another wedding outfit thread - this time a small slightly casual wedding.

[hatwoman]

about 40 guests, church followed by outside barbecue type affair, at a nice hotel, overlooking a beach. I'm 5 foot and a tinsy bit. size 8-10. reddish hair. any ideas?

[MrsBadger]

what have you in the wardrobe already?

sounds like a nice-skirt-and-cardie job

[hatwoman]

nothing exciting in the wardrobe. I'm due a new outfit

[MrsBadger]

[searches memory banks]

are you a green-wearing redhead or a pink-wearing one?

Kew have some great semi-casual green dresses - saw a fab one in a magazine ad the other day but can't pin it down online.

[MrsBadger]

aha twas this whole outfit in fact

[hatwoman]

how intersting that you divide red-heads into green and pink wearing! I wear tons of red and pink, and people often complement me saying "that shouldn;t suit you but it really does". I'm trying green too because I know it "should" suit me. and I think it does. also wear a lot of brown and neutrals

[hatwoman]

I do like that, I like the colour and I particularly like the cardi, but waists and flairy skirts really don;t work on me.

[lissie]

oooh like that dress!

[hatwoman]

this is more me. what do you think? here . also looking at at makes me ralise how much I do love red. I get an instant "oooo" feeling when I look at it. whereas green is more "aah"

[hatwoman]

maybe with this ? bit difficult to tell if they go togther. or what I'd wear underneath.

[hatwoman]

obvioulsy not in the blue. in the red - if they're matching

[lissie]

im the opposite, wear a lot of red but get a tingle when i see green. tried on a fab green dress in coast here and it was stunning!

[hatwoman]

or maybe this one although I'm in danger of being true to my jigsaw tried nad tested formula (albeit kew does jigsaw in this case!)

[hatwoman]

lissie - that is stunning. did you get it? I did get that wow thing then - maybe it's solid, vibrant colour that does it. certinly give it impact

[hatwoman]

I'm off to kew. I likethis one , this one and this one

[lissie]

love the 1st and the 3rd ones!

didnt get it, too big on my hips and the 8 was too small on my chest. was GUTTED thought my search was over! even looked fab with my hair!

[MrsBadger]

my work here is done!

love the red skirt too

[lissie]

this is lovely and may suit..

[lissie]

and this

[hatwoman]

I like the jasmina dress, but, to be honest it's very similar to a Coast skirt and top I bought last summer for a much posher wedding. I am kind of using the excuse that this is a more informal wedding to get myself a new outfit that I might actually wear at other times

[lissie]

oh my! look at this!

[MrsBadger]

oh good lord

please find me an excuse not to buy it (apart from the fact that I won't fit into it for at least a year)

[lissie]

but thats why you should buy it! isnt it beautiful?

[lissie]

its too big for me (need an 8 in monsoon) am devestated, t'would be perfect for my weddings

[hatwoman]

I've just got back from trying on virtually everything in kew - none of it suited me . I ended up in Whistles buying an outfit that I think is lovely. It's very difficult to describe -and I don;t think Whistle's has a website does it? anyway it's very dark pink silk. a shirt (well, let's face it, it's a blouse) and skirt. the seams are stiched in pale blue. both the shirt and the skirt have what could only be described as tabs on them - gives a a sort of frill effect - sounds wierd ay? looks nice though. very flattering