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Outshining the bride on her big day is the greatest wedding faux pas imaginable. Outshining the bride on her wedding day while simultaneously being her mother—now that’s a sh—ty MIL trope we can all get behind.
Twitter user @_sashayed recently found THE most extra ‘mother of the bride’ dress on Etsy, and promptly posted it to Twitter where it went understandably viral.
the pure awe i experienced when i saw this was labeled a "mother of the bride" dress pic.twitter.com/qH19bKLbS1
— Rave Sashayed (@_sashayed) March 12, 2019
While on first glance, it appears to be a Morticia Addams costume, or perhaps the perfect attire for a goth party (is this a thing?), Etsy seller Tonena has the gown labeled specifically as a “mother of the bride dress.” (Though we’d argue it’s a bit more “stepmother of the bride” dress.)
Additional descriptions include: “Open back evening gown with long sleeves, Sexy formal dress with feathers, sexy black dress.” Tonena knows the mess she’s tryna create with this gown!
The Bulgarian-designed gown features sheer black sheer panels, a feather skirt, and an open back—though Tonena writes that it can be closed up for those “aiming for a more conservative look.”
“DARling, did you forGET to inVITE your MOTHER????”– me in this extremely normal mother-of-the-bride dress, slamming into my daughter’s wedding mid-Mendelssohn while a lightning storm rages outside. the guests gasp in terror pic.twitter.com/H3uuIVLSOz
— Rave Sashayed (@_sashayed) March 12, 2019
Is this howthey do weddings in Bulgaria?
listen. the person making these couture dresses for wicked stepmothers has a third eye and it is WIDE fucking open https://t.co/03hENi7NS4
— Rave Sashayed (@_sashayed) March 12, 2019
If so, sign me tf up!
mother of the bride…or groom! could be anyone(‘s mother)! pic.twitter.com/KYBvHNCsHJ
— Rave Sashayed (@_sashayed) March 12, 2019
Twitter immediately began referencing film and television characters who would be all over this look.
The spots are for the coat 😉 pic.twitter.com/7aVCisCJnw
— Monica (@TheBigMeeow) March 12, 2019
Ooh, it’s gonna be like this pic.twitter.com/5a4fIRjafd
— The Wong Mau (@thewongnow) March 12, 2019
Yes. If the mother of the bride was abandoned by the family, is out for revenge, and is played by Joan Collins.
— Paul Curtis Pinkosh (@eromiclord) March 12, 2019
This dress alone is a 3-season drama on Netflix. I’d watch.
— Janet Gottschalk (@Smudgecatmom) March 12, 2019
Maleficent’s daughter’s wedding pic.twitter.com/GABavgoBPp
— angrynerdgirl #UncagedAnthology (@Miss_Jess03) March 12, 2019
Or just imagining the incredible mother who would wear a gown so very…beyond.
The year is 2060.
I’m 65 years old, but my skincare routine and medical technology has rendered me an elegant, ageless beauty.
A perpetual bachelorette, I arrive solo, wearing this, to my only child’s wedding.
The 3 possible fathers are also present.
A scene is caused. https://t.co/PGHoVCdrzq— peamilk (@madison_alleman) March 12, 2019
yes, I’m the mother of the bride. yes, her father died under mysterious circumstances. yes, I will date rich, younger men.
— nathan (@bedwyrssong) March 12, 2019
“Oh, this old thing? I just threw it on.” I say as I drink champagne out of a crystal glass and seduce my daughter’s new husband. “You’re so sweet.” My lipstick is blood red and will definitely end up where it shouldn’t.
— Joverie (@askjoverie) March 12, 2019
—Angwitch 🌨☕️🌄 (@angidas) March 12, 2019
that dress says im seducing my son in law and when my daughter confronts me i will chuckle scornfully
— Jungkook’s Tiddies 🍼💦👅 (@chatter_radio) March 12, 2019
Whoever invites me to their wedding next I 100% promise to
(a) wear this dress;
(b) show up during the ceremony LATE and LOUD;
(c) cause an elegant but terrible scene during the reception; and
(d) throw a full glass of red wine on the relative of your choosing during said scene https://t.co/btbvOwUtKd— Sarah Gailey (@gaileyfrey) March 12, 2019
Tonena’s gown will set you back a whopping $2,390.00, but future MIL’s, don’t fret—there are other, slightly more affordable designs, including this “mother of the bride” (OR! “mob’swife”! gown)
And—if black isn’t your color—this sexy white “couture mother of the bride” look to really put your daughter in her place.
Listen, if you don’t try to start some s—t at your daughter or daughter-in-law’s wedding, are you even any fun? (No.) Here’s to hoping we get more Bulgarian wedding invites in 2019.
h/t Twitter
