Getting an outfit for the races is a task which many women no doubt will be facing, what with important events on the racing calendar fast approaching, such as such as the QIPCO Guineas Festival, and of course, Royal Ascot. What to wear to the races is a question for which there is no correct answer.  Which makes finding dresses for the races no easy feat!

An Outfit for the Races – How to Look the Part

An outfit for the races, depending on the meeting, may not necessarily need to be that formal. However, it certainly pays to check the official information website of the race event for what to wear to the races as per the specified dress code.  Dresses for the races are always chic and given that a hat is almost a must, a dress is the icing on the cake to looking lovely come race day.   Of course, an outfit for the races doesn’t have to mean dress, but what with etiquette, formal tradition and exacting dress codes lodged heavily into the racing tradition, why not use the occasion as an excuse to pull out all the stops and embrace the debonair spirit of dressing for the races!

What to Wear to the Races – Our Dress Picks

We give you our top picks of what to wear to the races, so that wardrobe dilemmas for this tricky event type become a thing of the past.  Below are some of our favourite dresses for the races, available from our online designer dress hire boutique:

1. Look chic and sophisticated in this orange silk Fendi wrap trench dress with contrast black belt.  Hire: £109 (RRP: £730).  Accesorize with earrings Blaguette Pave Beanies available to buy: £90, or a statement cuff like this Alika Multi Cuff, £176, also by Blaguette.

2. This flirty, prom style pleated Rose dress by Stella McCartney will give a fabulous silhouette.  Hire: £299 (RRP £1,187).  Pair with these elegant Camilla earrings from Blaguette: £80.

3.  This watercourse textured silk sheath dress by Giambattista Valli with its exaggerated frill collar will ensure you turn heads on event day.  Hire: £189 (RRP: £1,400). Plump for pared down accesories such as these Kiss Me Kate Drop earrings, £85.  

Are you a soon-to-be mother of the bride? Designer outfits are of course what many mothers of the bride opt for on their daughter’s special day.  Why not indeed opt for a designer wedding outfit is what we say.  The event to mark your daughter’s official flight from the familial nest is certainly cause for a celebration!

So, why not treat yourself to one of the mother of the bride outfits for hire available from us.  Choose up to three mother of the bride outfits for hire and we’ll send them to you to try on, plenty of time before the event.

What to wear to a wedding is no longer an issue you have to spend weeks or even months addressing.  And whether you love shopping or loathe it, mother of the bride outfits for hire will leave you less out of pocket, and content at not having had to traipse round the shops in search of a dress you’ll only wear once.

Mother of the Bride Wedding Outfits for Hire – Our Top 3

Designer wedding outfit number one is the lovely Moe dress by well-known Spanish fashion house Erdem (left). 100% silk and fully lined, this blue floral print dress with flattering boat neckline is elegant and understated.  One of our favourite mother of the bride outfits! For hire: £129.  That’s £343 off the dress’ full price tag!

What to Wear to a Wedding – The Chic Option

In our opinion, one of the chic-est mother of the bride outfits for hire, this Summer belted dress (right) by Proenza Schouler would look lovely with a fitted jacket and perhaps a black hat.   Hire this designer wedding outfit for just £69 and you’ll be saving hundreds of pounds.  (The dress recommended retail price is £550.)

A Mother of the Bride Designer Wedding Outfit with a Difference

The perfect dress for any occasion, this LaDress Sarah tuxedo dress (pictured top) will put all those what to wear to a wedding worries at bay.  One of the mother of the bride outfits we stock that succeeds in creating a dramatic look, while being easy to wear.  Will make any mother of the bride feel truly luxurious come event day!  Designer wedding outfit for hire: £89.  (Original RRP: £300).

To complete your mother of the bride designer wedding outfit, as well as our mother of the bride outfits for hire, we sell various accessories and hire out a selection of handbags.   Remember, we are not a shop.  Your order is taken care of via email and telephone, and you will receive your designer wedding outfits in the post, and simply post them back in our pre-paid packaging once you have worn them.  A luxury service and product without the accompanying price tag, aiming to ensure that you the customer does as little as possible save from look and feel great in your dress!

Okay, so this time round you’re not the bride.  So, what to wear to a wedding as a guest you ask? Dress choices in this sphere of life leave very little room for manoeuvre.  Or at least that’s what you’ll be thinking if you’re in your ‘what to wear to a wedding as a guest’ crisis mode of thought.  You needn’t be. Because GMD is here to save you.

The Wedding Guest Dress-ed Best List

Introducing our first wedding guest dress, the gorgeously metallic Proenza Schouler Jacquard dress.   Rent this beauty of a dress for £289 (it’s RRP-tag is probably big enough to rival the bride’s gown: £1,536!).   As the lovely J-Lo says (we mean J-Lum or Joanna Lumley) ‘you don’t have to be posh to be privileged’. The same mantra applies to designer wedding dress outfits.

As we’d say, ‘you don’t have to be rich to rent the perfect wedding guest dress!’.  So, without further ado, meet dress number two.  This fabulous zebra print silk piece by Temperley London would make a divine wedding guest dress choice.   Rent the Shola dress for £169 (it’s RRP is usually £630).

This dress is the answer to any girl’s what to wear to a wedding as a guest prayers.  Meet the figure flattering, bishop sleeved patterned dress by 3.1 Phillip Lim.  Hire this designer wedding outfit for just  £89- comes with a knowingly satisfied grin you can attach to your face due to having not had to fork out the £693 the dress was originally being sold for.

What to wear to a wedding as a guest. Always a difficult one for us ladies to get right.  Especially given the expected dress code required of a female wedding guest = dress.  Don’t wear a dress, and you’ll be frowned at for being too casual.  Wear the wrong kind of dress, and you’ll be placed in the wrong kind of guest category. (Although, if you’re a person who hates weddings look at it this way: it may mean not have to worry about what to wear to a wedding as a guest every again, as given your dress performance, you’ll no doubt be crossed off all your other friends’ wedding guest lists!)

What to Wear to a Wedding as a Guest; Code of Dress Conduct

But, if you happen to quite like attending the odd nuptial bash or two, then we’ve got news, and designer wedding outfits for you!  The news is that the following wedding guest dresses will enable you to pass the what to wear to a wedding as a guest test with flying colours.  Wedding guest dress issues will confront you no longer!

Sexy But Appropriate Wedding Guest Dress List

When thinking about what to wear to a wedding as a guest, you need to think about the tone of the ‘do’ (there could be a Church involved for instance).  You want to look appropriate but that doesn’t mean your wedding guest dress can’t be sexy too.  This sequinned black silk drop waist Pailette dress by Proenza Schouler, with a hem that falls just below the knee, will ensure just that.  Hire this designer wedding outfit for £219 (it would usually retail at £2,493.)

A fresh floral number from TIBI stands as the perfect wedding guest dress option. This delightful designer wedding outfit, with it’s 3/4 length sleeves and knee length hem is sophisticated, while the cut-out detail at the back adds interest.  What’s more, we just love the Matisse-esque print! Designer wedding outfit for hire: £49.  (RRP: £400).

A what to wear to a wedding as a guest soldier-of-a-dress! Is all we can say.  A fantastic Dries Van Noten beige and black colour block Dione dress, with pleat detailing.  A not too low v-neck at the front is balanced by a seductive slit at the back of the dress, achieving the optimum wedding guest dress balance.  Rent this designer wedding outfit for well below it’s original £515.  Hire: £189.