My wedding theme is White and Red....?

Question

my bridesmaids dresses are red with accent of white. what colors should my mother and mother in law wear.

Answer 1

A burgundy color could be really pretty, or pink.

Answer 2

Red as well. Just make it a diff rent type of red???

I think your fence and your self should be the only white ones.

idk

Answer 3

their not in the wedding, so why should they go with any color scheme?    

Your the bride.  In family photos  you and hubby will want to be the ones who stand out.    Most mums and MIL's choose to wear soft colors no matter.

Answer 4

Well how about something between white and yellow.Like cream-coloured

Answer 5

Whatever colours are in their wardrobes already. Most women only have one or two formal dresses, I'm fairly sure this is a moot point. Heck, my mother-in-law-to-be had to buy a dress for her daughter's wedding. Don't expect a lot or choice.

Answer 6

I would kind of lean towards anything BUT red.  While they are honored members of the families, they aren't members of the wedding party per se. If they get red dresses too they are going to look as if they were trying to be bridesmaids.

Let them pick any color that would coordinate and not clash with the red of the maids dresses. Grey, silver, black, some shades of pink or orange, blues, champagne, cream, etc. are all good options for them.

Answer 7

those were my colors too :)

I had them wear a champagne color it looked fabulous next to the red color

Answer 8

Your mother and mother-in-law should pick their own colors, you don't want everything to match perfectly or have too many shades of reds. Let them pick their own color.

Answer 9

i think that ur mother and mother in law should not be restricted to a colour or two..let them wear what they want theyr ur mum n mum in law!

Answer 10

The same thing, maybe just, an all red dress. Instead of white accents just all red. it would look nice :) just remember, no one can wear white but you!

Answer 11

i didn't get crazy over what my parents wore, until my MIL told me she bought her dress at BJ's!! yes! I am not kidding.. I was having a big country club wedding at night so it was a pretty formal event.. Her dress looked like she was a substitute teacher.. nothing wrong with being a sub, but this was a wedding!

Anyway, i told her she couldn't wear it and made her get something else (calm down, i did offer $$ for it and she got her $21.99 back from BJ's). Anyway, both parents ended up wearing a silvery grey color.

The actual etiquette is that the MOB gets her dress and color first and the MOG compliments it... but that all depends on how traditional you are..don't stress out about things you really aren't going to care about, or didn't notice as 'tacky' at another wedding..

Colors that will compliment..

silver or grey

black

Burgundy

light pink

champagne

stay away from any blues (your pics may look a little too patriotic!)

good luck

Answer 12

They could wear silver or gray, any shade of red like burgundy, wine, or black is always appropriate.

Answer 13

They could wear red if they wanted to. My mother wore black. Originally she thought she wanted to wear a different color, but when we saw the gown on in black it looked really elegant...and was definitely appropriate.

They could also go with raspberry, pink, dark gray, purple, gold etc. I would stay away from any pastels though. I don't think it would look right up against the red.