'Formal' wedding - what does that mean to you?

[Willow]

(my Mum said they were so poor during the 50's she & her friends would pencil a dark line up the back of their legs to look like they had those seamed stockings on, and as she said " The boys at the dance didn't know any different ", LOL ... makes ya feel lucky we can afford some luxuries such as that in our days )

My grandmother has told me the same thing! And that during the war they used tea bags to stain their legs so it looked like they had stockings on

[Glamourcide]

Ooh, I love big Italian weddings! Definitely glam it up babe Daytime, go for a shorter ****tail dress, if it's an evening do, go full-length (or at least mid-calf).
I love Grace & Hart dresses for more formal stuff with a cute party edge, google them and check out their stuff, they do a lot of cute, short dresses but also a few longer and full-length things, at the very least it might give you some ideas if you decide the dress you have isn't going to cut it Chiffon does go pretty well for formal events though so sounds like you might be on a winner! I'm a big fan of taking a, well, not really 'plain', but ykwim, dress and going OTT with hair, accessories and shoes, kwim?

Good luck hun, I hope you have a great time at both dos, and my congratulations to the happy couples!

[RhiChiChi]

If they are really traditional, usually you would wear a different outfit to the church to the reception, like a tailored suit to the church then glam it up for the reception.....

[Willow]

If they are really traditional, usually you would wear a different outfit to the church to the reception, like a tailored suit to the church then glam it up for the reception.....

Well let's hope they're not really traditional then. It will be a tricky enough day for me breastfeeding my 8mo without having to fit a wardrobe change in there somewhere!

[Kazbah]

hehe re the b/f and suit change.

I've worn a long black slip with a red lace dress overlay to a formal wedding, but with wicked formal hair.

My tip is, if you're not too sure on formal makeup, then go to Myers / DJs etc, if you buy makeup from places then they'll do your makeup for free.