Sleeves can also be part of Slimming Mother of the Bride Dress Styles, not just for coverage, but for shape
You could also swap a sweater or sweatshirt dress and apply the same styling suggestions
I travel to India thrice yearly to select pretty outfits. This is my hobby, said Ram, who herself was draped in a jeweled encrusted black lehenga designed with a short bodice, and paired with a flowing floor-length skirt
Chiffon: Light, Airy, and Floaty Chiffon is the fabric you pick when you want your dress to move like a soft cloud around you
This is thought to be in part because she was often in mourning for either her father-in-law, mother, husband, or second husband, and in part that she looked very good in white (and apparently wanted to marry her first husband Francis in it, during a time when white was not commonly worn in weddings, red being the preferred choice, long before she entered her period of mourning)