Is it ok to wear red to a wedding?

lostinrates

i am so thinking about getting married again just to have a 'nipple tassles and red' dress code.

i consider myself observant of the rules of society on these things simply because i see no point in putting obstacles in my own path (or judgement on my choices by others of more traditioal bent on my firends by their in laws, i'm not arguing thats right, but that its possible, and why poke a hornets nest thats not mine to poke?) in the future. however, had never heard the red one, and gren is so silly that i indeed incorporated green into my own outfit whn i got married (in non traditioinal wedding and clothes) because its my favourite colour and very much no considered unlucky to me but rather the opposite if anything, natural and pure. i would not wear black or white personally (or dare i say it leggings;)) unless it was the dress code, and we have been to a wedding where the drss code was black and white and i thought it was weird and not that stylish, but it was their choice and fun to do something different and easy enough to comply.

weddings do seem to cause a fuss these days don,t they? Hope you all have a good day!

KateBob

flea72 wrote: »

Red makes you stand out too much in pics. Green is unlucky. Black is for funerals. White so you arent copying bride

At the last wedding I attended I wore a swing dress with a flower design.
It had a white background, back stems, green leaves and red flowers.
BINGO do I get a prize for covering all the nono's in one go"

neverdespairgirl

Sorry Kate Bob - no leggings. You miss a no-no there!

meames_2

I think it is the bride who shouldn't have red in her wedding colours, as it represents blood and bandages along with the white.

Wear what you like, if you look nice, good!

JellyBox

I've worn red to the last three weddings I went to. One of them I didn't know the groom, another was my cousin and the third, a guy twice my age. I guarantee I was sleeping with none, nor did anyone seem bothered by the fact I wore red (indeed, I wore leggings under said dress for one, because it was ruddy freezing!).

I think if people want to gossip, then they will do, whatever you wear, so you might as well be happy and comfortable, celebrate the groom's happiness and let the bridal party think whatever they like.

minerva_windsong

Personally I subscribe to the rule of 'not wearing all white (though white mixed with another colour is fine, such as a print on a white background) or the wedding colours', mainly because I don't want to look like I'm trying to steal the bride's thunder or get mistaken for a bridesmaid. But if you like the red dress and feel comfortable in it then I say wear it.

For my own wedding, I'm not going to throw a hissy fit if one of my guests shows up in white or red (my colour scheme is red, ivory, black and silver) - I'd just be happy to have them there and wearing something they were happy in rather than feeling they had to wear a certain thing because there were 'rules' about what colours they should and shouldn't wear.

Pinzy

I've not heard of any "no no" colours bar white for guests, and you've got something which looks nice, and fits you, which is great.

Fundamentally though, you need to feel comfortable and free to enjoy yourself. If you think that you may be a little worried about it all day on the day, then go for something else.

Morglin

It was said, years back, the you shouldn't get married in red, as it denoted the 'scarlet woman/probably not a virgin' concept (all red hat and no drawers, as the saying went). :eek:

But, I don't ever remember anyone worrying about what the guests were wearing.

Lin

hieveryone

I'm not even 30 and I know the rule of not to wear red to a wedding...!

poet123

hieveryone wrote: »

I'm not even 30 and I know the rule of not to wear red to a wedding...!

It can't be a rule if lots of us have never heard of it!!

This (not the hat!) is similar to what I am wearing in two weeks.