Mother of the bride and mother of the groom

In the south the old saying is the mother of the bride wears blue and the mother of the grooms wears ivory and keeps her mouth shut *note, old saying not my own words!* however, my bridesmaids wore cornflower blue and my mom wore dark purple and MIL wore pale pink.

It's really up to you. I told my mom she can wear whatever she wants. She decided to try to find something complementary to my the wedding colors. FMIL I am letting her choose whatever she wants as well. Doesn't have to match my mom or the wedding is she doesn't want to. There really is no right or wrong way, it's more about what you like.

It doesn't have to match the color but I hear the mother of the bride chooses her dress firsts. If hers is short than Mogs is short too. My mom is wearing navy blue and mil is wearin platinum. Both dress suit their personalities.

MOG is wearing a deep purple 1700's style dress. MOB is not comming. But if my first wedding is any indication she would have shown up wearing something totally inappropriate like a black dress and hat and veil.

I don't really have "wedding colors" I'm just using an assortment of pale colors. My BMs are choosing their own dresses, knee length and as close to mint as they can get. My mom wants a silvery-purple dress. Fine with me. MOG want's and orangey-taupe dress... also, fine with me. It's about whatever they'll feel comfortable and beautiful in. =)

At my first wedding, my colors were light blue, silver, and black. My mom wore a long silver dress and Ex's mom wore a shorter champagne colored dress if memory serves (either that or purple, I forget).

This time, FI's family can't come, but my colors are navy, orange, ivory (and some red) and my mom is wearing a long navy dress (BMs are wearing navy as well).

Maggie, the evening that FH and I got engaged FMIL was on the phone and said, okay, we'll I will wear beige and keep my mouth shut. Hahaha!

She isn't wearing beige.

BMs are in black. My mom got a dark grey, so FMIL will likely get silver. FSIL has taken charge of that and is pretty much not giving her mother any say-so.

We plan to have an elegant style wedding and my mom wants to wear a black evening gown, nothing too fancy but my girls are wearing LBD's so, I wish she would wear red or hot pink bc that fits her personality. I'm determined to make that happen. lol. So, with that you don't have to go by a rule, it's whatever makes everyone happy. MOG will wear whatever she wants and the same for everyone. I get not wearing white or ivory but colors really do not matter.Some people are worried about pictures and all but if everyone is matchy matchy I think it will look staged... If my mom and my FMIL decide to wear black or neon pink, I really don't care.

Our colours were black and white damask, apple green and some bright pink. I told both my mom and MIL not to wear green since this is what the BMs were wearing. My mom ended up with a knee length purple floral dress, my MIL had a knee length navy dress. Saw lots of ladies at the wedding in purple or blue.

I'm having a late November wedding and my mom is wearing a long wine/purple colored dress. My fmil showed me the dress she bought and it was shamrock green and short, but nice. My FH chimed in saying that my mom is wearing a long dress that is more fancy and told his mom to keep looking. Haha! I'm so glad he said it, cuz then I didn't have to. I haven't talked to her since July because she lives across the country, so I have no idea if she's gotten something else.

I told them to wear whatever they wanted. My colors were black & white & pink so they both wore black and white dresses. They both looked fabulous.

MOB and MOG wore shades of the wedding colors. I told them to choose whatever dress of the shades blue, green and purple.

Maggie N, I've never heard that saying, and I'm from AL. If my MIL had wore ivory, I think I would have thought it was too bridal.

I'm sure my FMIL will be wearing black...

:-D

My colors are Tiffany Blue and Black. My mom is wearing a long red dress, she will have "Lady in Red" playing as she walks down the aisle to be seated. FMIL hasn't chosen what she will be wearing but she did say she wanted a long dress.

They're not matching our wedding colors, although their dresses would look good next to our wedding party. Our colors are navy/pale purple/gray. My mom is wearing a champagne colored dress and his mom is wearing a dark silvery dress. His mom chose her dress first so they weren't trying to coordinate with each other, it just worked out that way.

They'll wear whatever makes them most comfortable.

My colors are mint blush and white/cream. MOG wants to wear purple (my colors WERE mint purple white/cream) and MOB is going to look at rose colored or champagne colored dresses. The MOG knows the colors so if she wants to stick out, whatever! Bugged me a little but oh well.

My mom will be in burgundy, and my fmil in navy blue

They are honored guests and may wear whatever they want that is appropriate-- they're not part of the decorations.

I was always taught the mob and the mog should wear different colors. I picked my color (mob) and now the mog bought the same color. I am very disappointed and upset but do not want to start any problems. What should I do, should I change my dress or get a new one? The one I have is a final sale but it is really bothering me.