Mother's Attire

It depends on what they want and what you want. Some mothers wear the bridal party color. The mothers for my wedding are wearing shades of grey, not what the bridesmaids are wearing, but will coordinate.

I agree that it depends. I’m having MOH and BM wear dark grey and our parents/step parents wearing light grey. I do want my mom’s dress to be similar to mine and I think she’s looking at David’s Bridal for her choices also, which I will recommend to FMIL. I always see the parents a little more dressed up than most guests, so if you don’t mind and she wants a bit fancier of a dress (that doesn’t upstage yours of course) then I see no harm in it!

I think it depends on how fancy the wedding is. There are lots of places to find nice MOB dresses like Macys, Dillard’s, etc. that might be less expensive that a bridal salon. They don’t have to match the bridal color at all but I tried to get mine to be in the same color family so my family pictures looked coordinated.

My mother and my FH mother are going to have dresses but not gown's. I have them wearing matching colors that coordinates with our wedding colors.

The Mother of the Bride may match the color scheme.

The Mother of the Groom should coordinate, but not necessarily match.

My Grandma and MiL wore the same 👗( not intentionally), but they were different colors,

I never heard of moms matching the color scheme. Most moms wear navy, silver, burgundy, deep purple, etc. My mom wore navy and my MIL wore mauve. At my SILs wedding my MIL wore nude and her MIL wore Navy. Her bridesmaids wore some powdery blue color. The MOB usually picks her dress first. So let your mom pick and then your FMIL can follow her lead.

My mom got her dress at Macy's. My MIL got hers at JCPenney.

It depends. David's bridal likely has mother of the bride dresses. If your wedding is extra fancy, maybe a gown is in order. We just asked our mothers to avoid ivory/gold (my gown) and burgundy (maid of honor). I wouldn't care if they wore a shade of red, though. My mom is really short, so she might be doing a tea length dress. FH mom wants a floor length dress. His stepmom will likely wear a floor length since his dad is wearing a tux. To be honest, as long as they avoid bridal colors, I can care less what they show up in.

Mom's DO NOT HAVE TO MATCH. They'll never be in the photos with the wedding party so it doesnt really matter.
My mom wore our secondary color (plum) and my mil wore navy blue. My mom got her dress from Macys I believe.

She doesn't necessarily need to go to David's Bridal. There are a lot of places with nice MOB dresses! Color depends on preference. My mom is going to match one of our colors & wear a navy gown. My FMIL is just going to coordinate with our wedding colors & wear a champagne gown.

Both our moms wore long gowns . My mother in law literally just went to Ross and found like a $15 gown off the rack

The Mother's wear whatever they want. If she wants to buy a gown from DB or match your colors, that's fine!

My mom is wearing the same color as ,y bridesmaids. Every wedding I've been to the mob and mog has matched the bridesmaids

This is more about what you want, than what is required. There is nothing that says either mother has to match the wedding colors. Some brides want that, others don't care. It's all about the look you want for your moms, or for your wedding. So, if you want them to match the colors of your wedding, so be it.

As for David's Bridal, their MOB/MOG dresses are pretty expensive. She can get something just as nice for a lot less money at Macy's, JC Penney, or Nordstrom. You can also look at Azazie. They have beautiful dresses, and a try-on-at-home program, which makes it really easy to shop.

View Quoted Comment So I’m assuming you or FH had no siblings in the wedding party that your mom or mog would be in photos with?

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@ Devin Well my fiance's brother will be in it and I don't have any sisters.

View Quoted Comment My sins SIL and one BIL were in the party but still doesnt make a difference. If they weren't in the party chances are, they wouldnt have matched colors with the parents.
I just think people make too big of a deal of what the families wear.

View Quoted Comment My MIL will have 2 daughters and 2 sons in the wedding so she wanted to make sure she didn’t clash with them for their family photos.