend in.  The truth is there is no wedding etiquette rule regarding this, simply individual opinions. It’s really up to the bride and her mom and no one else has any business making ciaos of it.

Some people choose to follow the tradition where the mother of the bride gets first pick as to what she’s going to wear, then lets the grooms mother know so she can dress accordingly. Now days, this tradition is becoming less common. I have to honestly say, most of the weddings I’ve been to, the mother in laws don’t make a very big deal about it at all. They simply dress appropriately for the occasion and don’t worry about what the other is wearing.  There are of course the occasional situations where it does matter to them. But most people now days simply don’t have the time and patients anymore to nit pick over something so trivial.