Bustle

Here are several links to websites that will tell you everything you need to know about how to do various kinds of bustles. A couple even have actual pictures so you can see the way various kinds of bustles will make different types of gowns actually look.

Http://www.sewnews.com/library/sewnews/qa/aaqa0300a.htm


Http://www.sewdeb.com/bustle2.html


Http://www.leanna.com/Bridal/Bustles.htm


Hope this helps your mom!

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I would do a pick-up bustle.
For someone who has not done a bustle before I think it would be the easiest because it only has one button (anchor) as opposed to the several underpinnings of a french bustle.