Category: Mother of the Bride Blog

If a bold colour isn’t for you why not try a pattern. It doesn’t have to be a big or bold pattern like our feature image but a pattern can just break up a dress.

I love a patterned dress with different colours because when it comes to accessorizing you can have so much fun. So for example if your dress has a flower pattern and the flowers are a mixture of blues, greens, turquoise, navy etc you can pick any of those colours for shoes, bag and hat and they would all work. Plus with a patterned dress if you spill something down you it is easier to hide.

Long gone are the days when the Mother of the Bride or Groom would only wear a dress and jacket in a pastel colour. When it comes to a wedding in 2023 anything goes.

This season we have seen some beautiful bold colours, from pinks, greens and blues etc and they are here to stay. So don’t be afraid to have a play when it comes to colour. Remember you are an important role and your outfit should show that.

So when it comes to anything I need to do I am always doing a checklist, I can make a list of things I need to do or things I cant forget and once they are done I can tick them off. So why not do it for a wedding?

Your son or daughter has just got engaged, emotions are everywhere and there is so much to process. Why not go out and buy yourself a notebook so you can write everything down as and when it comes to you. For example –

1. Shopping for an outfit
2.  Hair trial
3. Make up trial
4. Booking any pets into kennels
5. Outings with the bride etc

Then once they are done you can tick them off or expand on it and it can really help you feel like you are in control and on top of it all.

One thing I am sure all of us here at Anne Furbank think is how important the right underwear is. If your boobs are not in the right place the dress is not going to fit properly. And lets be honest we all have a pair of Bridget Jones’s big knickers in our draw that we bring out for special occasions.

We are very lucky here at Anne Furbank because we have Elouise, a wonderful lingerie shop just over the road from us. It is where we recommend a lot of our Mother’s Of The Bride or Groom to go.

Underwear in a way is like the foundations when building a house. The foundations have to be perfect or the house wont be. We want you to look and feel your best when it comes to the wedding day and the right underwear will definitely help with that.

It really does feel like summer has arrived and one of the biggest summer trends this year has been florals. Whether it is casual wear or occasion wear you will defiantly see lots of flower prints and patterns.

Now I personally love a multicoloured flower print such as our feature image because when it comes to hats and accessories you can pick any colour and it will go. For example you could pick out the orange, yellow, gold, burgundy, lilac or pale pink colour for a hat and it wouldn’t look out of place.

Plus if you get something down it on a patterned dress it is less likely to show.

Also when it comes to weddings flowers are such an important part so why not tie in with that theme, especially if the wedding is set somewhere with a beautiful garden.

Lastly Jane, formally known as Goat, this is a truly British brand. Founder and Creative Director Jane Lewis wanted to create a brand for real women. She is a mum of 3, running a business always multitasking so she wanted a wardrobe to reflect that. You may be busy but you still want to look and feel your best yet still be practical. Her clothes really are timeless investment pieces.

Jane does have some celebrity clients, the most recent was Zara Tindall at the Easter Service wearing her Payton dress in a beautiful pink colour.

Veromia is another U.K based company. These are gorgeous dresses designed to take you to any occassion, from garden party to wedding, from christening to holiday there is something for everyone and at a good price point too.

Olvi is a brand not like any other, you know when you have seen or are in one, they are very distinctive.

Olvi is an international luxury women’s fashion and bridal brand who specialize in unique clothes made with lace. Their dresses are handmade and beautifully crafted.

You can even have your dresses made so you know no one else will be in the same outfit as you. You can choose the style of dress, colour of the lace etc. However there can be a wait between 12-16weeks. But these are dresses that you can wear again and again and will always look and feel good in. The fact they are lace they just sculpt your body shape beautifully.

Condici is U.K based and has many years of experience. They are known for their timeless and elegant occasion wear. This mainly consists of a dress with a matching jacket or coat and then a coordinating hat.

As you can see from our feature image everything matches perfectly. So the cuff of the jacket matches the fabric and pattern of the dress and even the feathers on the hat will be the prefect shade of pink to go with the pink on the outfit. This make really focuses on the little details leaving you with a very finished and beautiful look.

For the next few weeks I am going to be going into a little bit more detail about each brand that we stock. The first one being Veni Infantino.

Veni was born in the U.K but has Sicilian heritage. At the start she worked for different fashion houses were she was able to gain first hand experiences and understanding of what it took to run a fashion business. She then started her on label Veni Infantino.

Veni Infantino is well known for her bold sleeves or amazing necklines and not forgetting the beautiful embellishment that is on a lot of her dresses.

She wants women to feel stylish and confident when they wear her dresses but also comfortable.