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WE’RE officially entering wedding season and guests will know all too well that finding the perfect outfit can be tricky to navigate. Avoiding wearing the same outfit as another guest is key, anything too provocative should be ditched and above all never wear white particularly if you’re in the wedding party. However, one mother-of-the-bride decided to forgo tradition and turned up to her daughter’s wedding in a full white ensemble.

Not only that, but her daughter Hannah Tomlinson, says her mum Vanessa Challen's choice in dress was actually similar to what an older bride might wear. Hannah, 39, who lives in West Sussex with husband, Russell 43, tells Fabulous: “The dress she wore was white all over. “It was the equivalent to what an older woman might wear for their own wedding.



” While most brides might have been horrified by their mum wearing an outfit that could be mistaken for a wedding dress for their big day, Hannah had a surprising reaction. “We just went dress shopping for a really long time for my mum and it was the nicest outfit that we found,” she says. “Because it looked nice on her it didn't even register to me about what colour it was.

“I didn't even really think about it. I just thought it looked nice and it didn't bother me what colour she wore.” Hannah married Russell in a traditional Catholic ceremony wearing a full white gown and enormous train with the bridesmaids following a baby blue and pink scheme.

Guests then celebrated the recepti.

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