Is it ok to wear red to a wedding?

daisiegg

I think it is fine. Honestly, on my wedding day there were people in red, green, black and white and if you had asked me when I got to our room that evening what people had been wearing - I would not have had the slightest clue. I have only really noticed outfits since, looking at the photos. I was so busy and so euphoric that my female guests could have been wandering around in nipple tassels and I would not have noticed or cared.

InsideInsurance

codemonkey wrote: »

I bought a red swing dress which fits and looks nice. I showed a photo of it to someone at work and she said that it's rude to wear red to a wedding.

As always, it depends.....

In most parts of India red is the colour that the bride wears and so similar to here where a woman shouldnt go in a white dress then in many indian cultures a woman shouldnt go in a red dress as not to outshine the bride etc. Its easier to do there as whilst the bride does tend to go more OTT on the bling, jewellery and henna every other female will also be wearing almost the same.

Assuming they arent indian then red should be fine, especially if you are only going to the reception. Very bright colours/ revealing cuts etc may not be too appreciated in a very conservative church but I wouldnt let that stop you.

The only real things to avoid is a flat black dress, ie what you'd wear to a funeral, as its either considered bad luck or just not fitting to the party/ celebration aspect of a wedding or a dress that could be confused for the brides (so in the british culture, white)

74jax

I got married last year and a couple of guests wore red and I thought nothing of it other than how lovely to see them. I love red, it was the colour of my bridesmaids too.

Quite a few wore white too, but again I didn't think anything of it .

Never heard of these 'rules'.

paulineb_2

Tbh, I'm not sure I'd want to be at a wedding where the bridè and her friends discussed whether I had had a fling with the groom.

She's suspicious of you? All sounds a bit odd to me.

I've seen people wear red and black and numerous other colours to weddings.

If I ever got married people could wear docs and a grass skirt for all I'd care.

paulineb_2

Oh there are rules. Don't ever make a post saying you are thinking of wearing leggings under a dress or tunic.

Or wearing black. I think to be honest a lot of rules have relaxed over the years but some people are very into tradition.

People holding grudges for 20 years because someone wore black to their wedding for example.

To be honest, if this bride and her mates aren't very nice to the op then no matter the colour she might get talked about negatively.

tiernsee

My mother, sister and future mother-in-law all wore red to my wedding. I wanted to wear black but OH was not happy and I ended up in red as well! I think in some cultures red is the colour for the bride and other guests should not wear red? Provided there was no cultural reasons I would say go for the colour that makes you comfortable.

splishsplash

As I remember it, if you're a guest, you don't wear white/ivory, you don't wear black if you could wear it to a funeral, you don't wear a red dress, and you don't wear slits too high or low. Cover bare shoulders at the ceremony with a wrap or shrug (maybe that's just for churches?).

Having said that, do people even care any more? I think many people don't really pay much attention, tbh. You'd know better than us if the wedding is likely to be formal or not, OP.

I think the reason for these 'rules' is basic - you shouldn't draw attention from the bride. So if your red dress is a show-stopper, it's probably not suitable.

koan_2

Wow, so green is unlucky, red means you're sleeping with the groom, black is for funerals and white or cream is for the bride only.

No wonder you ended up looking at a load of brown dresses :rotfl:

jackie_w

Wear what your like except white!!!! If there was something/someone that said you shouldn't wear a certain colour it's probably because of they way things were years ago.

I do however, like to tell the bride what colour of dress I'm wearing to make sure she is okay with this, as I wouldn't want to turn up wearing anything similar in colour to her bridesmaids.

I've wore red before to a wedding and I've also worn black. It's 2014 not 1914!!!

Lego_house

Wear red, turn up just before the bride so you walk down the aisle just as "here comes the bride" starts to play... :rotfl: