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My friend is getting married in September and I've been looking for ages for an outfit.

I've seen one I like and it looks good on........better than any I've tried yet.............problem is it's from Tescos lolololol.

Doing a straw poll of all my mates the decision is split.......half say go with it if it looks and feels good but others are saying..........*you can't wear a Tescos dress to a wedding*.....

Soooooooo it's down to you guys........ what do I do? Haven't been to a wedding for yonks so don't know what the protocal is nowadays is it naff to wear a supermarket bought dress to a posh wedding??? be honest I won't mind xxx

I say sod it if the tesco's outfit looks nice and you like it go for it hun.

If its any consolation ive bought an outfit for my cousins wedding from matalan lol

Its more important that you are there to witness your friend getting married than where you got ya dress from xx

It doesn't matter where it's from or how much it costs - if it looks good and you feel good in it - buy it ! ! !

It's you that has to wear it anyway not them lol

And i am sure the happy couple would be glad you were there even if you were in rags hun xxx

*slaps Jax*

I get all my clothes from Matalan - no shame it that doll lolol

At the rate i change sizes i have no option LOL

Hi Muffy
Unless you are wearing it with the labels on the outside, what does it matter. If it looks suitable for a wedding, then go for it.

Joanne

The hat I wore to our daughters wedding came from a charity shop!

It looked good and was returned to the shop the following week:))

If you feel good in the outfit then buy it...............why spend more on something you don't feel as good in?

So do I Anita pmsl

they are cheap and cheerful and no point me spending a fortune to stay home and do swearing all day lol

go for it i bet nobody will even notice or care what you wear as long as you are happy what does it matter .any way why spend a lot of money on something you may not wear again.

wear it with pride, if you feel good you look good, no point spending loads of dosh on an outfit when you get the same look for less... thats me anyway, i bought an outfit from my catalogue years ago and wore to a wedding, then sent it back... lol
honestly do what you feel, if you like the dress then get it.....
main thing have a lovely time at the wedding...
kaz xxxx

Go for it. When I went to my school leavers' ball, I got this burgundy dress for it from Debenhams - cost about £70. I wanted a shawl or something to go with it - we spent a week looking for one, couldn't find it.

On the afternoon of the ball, I was dropped off at the hairdressers and my mum went into town to look for a shawl or stole or something. She found a sheer black sarong in Mackays so that was what I wore with my dress. No one ever knew it cost £6!

If you feel good in it Muffy, then buy it......it doesn't matter where clothes are from, it is how you feel in it that matters......

.....I had friends who said, you can't wear that, it comes from....... luckily I know what is best for me, and do what I want to do.....

..... best thing is to go your own way, don't ask for other people's opinions, they are not wearing it....

yeh go for it , wouldnt think twice if i liked it xx

Seems pretty unanimous !!! lol.

I have tried dresses on from *Coast* *Next* *Monsoon* and all the posh names and they just didn't look or feel right on..... plus the cost was an issue.

Even if this one had been double the price though I'd still have gone for it because of the way it covers up my worst bits plus after the wedding it's the sort of dress I can dress down again and wear for a night out at the pub with a pair of flip flops and a baggy cardi so it'll last beyond the day.

The irony is the friends who pooh poohed it cos it was from Tescos really liked it before they found out where it was from lol.

Sooooooo ta everyone. Decision made ......I'm off to find a pair of red shoes and a red shrug or shawl now......with the cash I've saved on the dress I can, if necessary push the boat out a bit more with the accessories.

Thanks again for the advice everyone xx

Muffy have you had a look to see if it's on the Tesco website? If so then if you post the page address we can all have a look and help you decide.

Helen

Can't see it on there Helen. If I find it anywhere I'll post a link xx

Just thought i would add something to this - I got married last year and it was more important that my friends and family were there and that they saw us get married etc than what they were wearing. Everybody looked good, the women all looked stunning and i know that some of them were not wearing big shop labels.
My 4 bridesmaids dresses were in an end of season sale the year before and cost £37....(3 daughters and 1 niece) fortunately they grew as anticipated and i was very lucky. The 4 boys( 2-his, 2-mine) each had new school shirts and the trousers came from tesco at £6 each. I'm not a total cheapskate but even though it was a specal day all the kids have grown in 11 months and they can't wear it again.
My dress was an end of line and an odd size so it only cost £70. my maid of honour's Ensemble cost nearly as much as everyone else's all put together but she has worn the dress twice and the hat once since then so well worth every penny.
At the end of the day my motto is if i feel and look good then who cares how much has or hasn't been spent.. Enjoy looking for all the accessories and most of all enjoy your friends wedding xxxxx

Thanks Robyn xx

I went to my cousins very posh wedding in a suit from Asda. I'm going to another cousins extemely posh do in January and I'm eyeing it up in the wardrobe to see if I can get away with it again. (By the way I'm NOT posh, just have better off relations). Wear what you like, what looks good on you and what you feel comfortable in.
And feel smug when you see someone bragging about how much their outfit cost when they look Hideous really.

what a load of poppyplop.....if you feel comfy in it so be it..you could pay millions for an out fit but doesnt mean you feel a million dollars init...get it Muffy...thats what I say...

Ta Helen and Hayley

This dress does fit soooooooo nicely. It is one of those that has a kind of band under the bustline then flares out a tad so that it doesn't cling in the wrong places lol. Most other dresses of a similar style ended up making me look shapeless but this one for some reason really doesn't.

The shocker of it is that OH really likes it and he NEVER likes what I buy until I've worn it several times, and he's used to it, as a rule lol. Don't know whether that's a good or bad thing really lol xx