Guests wearing white to a wedding

Torry_Quine

I would never wear white as a guest at a wedding and until reading this thread it had never crossed my mind that anyone would ever think of it as an acceptable choice.

LEJC

I love the dress you have in mind and yes it is very white...I think you could pull it off if it were accessorised with a contrasting colour...but not the main colour theme of the wedding!

talulahbeige_2

Chyna-s wrote: »

What happens when the bride is wearing pink or red - are no guests then allowed to wear this?

At my wedding then yep i will be a bit miffed if people turn up in bright red as most female guests know that i am getting married in red.

hot.chick

just pick another dress

GracieP

I think it's pretty rude to wear all white/off-white to a wedding in a culture where white/off-white is the norm for brides. Sure the bride might be the type who couldn't care less, I wouldn't have, but if there is any chance that she will it's just not worth it. And even if the bride herself doesn't care an awful lot of people will be looking at you as if you were the biggest, stupidest, most attention seeking, lady-dog in the room.

belfastgirl23

The dress is beautiful...but def too white!

Minxy_Bella

Definitely don't wear that dress, OP - even if the bride isn't offended at you trying to steal her thunder, then all of the rest of the women at the wedding will be giving you evils the entire time. And it won't be because you're 'prettier'/'skinnier' etc than the bride (!!), it'll be because you've shown disrespect to a tradition.

At my first wedding, an acquaintance asked me if it was ok to wear white. I wasn't that bothered so said it was ok but OMG you should have seen it! Even the men made fun of her as she looked like Miss Haversham.

Second time around, if anyone had asked me, I would have given a firm no, for their sake, not mine.

Bronnie

Errm! I'm not the OP............. no wedding invites atm........ and my posts are purely hypothetical for the purpose of discussion!!

Minxy_Bella

Ok - well my opinion still stands LOL

B44

Hmm. It sounds like the best bet would be not to wear a white dress then, at the risk of offending anyone. I could do as others have suggested and wear colourful accesories, such as a yellow cardigan, coloured shoes etc so as to hide the white almost. I have found out that the bride will indeed be wearing white and the bridesmaids red.

I wont be appearing in any photos (or at least I doubt it) so at least if I do decide on the white it wont be too big a deal photo wise. I shall as suggested find out the brides views on the matter.

Seems like I need to decide pretty soon.

Thankyou everyone - as I said it seems like there are a mixture of opinions on this matter lol

impy78 wrote: »

Best to ask, at least then you know rather than guessing. I don't think any offence can be taken at your being considerate of the couple's wishes!

Hop you have a lovely time whatever you wear

Thankyou