Mother of the Bride/Groom Attire

My girls are wearing pewter gray with hot pink flowers.

my mom is wearing navy blue. it's not the actual color of my girls, but i think it all blends in nicely. my fiance's mother is wearing navy blue too. for both of the mothers to wear navy wasn't planned. my grandmother wants to wear light pink. all different, but i think it will all look nice.

This is just what I've heard, but the MOB is supposed to wear a color that is in the same color family as the BM's dresses. Then the MOG is supposed to wear a color that compliments the color of the MOB's dress. With your color choices I would think it would be safe to say the MOB and MOG's dresses could be in the blue, green, purple, or silver family.

Some people try to get the mothers to coordinate in some way with each other and the bridal party. Some don't. It's really up to you.

I should add that my colors are cobalt blue, lime green, and silver. My BM are wearing cobalt blue dresses. My mom is going to look for a dress that is either light blue, navy, silver, or black.

I personally do not care what the mothers wear. My girls are wearing clover and the flowers are orange with hints of yellow and my mom got a rose colored dress. FMIL has not gotten anything yet. I told her to get whatever.

My mom wants to wear ivory and cobalt as that would match half of the wedding colors. Mom in Law is wanting to wear Kelly green (which is another wedding color) I don't care what they wear so long as they look nice!

My mom swears by the advice a friend of hers gave her (just before both of my brothers got married a few years ago) "As Mother of the Groom: wear beige and keep your mouth shut". LOL ...she's pretty much doing the same as MOB.

My colors are black, ruby red and silver. MOB and MOG both want to wear read and have already gotten their dresses. I dont mine, BM's are wearing silver dresses and red bouqets.

Our colors are DB wine and cognac, but our theme is fall leaves and rustic-elegance. I've told both moms that I would like them to pick a dress in any fall color that suits them. Personally, I think it's important for the mothers to coordinate with the overall feel of the wedding, so that they don't look out of place in pictures etc.

The bridal party is in Capri (light blue) and Cornflower (a stronger blue)

The Groom's mom is doing Navy blue and I'm betting my mom will as well. Ironically, it ended up going by age without us even meaning to... lighter to darker, younger to older. lol.

My daughters wedding color was cornflower. Her step-Mom, Mother-in-law and I all wore a darker shade of blue.

At my wedding, back in the day, colors were burgundy and pink. My mother wore a burgundy dress and my mother-in-law did a muted shade of pink.

The mom's should be in one of the wedding colors or a color that is complimentary because she has take pictures as well.

As others have said, parents of the couple often coordinate with the WP, but this is not a matter of "etiquette"; it's a matter of fashion. Matching WP members is a relatively recent trend and certainly not required, either, though it's popular.

My take on it is, ultimately, members of the WP can opt out of the deal if they can't stand the thought of wearing something you feel is necessary for the WP. Your parents can't. If you really want them to coordinate in color, you can certainly ask them, but nobody is obligated to do more than wear something appropriate to the formality of the occasion. And unless they specifically ask you to pick something for them, I REALLY wouldn't try that (not that you said you would, but I've seen it from other brides on occasion.)

I'm telling my mom and FS's mom to wear whatever they feel comfortable in whether it is a dress, dress pants, skirt, and in whatever color they want. FS's mom likes darker colors like navy and black, so I imagine she'll be in one of those colors. I'll probably help my mom pick out something since her sense of style is terrible lol, but she knows and admits to that haha.

I told my mom and FMIL to wear whatever they wanted. My colors are yellow and brown with some ivory. This is what my mom chose ( she has the body to pull it off). She is going to look amazing!

My mom and MIL keep asking me what they should wear... I honestly don't care, as long as they aren't wearing the same dress as the bridesmaids! haha..

Wow, thanks everyone for your comments and advise!!

I don't feel entirely comfortable dictating what the mothers are going to wear ... My Mom will probably opt for a darker color and my FMIL either the same color or a complimentary color ... I think I've settled on my BMS will be in AA Wine with a dusty rose sash, the guys will be in champagne gold, I'm hoping my FH wears an ivory vest and I think my dress will be ivory with a wine sash and my little flower girl will be in dusty rose with a wine sash and my ring bearer will wear a little suit with a wine tie ... hmmm any advice on that look ... greatly appreciated ...and my Dad will wear a wine colored vest ... hmmm ... man I wish AA had the same thing that DB had on their website and I could see how everything will look ...

@ lisa ... wow isn't that dress a bit much for the MOB? I mean it is your wedding but I'm not sure I'd be to happy if my mom or fmil choose a dress like that ...

I just want them both to find dresses that make them look stunning and feel great. Don't really care about the colors.