HELP!! Christening - What to Wear?!!

NoDice

Hey guys!

I've posted in the Cork Forum already but got no responses so thinking it'd be a good idea to post here..

I've a christening to go to this weekend which also happens to be the first time I'm meeting my OH's extended family and siblings over from the UK.

They're all doctors etc, and I know I shouldn't be, but I'm so nervous and really want to make a good impression!

I've been told to go with Sunday's Best kinda outfit but my OH is wearing a suit and his mother will be wearing a fancy dress etc.

Any suggestions anyone?

Going shopping on Thursday and I don't even know where to start...

HELP PLEASE!!

ha-ya-said-what

Sunday best generally is the dress code for alot of christenings now, I've been caught out before & bought a brand new dress for em when I could have just worn black trousers and a nice top like everyone else there!!

You on the other hand you know the others are dressing smart, last one I was at was a 3 family christening, one family was sunday best, other was night wear... weird I know was 2pm and they looked like they were hitting the niteclubs, then the other was suit & ties for the men and nice dresses for the women, that was only a couple of weeks ago, a nice knee length dress, shrug/fitted jacket, tights & heels seems to be the fancier dress code for christening. I hate them gone is the day when it was formal dress wear everyone wore to them & you never know what to wear to em now!

ha-ya-said-what

Ohh and bring a nice coat with you too, you can leave it in the car and grab it afterwards! Nothing worse than when the OH's family start at you outside the church .... "did you not bring a coat", never mind with hello how are you lol straight to the issue of no coat!

NoDice

Ha ha brilliant thanks a million. Stupid question (I swear I never even think about what to wear to things but I'm so freaked about this!) but flats or heels?

ha-ya-said-what

Always heels I see at the christenings, if your more comfortable in flats then bring the heels, stick them on you before the christening, give you a bit of height and more elegance with the dress you see and god knows what photos you'd be roped into.... I always go with heels where the OH's family are around until the photos are out of the way cos some of his family are real lanky & I look like a dwarf beside them in photos... then the flats in the bag for comfort and the fact others are short and I don't look like a giant beside them in the pics, win win with all of them! After the church bit you can wack on your flats cos you'll more than likely be sitting down and chasing the odd kid around the place.

hill1

hi there you could try something like this]http://www.marksandspencer.com/Limited-Collection-Boat-Ponte-Dress/dp/B002YQIC6C?ie=UTF8&qid=1266867093&categoryNodeID=42967030&ref=sr_1_1&page=&node=43023030&sr=1-1&mnSBrand=core&rh=[/URL]
marks have some really nice dresses at the moment. it would be ok for the church and you would be able to wear it again.

ha-ya-said-what

THB that dress is not the type you want to wear when you want to make a nice impression on the OH's family you haven't met. Plus you'd want to be well under 5'5 to get an acceptable church length on it with the older generation.

NoDice, before you go mad wrecking your head shopping on Thursday (trust me it's a pain when you have no idea what to expect from the other family), have a rummage in your wardrobe and see have you a couple of dresses you can accessorise, pop around to a mates if you need a bit of help and see if they can help you out with shoes, belts, corsages, jewellery etc

I have a couple of plain black dresses for these kind of things, I just get some dif shoes to match the accessories, if I need to dress up a fitted jacket over the dress I get a pin on corsage with the colours of my outfit in it to dress up the jacket. I hope do god your OH does not have an aunt like mine lol with her it's all brown thomas this that, "oohh is that vera wang"

hill1

not sure what is wrong with the dress, I don't think that it is that short and if it was worn with a pr of heavy blk tights as most dresses are at the moment I don't see a problem.

Cicero

NoDice wrote: »

I've a christening to go to this weekend which also happens to be the first time I'm meeting my OH's extended family and siblings over from the UK.

They're all doctors etc, and I know I shouldn't be, but I'm so nervous and really want to make a good impression!

I've been told to go with Sunday's Best kinda outfit but my OH is wearing a suit and his mother will be wearing a fancy dress etc.
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..guys opinion here ...there's more than a christening going on this weekend!!...but I think it's more in your mind....don't know you from addams, but I get from your post (and only your post) that you have huge concerns that extend way beyond fashion...as a quick answer to your question: Wear what you are comfortable in...nice (i.e. Sunday best)..but not something you wouldn't normally wear on a special occasion..it's obvious that people on the day will want to see you....not what you 'think' they want to see...
think there has been good advice posted here already...relax a bit and enjoy the day...:)

NoDice

:)hey everyone!

Just wanted to say thanks for all the help and tips!

Got a dress in Swamp in the end. Long sleeved and knee length with a light material, so nice and dressy and still a bit funky!

Some lovely heels and a new bag in new look too so was delighted. Took a pair of flats as suggested too so thanks a million guys.

Had a really good weekend anyway and just had a laugh with my OH so it was great tbh!

Thanks again!!