What Dress Should My Mother In Law Wear?

I have no clue what my MIL is wearing because she's a grown woman and can pick her own dress. My mom went shopping and picked this out, but wanted it in purple so she ordered it.

Can't really tell you what someone else should wear. Maybe you can schedule a date to go shopping with her. As for colors, I plan to wear something that goes with but doesn't match the bridesmaids.

My mom is wearing this.

ETA: I personally didn't want parents matching with the bridal party, so I asked that they didn't wear blush or navy. Maybe you should go shopping with your mom. Some parents want a bit more direction, mine did!

She can wear whatever she wants. It's not up to you.

You could go shopping with her and give her some pointers about the level of formality of the wedding. Not sure how much she's been involved. A navy dress is fine. My MIL is wearing a 2 piece lace cream-colored outfit and my colors are blush and gold. If you're OK with her wearing something white, she could wear something in the white spectrum as long as it doesn't compete with your dress. Generally, the MOB and MOG wear colors that compliment the bridal party.

Thank You all and i'm not picking for her she just called me and asked me what should she wear and is there any rule regarding the color that she should wear.

My MIL is wearing a kimono. I told my step-mom as long as she doesn't clash with BM, I don't care what color she wears.

She should wear what she feels good in in that doesn't clash with your colors (although pretty much everything goes with navy and white).

Pewter, champagne, taupe would all look good. Is she looking for something semi-formal and shorter.?

@Jasleen--there are no specific rules. Typically only the bride wears white, but some brides are comfortable with MOB or MOG in cream or beige 2-piece outfits that don't look anything like the bride's dress. Also, black is not a typical color for MOG/MOB unless it's a formal evening wedding, especially if it doesn't look like a party dress; the MOG doesn't want to look like she is in mourning if everyone is in pastels and other cheerful colors. Bright red is another color that can be distracting unless it fits into the color scheme of the wedding. Pretty much anything that screams "Look at me instead of the bride and groom!!!!" is something to avoid. Other than that, give her some general types (i.e., if it's a casual wedding advise her not to show up in a ballgown).

My mom wore this dress from Amazon. She's almost 70 so she wanted her arms covered. It looked beautiful on her!

@AK. . . I didn't really want the moms matching the bridal party either (navy dresses and grey suits btw). But they DGAF.

FMIL picked a very nice navy dress. Very "mom dress" style.

My mom bought at least 3 new dresses, gray, navy with flowers on the bottom, black. But refuses to commit and keeps looking at grey prom style dresses. At this point I'm just requiring her to make a decision before the wedding wear something- anything really.

@FitzforaKing--we're wedding twins!

This is what my mom is wearing. It's technically intended to be a bridesmaids dress, but it was what she loved. She had a hard time finding something that wasn't either too matronly (she's young 50s), or showed too much skin for her comfort level.

According to my mother, my FMIL has bought a white patterned summer party dress. I keep trying to decide whether to gently mention that it doesn't fit into the formality of the wedding, but I don't think it will.

Go shopping with her (if possible). Don't tell her what to wear... from experience, it can cause drama and be extremely misunderstood even if you mean well. That being said, my grandmothers asked what I'd like them to wear (style and color) and my mom is in the WP so she will wear what I pick out

I asked mine for no red, but other than that she could get what she wanted. Picture below.

FMIL needed some more guidance. She's legally blind and in a wheelchair, so she was not capable of shopping on her own. We ended up sending a bunch of options to her house so she could try some things on. She looked great, too (picture in next comment).

MIL

This is what my mil is wearing

This is my FMILs dress. My step mom hasn't picked one yet.

I went shopping with my mom...(we were actually shopping for her dress for my brothers wedding that was in May this year) she found two she liked .... so we got them. She then decided which one for which event. My brothers was a plum color to go with the pink bridesmaid dresses (my father then also matched her, which looked awesome in photos since I was a bridesmaid) and ended up in royal blue for mine... my colors are also navy and white. What was important to me was that she felt comfortable in her choice she hates shopping especially for dresses and "fancy things"

FMIL didn't go shopping yet but I asked for her daughter to go with her just to help her when the time comes. (Her daughter is more than willing and loves going shopping)

If she wants direction pick a few complementary colors. My mom matches my bridal party. She said if I didn't care, she didn't care. I kind of like it, like she's a honorary bridesmaid. FH mom just texted me and told me she got a navy dress. That's great, but FH and his dad will both be in navy. So their photos will have all three of them in navy. I'm not gonna worry about it. Here is my mom's dress. She found one at a prom shop. She's in her mid 50s. The front is being altered so it is less plunging.