Is it OK for me to coordinate what my mother will wear at my wedding?

Is it OK for me to coordinate what my mother will wear at my wedding?

Some brides are what we call 'matchy matchy'. They want everything to match, so they like to be able to tell the mother and the mother of the groom to wear pink, or whatever it is. It's okay to do that if you can do it very, very nicely because, don't forget, we're talking about a woman who has perhaps a different figure style than you do, who has different taste in clothes, etc., and she really wants to look her best that day and not have too many dictations on what she should wear. If you are comfortable enough to say, "Please wear what looks good on you," that is a tremendous gift to give to your mom or to your mother-in-law. Just tell her not to wear red. On a personal note, my mother-in-law wore a hot pink dress to my daughter's wedding. Every single picture she's in, she is the focal point of the picture. She just jumps out of that picture at you. If you're giving some advice to your mother or your mother-in-law-to-be about what they wear to the wedding, you might suggest that they do not wear a really bright, outstanding color. It should be a little bit more subdued.