The Wedding Suit: Best For The Informal Wedding

A wedding suit or two piece special occasion dress could be your best choice for wedding attire if you are a mature bride.

Are you the type who doesn't want the traditional wedding dress and the expense that goes along with that?

Are you looking for something that would be appropriate for an informal wedding?

Maybe you want something pretty enough to get married in, but practical so that you can wear it again.

Also, you may be looking for something to wear as a reception outfit or something to leave in for the honeymoon.

"Then a bridal suit is the perfect wedding outfit for you!!!"

Elegant Mother of the Bride Suit by Donna Vinci 7795 - $ 209.00
From: Womensuits.com

The Wedding Suit

The wedding suit is a 2 or 3 piece wedding outfit. It usually consists of a jacket, sometimes a top and skirt in any length.

A formal length skirt would be floor length or tea length. For an informal look . . . choose a "street length" skirt.

The best fabrics for the wedding outfit would be soft light to medium weight fabrics.

These could be satins, crepe back satins, silks, cotton, linen, polyester silks, some light weight brocades, crepe and peach skin fabric. Any dressy soft fabric will work.

Wedding suits are also designed using lace fabric. Being a mature bride, pay particular attention to the lace texture and pattern when considering wearing an “ all lace outfits”.

Some very delicate lace patterned fabrics made in a frilly design, tend to make older brides look too youthful or childish. You probably don't want something with too many tiers of lace ruffles or flounces.

Women's Fine High Fashion Designer Special Occasion Suit by Donna Vinci 5177 - $ 229.00
From: Womensuits.com

Two- Piece Special Occasion Dresses

Two piece dresses are a favorite for an informal wedding dress. The type of dress I am talking about is one that is used for special occasions or a mother of the bride or groom gowns..

Side note: There are two piece wedding dresses that look like traditional wedding gowns. But those gowns are usually “more formal than what you need” for an informal wedding.

The two piece wedding outfit consists of a dress with a jacket. Another variation would be a 2 piece dress consisting of a matching top and a matching skirt.

The dress or skirt can be floor length, tea length or street length. These outfits can be worn again for another occasion.

The fabrics can be anywhere from a soft light weight fabric to a crisp medium weight fabric. The fabrics best for a two piece wedding outfit would be crepes, polyester silks, crepe back satins or any soft dressy fabric that drapes and flows on the body.

Some soft laces can work as an all over wedding dress fabric but again . . . you have to be careful because some all over lace outfits tend to convey a very youthful look. Lace works well for accent pieces such as a jacket or even as embellishment or trim on the dress.

Women's Fine Designer Special Occasion Suit by Champagne Elite 3777 - $ 279.00
From: Womensuits.com

To be comfortable wearing your wedding outfit
it must be "wrinkle resistant"

Comfort is of the utmost importance . . . especially for mature brides. You want a wedding suit or dress that is “fuss free.”

This means the style . . . the fit . . . and the fabric . . . must look good on you standing and sitting. After sitting you must be “wrinkle free” as much as possible.

This is important because wrinkles take away from any outfit a person wears. You can have on the most beautiful dress or suit but if it is full of wrinkles it takes away from your overall "put together look." But worst of all...

“Wrinkles in your outfit will show up in your wedding pictures also!”

If you try on a dress or wedding suit . . . sit down in it. Then take a look in the mirror and see if it holds wrinkles. The fabric should have minimal wrinkling or after some time start to release them.

If you discover a dress fabric that seems to hold them . . . “PUT IT BACK” no matter how pretty the outfit is. I’m here to tell you it’s “not worth the trouble.”

"I remember a bride I knew who was “very upset” to see how much the wrinkles in her wedding gown showed up in her wedding pictures. The worse part was SHE and her BRIDESMAIDS attire all were very wrinkled."

Women's Elegant Middy Skirt Knit Fabric Champagne Elite 3582

Where can you find a wedding suit or two piece informal dress

The best place to start is at your local department store formal wear department. Next try specialty boutiques that specialize in formal and semi-formal attire.

One place you can look online is WomensSuits.com. They have an array of, very stylish suits that can be used as a wedding suit, a mother's outfit and for other special occasions.

Go to sites like Chadwicks, Nordstroms and Macy's where you can find special occasion wear that can be used for bridal.

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