To fit up to size 24
Traditionally the mother of the groom has an easy time. After all she is not paying for the wedding, or organising anything unless she volunteers to do so. She can therefore be totally indulgent and spoil herself when looking for the perfect outfit. Like the mother of the bride, the groom’s mother must look fantastic.

Keeping within the chosen atmosphere of the wedding, but not forgetting her own colour preferences the mother of the groom can spend shopping time with friends, but make sure that they are friends that do not put her into an ‘old’ category by persuading her to choose an old fashioned outfit. You dress to please yourself, not to please your friends – take advice if you respect their judgement, but be careful of the kind of friend that is outdated in her thinking – even daughters can be a problem, expecting their mother to ‘look her age’.