Money Moral Dilemma: Should I have to pay for clothing my friend wants me to wear for her 'wedding'?

mazza73monk

Short answer from a Yorkshireman: No. Why would you? Now that's me done! Bye

gloriouslyhappy

I've been to a Sierra Leonian and a Nigerian wedding as a guest - the wedding party wore western dress for the ceremony and changed into traditional tribal dress for the reception. Before anyone jumps all over me, I say tribal dress deliberately because that's how members of the bridal party described it. In both cases, the fabric and style was specific to their particular culture, not just Nigerian or Sierra Leonian but very specifically for their local / regional culture within their country.

So no way could you buy or rent the outfit, and unless you attended another wedding from that same very specific local culture, there's no way you could wear the dress again. Therefore your friend should supply the outfit or at the very least, offer to supply the fabric and you get it made up.