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Mother of the Bride/Groom--1 Dress or 2?

posted 2 years ago in Family
  • poll: What did/will your mother or MIL do for her dress?
    Two dresses--one for the ceremony, one for the reception : (1 votes)
    2 %
    One dress, wore it to the ceremony and the reception : (40 votes)
    93 %
    One dress, but had some sort of change i.e. took a bolero off for reception : (2 votes)
    5 %
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    nevjcu    July 10, 2010  

    Did your mother and/or MIL change between the ceremony and the reception?  If so, do you have pictures of the two different dresses?

     
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    WendyS328    February 11, 2011   Saint Louis,MO

    Is there a logical reason as to why she would need two dresses?

     
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    spaniel    March 2010   Los Angeles, CA

    1 dress, for both of them. I think the MOB/G doesn't really need two looks unless there is a daytime church wedding and a drag-out party nighttime reception. ;)

     
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    TobeMrsG    August 15, 2010   New York

    Having a hard enough time finding one dress. I do not think we will even look for a potential second. She might wear a shawl/wrap though since she wants to hide her arms.

     
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    clarebee    August 21, 2010   Vienna, VA (wedding in Greensboro, GA)

    Im not really sure why the MOB or MOG would need to have a different look for the reception than the ceremony...

     
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    Ember78    December 15, 2012  

    Guests (which parents fall into) do not change clothes. Brides do not change clothes either (unless they are Asian where costume changes are expected), neither do grooms. Each one of those outfits is expensive as it is without the fact that it will only be worn an hour at most if someone does change into something else. For most people, that is not worth the expense at all.

     
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    mrstut    April 10, 2010   Memphis

    It's completely normal for the bride to change dresses, but the MOB AND MIL should stick with what they have already. The attention should be focused on the bride's change of dresses (if wanted), not what other's have changed into. People need to remeber what and who the day is about!

     
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    VirginiaMarie    January 2011   Austin, TX

    Hm, I would find that odd.  My MOB and MOG are one dress kind of guests! 

     
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    farmersdaughter    June 26, 2010  

    My mom is wearing one dress, but I think she's wearing a bolero or something similar to the ceremony (since its in a church) that she'll take off for the reception (since its outside and will be quite warm.)

     
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    jennifer_espos    June 18, 2010   NYC

    My Mother joked about having a wardrobe change in between the ceremony and reception.  Is this something that happens often?  If so I had no idea.  I've been to a zillion weddings and I've never seen it.

     
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    Dancy905    February 5, 2010  

    Both mom's will only be wearing 1 dress. My mom wanted a jacket for church that she can take off if she gets warm, but that's about it.

    As a guest I might wear a sundress or soemthing more casual to church and then change into something more formal for the reception, but that's about it.

     

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