Very nice!
Very attractive! I donât yet know what the bride wants us to wear nor details about the wedding. We continue to wait for more info. If she wants knee length, thatâs a definite maybe.
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D1 had such wedding, but she preferred if men didnât wear tuxes because then they look too much like waiters. 
Most ladies wore long dresses. D1 didnât want them in sundresses. Everyone looked lovely at her wedding.
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I told my daughter I didnât care about any details for the wedding âŠ.that the choices were hers, except I WILL be wearing a long dress. To me, a long dress solves the problem of what shoes to wear. I have one pair of shoes that could even be worn on a dressy occasion and they arenât particularly flattering or attractive. But they are very comfortable. And I donât care what they look like. , the dress will hide them!
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We attended a wedding this summer that had an interesting mix of people. Most were dressed up, but a small group of the brideâs family was dressed like they didnât have time to change after doing their Saturday chores. The bride was so cool ⊠she told the MOG, my friend, that all she cared about was that they came to help her celebrate her happy day.
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At Dâs wedding friends of her in-laws drove up 4 hours and then called her MIL to say they neglected to put their dress clothes in the car. They were very embarrassed and said they would skip the wedding. We (D, myself, her in-laws) spoke for two seconds and immediately agreed to insist that they come to the wedding (which they did and it was just fine).
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I agree that long dresses can make the shoe choice easier.
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Iâm not a long dress fan and avoid at all costs, but hereâs my questionâŠwhy does a long dress âhideâ shoes? I mean is the dress so long that you canât see shoes when you walk or dance or whatever??? Sounds like a tripping hazard to me!!
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I was wondering about that too. You would still need nice shoes with the long dress.
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Make me another one who was wondering about the shoes and long dresses. I was so relieved when I found out I would not need a long dress for my sonâs wedding since I havenât worn a long gown since my own wedding day!
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Look at wedding photos. With a long dress, you can still see a bit of the shoes⊠but a more practical style is not as obvious. That was really helpful at my daughterâs small wedding, which due to nicer than expected weather was switched outdoors. I was easily able to wear my favorite comfy wedge sandals (tan elastic with some blingy gold) under my long dress. I could have easily danced, had there been dancing. Same shoes would not have looked as nice with a fancy short dress.
Now for the bride in a big fancy dress, shoes can totally disappear. I was once at the reception dance hall (in a barn, after an outdoor wedding ceremony and dinner in a tent). The pretty tall bride in a stunning dress lifted the skirt to show us her Teva rafting sandals. I said âwow, very hidden⊠you could have worn them during the ceremony tooâ. She replied - âI didâ. Ha, none of us had noticed.
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I totally agree.
I definitely have looked at some photos of long dresses/shoes. I guess to me a long dress is often more formal or needing fancy shoes. Or at least not less - from a style point of view.
My personal opinion is that ANY shoe with ANY DRESS should be fitting AND comfortable!
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Here is the long dress I wore to kidâs wedding last July. I planned on wearing nice block heel sandals but had to switch to closed toe shoes because I got a giant blister which would have stuck out. 
Trust me, I was able to dance in this dress without any problems. The key to danceability is that no part of the dress should drag on the ground (thatâs why brides have bustles). My shoes do not show up much in the formal wedding pics because they blend in with the dress, but if they were ugly and chunky, theyâd be quite visible!
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Lovely dress!
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Thank you! The key selection factor here was the colors: a good blend from the wedding palette. Navy or beige were discouraged! 
And the bridesmaids quickly grabbed the wine color, and groomswoman took over the emeraldish green. The photos look very festive!
Exactly! The little bit of shoes that poke out in a long dress can be comfortable ones that would look terrible in a short dress!
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Look at @BunsenBurner post. This is EXACTLY why a long dress is so so much better fir those with problem feet! Iâm surprised people donât realize this.just a bit of the toe pokes out. Especially for just the pictures itâs so much better. Iâm the kind that canât wear uncomfortable shoes even for the time it takes to do pics.
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The tailor who altered my long MOB dress was extremely picky about the height of my shoe heel. The dress couldnât be lengthened, so he stressed the importance of having the perfect heel for the length. I ordered three different pairs of varying heights - all quite low (and comfortable) - and he told me which was best. It ended up being perfect.
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My MIL had a stylist, I think at Flahâs (anybody in NY remember them?) order her a very lovely silk pant/jacket set for our wedding. In her case she had a leg brace and orthopedic shoes - it worked great for her.
The related challenge was the required long lead time. My mother, who was working full time and caring for her parents and helping (more that I realized) with the local wedding planning logistics, had to go find a dress in a rush before she was ready. MIL wanted to follow the tradition for MOB to set the tone on dresses (and have first pick at colors). Very sweet, but really my mom really didnât care. I had no luck getting MIL to just go ahead and shop knowing bridesmaid colors and momâs preference for a long dress.