Author: Rebecca Furbank

First of all I am going to be telling you about Gill’s experience. Gill was Mother of the Bride in September 2016. The Venue was The George in Buckden.

I asked Gill if finding her out was an enjoyable experience, her reply was “A wonderful happy experience once I realized just what it all meant to me. Factoring the venue and my personality was important”

I then went on to ask if she knew what style of outfit she wanted? She said “I thought I did! But I realized I had never been a Mother Of The Bride before so I wanted advice from an expert.”

Gill ended up with an outfit that she didn’t expect. Gill spoke a lot about how important it was for her to feel good in her outfit.

Lastly I asked if Gill had any advice for for any Mother’s Of The Bride or Groom when shopping for their outfits?

“Advice is good, it comes from people who dress for all different shapes and sizes. Different venues and backgrounds. It is always up to you how much advice you take on board, experts take you ‘out of the box'”

Over the next few weeks I am going to do something slightly different. Here at Anne Furbank we are very lucky because we have members of staff who have been Mother’s Of The Bride or Groom. Therefore they have first hand experience of what it is like and each of them had a very different journey when it came to finding their outfits.

I asked my colleagues questions like –

Was finding your outfit an enjoyable experience?

Did you end up with the outfit you thought you would?

Any advice for other Mother of the Brides or Grooms?

So I hope you enjoy reading about their experiences. I certainly have loved hearing about them all.

Claudia C is from the same fashion house as Luis Civit. Claudia C’s collections are known for being more understated, blending classic and contemporary styling for any occasion.

For the next 2 weeks I want to talk to about a couple of brands that we get in for occasion wear during the autumn and winter season. The first one is Luis Civit.

Luis Civit is known for their classic shapes and beautiful fabrics. Their outfits offer fabulous tailoring and the perfect fit.

Knobbly Knees, this one can be hidden under a longer length skirt, so stay away from anything above the knee.

Another way to distract from your knee’s is to have a patterned top, to draw the attention away from the lower part of your body and for the eye to be drawn to the top half.

As you can see from our feature image the dress finishes below the knee so they wont be seen and with that beautiful glittery neckline no one with be looking at your knee’s.

 

No I’m not doing my KFC order, I am talking about the muscle on our arms that can lose their elasticity as we get older. So how can we hide these? Well the obvious answer is a sleeve but the majority of weddings happen in the summer and not everyone wants to wear sleeves then. So if I was going to go for a sleeve make sure it is sheer and floaty so it keeps you nice and cool.

Or you could go for something like our feature image, this has a cape effect to it. As you can see from the picture it gives that beautiful bit of coverage just to give you that extra bit of confidence.

Inverted Triangle, basically having a big chest (didn’t feel that was appropriate for a title) So there is a saying if you have them flaunt them but maybe not the best thing to do at your son or daughters wedding.

So I would look for a wrap dress, something that has a v neck line to a point on your waist which is your narrowest bit and then maybe a bit of detail on the skirt. This will give you that wonderful hourglass shape.

So as you can see from our feature image you have the V neck line going down into that beautiful peplum which starts on the waist highlighting your smallest part and then that beautiful ruffle balancing out the top of the dress, giving you that hourglass shape.

We all have them, body hang ups, whether it is your mum tum, bingo wings or knobbly knee’s. The question is do you know how to disguise them? And instead flaunt some of your best features instead?

Over the next few weeks I am going to be giving you some tips on how to hide those not so great bits to give you that confidence to love your body and what you are wearing on that special day.

So this week I am going to talk about mum tums and for me this one hits home. I have had 3 children, one was rather large and one I had via c section so I do have a tummy.  So for me I stay away from anything too fitted. I love an empire line so it highlights my small waist but then a beautiful floaty skirt just hides that tummy.

We love what we do here at Anne Furbank and we absolutely love seeing photos of you on the big day in your outfit.

So please, please, please after your event send us an email with a few photos of you on the special day.

Our email address is shop@annefurbank.co.uk

Thank you.

We get a lot of customers come and see us more than once. Which we love, the fact that your son got married 5 years ago and now you are back because your daughter is now getting married and you loved your first outfit so much. In these cases we hear a lot that you want to wear something different. Which we get. Fashions change, our bodies change and each wedding is different but the main thing to remember is that it has to suit you.

Say you had a pencil dress and jacket last time and now you want something long and floaty. But does your body shape suit that? Or do you suit a pencil shape dress because it flaunts your figure? Should you keep with a pencil shape but maybe do a different colour and no jacket?

Or maybe you wore navy to your last wedding so now want to stay away from anything blue. But blue is a colour that suits your skin tone best? Does that mean you will rule out anything cobalt or baby blue or sapphire?

So when you are coming for the 2nd or 3rd time please try to come open minded and not rule anything out straight away. It is a journey and we are here to help.