https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:06:15 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons/page/2#post-2221054 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 16:46:12 +0000 Jonesy 2221054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a wonderful, hopeful time for your family! So welcome after this past year+!</p> <p>TBH, I can't really get a sense of the fit of either because of the pics. Does either one make you feel more happy, chic... (whatever adjective you are going for :)? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2221049 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 16:40:48 +0000 Angie 2221049@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>CONGRATS! A very special time for your tribe :)</p> <p>I much prefer #2! Also the blue on you is GORGEOUS.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2221027 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 15:44:10 +0000 Helena 2221027@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well I absolutely loved #2 even before I read about the pilling in #1 ... which is also lovely, but I agree this would be a dealbreaker for such a special event.</p> <p>Congratulations; such an exciting thing for your family!!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2221023 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 15:39:43 +0000 shiny 2221023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b></b>It's interesting how many of you prefer #1! I really love it too, which is why I spent so much time hunting it down on Amazon, ebay, Poshmark, ha ha. I wonder if I could take it to a tailor and have them re-create it in a better fabric that doesn't pill? Hmm.<br /><b> <br />More about the pilling: </b>the first dress I ordered has pilling on one side of the chest, and the opposite hip. It's apparent the dress was worn with a cross body bag that created the pilling. The second dress has much less pilling, just a small patch on the back. It's disconcerting that both dresses including the NWT has pilling, so I think it's just really bad fabric. Such a shame. <b></p> <p>Irina, </b>from what I'm reading on the internet (sites that offer MOB dresses), petites should choose an A-line with empire waist for best results altering. And that mermaid styles are much more complicated to alter down to a petite. <br /><b><br />Lyn,</b> A bit more about DD's dress: it is an A line, not mermaid or column style. It's backless and has a plunging neckline, and a well defined waist (DD is an hourglass). It's kinda like this --&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://vowsbridal.com/product/paloma-blanca-4962/">https://vowsbridal.com/product/paloma-blanca-4962/</a>&nbsp;-- except that it has the sheer panels along the bottom, similar to dress #1. As MOB I really would prefer to be more covered up, and I like the idea of sleeves since this will be a winter wedding.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Carol</b>, no offense taken! And I think I understand what you mean, so many MOB dresses have that ruching around the waist. I don't mind it, and I'm thoroughly flattered you think I don't need the tummy disguise!&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Stagiare</b>, Rent the Runway does not have any petite sizes. I checked. It's like petite gowns have completely disappeared everywhere, including Nordstrom's. Seems Macy's is the only option for petites these days.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Jenni</b>, I'd never have cared about my hip dips except the internet has made them something to fret over! Yet I do like the mermaid style for me (or straight column style) as I think it works best with my height (5'0) and I don't look so overwhelmed with too much fabric. I do find it interesting that dress #2 does not accentuate the hip dips, presumably because of the side ruching detail?</p> <p><b>All</b> - I will try to take better pics and will do a try-on of the rejects before I return them.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2221022 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 15:39:27 +0000 slim cat 2221022@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pilling is a deal breaker for me. I like both dresses with slight preference for the second one ( plus it's already in petit sizes - less alterations ). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220971 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:57:28 +0000 Anonymous 2220971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I like #1 more, but would worry about the pilling. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220964 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:27:50 +0000 RobinF 2220964@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very exciting! Congrats!&nbsp;</p> <p>I think I like #2 the best because I like the unusual neckline but I think #1 looks better on you than on the model so that is definitely a good option. As a fellow petite I feel your pain. It seems like there are fewer options than ever these days and very little in evening wear. Hemming is usually pretty simple but other alterations can be a bit more difficult.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220962 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:12:14 +0000 April 2220962@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't believe your DDs are getting married!&nbsp; I always think of them as teens.</p> <p>I prefer #1 but can't abide pilling.&nbsp; Not at all helpful, I know.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220937 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:11:47 +0000 Preppy Pear 2220937@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You will look lovely in a navy maxi, whatever you choose! Both look great. I quite like the first one but the immediate pilling would also give me pause. Bummer! The second one is also very pretty on you. The first one is a bit more unique to my eye, but the second one is elegant and classic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220936 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:06:42 +0000 Jenni NZ 2220936@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Actually I prefer dress 1, it’s just really quite unusual and striking. Obviously the pilling is not a great thing.