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The next most important woman at a wedding after the bride is the mother of the bride. Simply because she plays in many traditions a central role and therefore all eyes will be on her and she will be closely examined from what she is wearing, what colour she chose, the type of accessories she favoured to her hairstyle and make up choices. In many weddings, she is the hostess of the reception and or the wedding organizer or at least plays a huge part of it.
The process of how to find the perfect dress style and colour is the same as for the bride. She has to examine herself first in order to know her best options – what her personal dressing code is, before finalizing her best choice. After that you can include other factors such as what the wedding theme is, location, wedding colour palette, season etc.
The mother of the bride has to know first:
Once all this has been assessed and ticked off the mother of the bride knows her dressing code. Now she can start to discuss with her daughter about how to reflect the wedding theme in her mother of the bride outfit as well how to coordinate her outfit in colour and style to her wedding dress, her bridesmaids as well to other members of the wedding party. She may choose a different shade of the same color as the bridesmaids’ gowns or choose a harmonious neutral. Or the style of her hat is similar to the veil of the bride. The choices are great and always vary from wedding to wedding.
Tradition has it that after the bride, the mother of the bride has the first dress choice in colour and style. Once she has chosen her mother of the bride outfit the general information such as the colour of her outfit and the type of her hair accessory will be passed on to the mother of the groom, then to other female family members and finally to all female wedding guests. This way you avoid fashion faux pas such as overdressing, clashing colours or choosing the same colour or wedding hair accessory for your outfit.
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