Sidnee, I have the dress you have chosen and love it! I wore it to my neice's wedding last June and it was so comfortable. The fit is wonderful, it is a very "forgiving" dress, kind of hides the flaws lol. My best friend chose it as the MOB dress for her daughter's wedding 2 years ago, but in the long version. Glad you found your dress!

Younger DD's wedding and she helped chose the dress I ultimately wore. It was MUCH lower cut than I anticipated, and I'm very busty. But I got a ton of compliments on it and she loved it on me. The MOG was definitely in the Matron category-which is sad because she's got a fantastic figure and isn't that much older than me. Elder DD, I went more of the Artsy look-I had a great statement necklace that set off my solid turquoise color dress and red wrap. MOG happened to wear a red dress with a turquoise wrap-so we complimented one another fabulously. Her wedding had a very BoHo vibe so it was a perfect fit. When my niece got married I was utterly surprise to see my sister (MOB) wear a nice, yet almost matronly high necked, knee length navy blue sheath. She wore her hair up and wore pearls! This from my sister who had DD implants when she found out she was going to be a grandmother and still rocks a teeny tiny bikini at 50.

You look wonderful! Great choices. Thanks for taking us along. The navy dress was the other contender, fine as is, but with a cardigan it went directly to school marm. Not good. Oh, goodness, yes, I've discovered this with some of my favorite sleeveless dresses that look great on their own like yours did, but don't pair well with anything over them.

In my mind, black is for a more formal wedding. I like that first dress you show but I don't think the next one looks too small, in fact I think it shows your waist off more. Unless it pulls across the hips and it doesn't appear to. So I might order it in a smaller size. But, depending on time of day and what color the wedding party will wear, I'm still on the fence. For a spring wedding I am seeing a pretty color instead of black. I also think as we get older, black can be a bit harsh against the face. Hmmm strappy silver shoes would look good with that dress though!! Do you know when other son's wedding is (month?)