<br /> I *can*see your hip dips, as a fellow petite who has had those since my 30s I do understand you may not like them, but I still think you look truly amazing in this dress.<br /> You do look good in dress 2 also, just stating my preference here and I love the idea of it toning in with a feature of your daughter’s dress as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220934 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 08:59:02 +0000 lyn67 2220934@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hah, waited for the series!:-)</p> <p>Shiny, can you provide us better picties? And what is the venue?&nbsp;</p> <p>Love them both myself- but you got me thinking deeper if&nbsp; would be great or not (?) picking a MOB dress with details too close to the DBride's...&nbsp;</p> <p>Hmm...It should be fab to begin with, but only in some smaller doses, I think-at least for myself. So I wouldn't&nbsp; want to look like&nbsp; DD- the bride- but&nbsp; in another color. So for example here exactly, I love the sheer panels on neckline and the skirt ---but if those resemble too close with the ones on&nbsp; the&nbsp; bride's gown ---I would pass. Would keep a dress which has closely same sheer panels <i>only</i> on the skirt for example- OR&nbsp;<i>only</i> on the neckline-but not both (on the neckline&nbsp;<i>even only if it was a different shape to the bride's neckline</i>). This is only my 2 cents- but you have to DYOT, of course.<br />That been said, I just LOVE the second dress-the one with the asymmetric neckline. Trully gorgeous and different! How many times you can go with such a different neckline in your daily life?? Think is very elegant- and perhaps yess, trully&nbsp; MOB which you certainly are proud to be!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220922 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 07:37:35 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2220922@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What an exciting time for you! </p> <p>Between now and Feb, your body can certainly change, so make sure whatever you get can be altered to allow for winter weight or for the shrinkage you predict. </p> <p>I’m with Irina on having a dress that’s too close to the bride’s. Dress #1 has so many issues anyway, I’d send both versions back. #2…. How long do you have to make your decision? Maybe hold onto it while you look for more. Since it’s a 1-time thing, you might want to check Rent the Runway or similar, if they have petite sizes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220916 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 07:17:42 +0000 rachylou 2220916@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pilling is not good… but I love the shape… but like the interest of the second… but, ack, better show me the lace too… lol </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220912 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 06:03:10 +0000 Minaminu 2220912@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh wow, what a great year for the whole family! </p> <p>Both dresses fit you well and the a-line shape works great on you. The pilling would be an issue for me so I would return that dress. I think I would also return the asymetrical dress based on the description you provided of the wedding dress ( I am not sure that it would work well with the dress of the bride), and I think you are right to look for a dress that has some mimics of the bride dress, it would look very harmonious in the pictures. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220906 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 05:21:15 +0000 bella 2220906@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both dresses look good to me in the stock pictures, but I prefer option #2. It looks very elegant to me, and you look great in it from what I can see. Can you ask someone to take new pictures in a better light?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220905 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 05:20:03 +0000 Suz 2220905@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>First, congratulations! So many celebrations!&nbsp;</p> <p>And congratulations also on having found two good candidates for the dress already.&nbsp;</p> <p>For me, the pilling would be a deal-breaker. It just feels wrong to go into a special event like this with something already bothering you about the dress. It's hard to tell from the photos, but apart from that, I'd say both dresses have potential. I like the round neckline one for the reasons you mentioned -- an echo of your daughter's dress. And I'm a sucker for asymmetrical details, so I love that about the other one.&nbsp;</p> <p>All in all, I'd keep these in reserve and continue the search for a bit.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220901 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 04:38:29 +0000 chewyspaghetti 2220901@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the one with the high neckline...but pilling might be a deal-breaker. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220898 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 04:09:43 +0000 CarolS 2220898@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh wow, THREE weddings. That is awesome! </p> <p>I do hope I didn't cause any offence with my comment, and sincerely apologize if I did. None was intended.&nbsp;</p> <p>To be clear, I definitely don't dislike the dress that I viewed as more traditional - It's a lovely dress. But what made me perceive it as more traditional? That's an excellent question and I've really had to think about it. I THINK it was that to my eye it read a bit more conservative and mature than the other dress -- especially in the stock photo.&nbsp; Something about the gathers at the midsection that you don't seem to need on your small frame. (It was hard to read how that midsection looked on you in the photo, though -- may have been totally different on you).</p> <p>I don't know if that's the most helpful explanation, but that's the best I can come up with to articulate it. </p> <p>I hope that whatever you finally settle on makes you feel amazing on the big day!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220892 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 02:39:18 +0000 Irina 2220892@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Shiny</b>, it’s good that I didn’t know what can and cannot be altered. :)<br />&nbsp;I found an A-line, one shoulder dress at Nordstrom. I discussed with their tailor the alterations. The dress was shortened, taking in at the sides and at the top of the shoulder. Do you have a good tailor to advise you? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220886 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 02:15:37 +0000 Anonymous 2220886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like both dresses, so wear your choice. I can’t see the first dress very well but like the photos you included. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220876 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 01:31:01 +0000 Jaime 2220876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well triple congratulations - what an exciting year for you all! I would nix the pilling dress right away. Photos will pick that up even if the guests don't. I like asymmetric anything, so I rather like the second option, but I think you need to keep looking - and I hope someone wiser than me can tell you where! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220873 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 01:19:41 +0000 shiny 2220873@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Irina, thank you for your fellow petite experience! What style was your dress? I am reading on some of the boutique MOB sites that petite women shouldn't choose certain styles as they aren't easily alterable. And the styles they mention are the styles I like the best. :-(&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220872 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 01:02:14 +0000 Irina 2220872@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like a second one with an interesting neckline, pilling on the first one would be an issue for me. And maybe repeating your daughter’s dress detail might be too matchy?<br />As a fellow petite woman, I gave up on finding a perfect MOG dress off the rack. I bought what I liked and had it altered.<br />mine was navy, too :)<br />Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220868 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:44:56 +0000 cat2 2220868@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I vote for # 2. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220867 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:41:44 +0000 Cee 2220867@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Flip a coin ? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220864 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:29:49 +0000 Kate 2220864@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I quite like them both, but there is something about #2’s asymmetrical neckline that really appeals to me. That neckline is so flattering on you as is the shape of the dress.</p> <p>How fun that you have two family weddings to celebrate! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220863 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:28:29 +0000 shiny 2220863@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sal, Both are warm! Which will be great in February. And in normal (non-COVID years) DH and I have an annual formal event every February, so I am not opposed to holding on to multiple gowns as I could get wear in the future aside from weddings! I am even okay with the idea of holding on to both sizes. I really do like the first dress --- I was drawn to it as the bottom mimics my daughter's dress. But yeah, pills on TWO of the same dress? Not a good sign!</p> <p>Carol, what makes the asymmetrical neck read more traditional MOB to you? I'm not necessary opposed to looking traditional, I am just curious? And thank you! I am looking forward to not just two weddings, but three, as my niece is also getting married next year -- but I think I have a dress for that one already! As she's insisting we wear black maxi gowns and I have one!</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220860 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 23:57:31 +0000 CarolS 2220860@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They're both very nice dresses, but something about the first one you modelled (second in the additional photos above - with the rounded neckline) really stands out for me. The dress with the assymetrical neck reads a bit more traditionally "Mother of the...". This other one to my eye, FWIW, is just a bit more unexpected, without even hinting at trying to upstage the bride! However, the issue of pilling isn't factored into my view of it, so that's obviously something else to consider.</p> <p>And congratulations -- sounds like you have lots of celebrating ahead! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220858 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 23:51:45 +0000 Sal 2220858@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>From what I can see (and from my reading) dress 2 has potential....&nbsp; The photos are a bit hard to see.&nbsp; A pilled dress does not sound appealing so I would return 1.</p> <p>I like the neckline, it is elegant, and looks warm.&nbsp; Re sizing - I guess there are a few options including keeping both, altering the larger if needed, or choosing one option and hoping it works. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mob-dress-try-ons#post-2220857 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 23:50:37 +0000 shiny 2220857@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So you can see the dresses better...&nbsp; </p>