Getting married in jeans.

[SusiePaloozie]

Getting married in Oz next year in their Spring which will be November or Oct.

I want to wear jeans. I'm 42...the wedding will be in Mils lovely garden...very casual affair, BBQ and about 50 guests.

I just don't want to wear a dress...I never wear dresses and as an actress I've been in plenty of big, dramatic gowns over the years...I've looked and looked and just can't see one I like...I hate 50s style tea dresses and won't feel at all comfy in anything that is age appropriate or suited to a garden wedding.

Oz is very casual anyway...I thought (I've got a good figure) that I could get some really gorgeous jeans and shoes and a lovely lacy white top and have my hair and makeup done...flower or nice hair thing in...and that's that.

Is it ok and can anyone advise or offer ideas. I look best in high necklines...I've a small bust...size 10...I like white lacy tops...something that shows off waist...arms are fine.

[SusiePaloozie]

Bump...I need your expert advice MN!

[nottheOP]

I like it in theory but will your guests be more dressy than you? Or will you just be like one of them?

[nottheOP]

Maybe you could do a white cigarette pant trouser suit?

[PoppyBlossom]

this is pretty, although not white.

What's your budget?

[SusiePaloozie]

not no...I really don't like trouser suits one bit.... also...I will tell the guests it's casual...they're all bloody hippies..nobody will really dress up and I'm hoping that extra special up-hair with ornament and spectacular shoes and top plus little posy or something will make me stand out.

[PoppyBlossom]

too formal?

I can picture what yore trying to do and think it could work well, relaxed and elegant.

[SusiePaloozie]

poppy it IS pretty but I really don't want a dress. no dresses.

I've looked and I've looked and nothing feels right. Its in a garden...I don't wear dresses ever and will not feel happy in one.

[SusiePaloozie]

Poppy thanks but that is the same dress you linked first.

[daftyburd]

I think you should wear whatever you like. It sounds fine to me and I know I could never do the big dress thing. Don't wear a white pant suit that would be dreadful. It makes me think of Celine Dion.

[SusiePaloozie]

Dafty me too! It's SO not me too...

[PoppyBlossom]

Oops sorry, here is the formal one.

What kind of jeans were you thinking? Skinny, boyfriend fit? And colour? I think I'd lean towards white jeans

[PoppyBlossom]

Oh it's not a dress op, both links are separates!

[FauxFox]

Wear the jeans! Be yourself - it's your wedding after all! Anything here you like?
tori burch
iris & ink
Rick Owens
Oscar de la Renta
stella mcCartney
chloe
valli
anglomania
maje

[yellowdinosauragain]

Poppy didn't link a dress. It's a lace top. Shown in some of the pictures with a matching skirt

[Stroopwaffel]

Do it! It sounds great.

I'm getting married next year and also cannot imagine wearing a dress of any description (let alone a big white one!)

[SusiePaloozie]

Oh I see! That 2nd link is a lovely top....gorgeous. But I was thinking of something to show my waist as it's one of my better features...I think skinny jeans....a few people have said white jeans but what if they're a different shade to the top? You know how hard it is to get whites exact.

[DulcetMoans]

I'm not really fashion-y, in fact this might be my first time on the style boards but I just want to say - DO IT! If you want to wear jeans then do, you can doll it up with accessories and you'll be comfy.

Will jeans be warm in Oz? I don't know as haven't been.

[LadyCassandra]

Could you wear a jumpsuit? Like Amal Clooney wore for her civil ceremony?

[nottheOP]

No, not celine style, more like this but with a better top underneath

Either way, if it's not what you're into and you're still going to be the most dressed up one, then that's okay!

[LadyCassandra]

But jeans are good, I think you should get married in whatever you want. Would you wear skinnies, flares...?

[SoupDragon]

I'd probably go for lighter trousers than jeans but go for whatever you are happy in!

[daftyburd]

What about Etsy? I bought a white lace cardi a couple of months ago. All the nice ones seemed to be in shops based in Australia. I needed mine quickly so ended up buying vintage in UK.

[Duckdeamon]

Make sure you get the fabulous jeans way in advance and wear them lots so they're comfy!

[nottheOP]

Yes, a jumpsuit!

www.reiss.com/p/chain-detail-jumpsuit-womens-kenna-in-champagne/?category_id=12437

www.johnlewis.com/coast-prue-jumpsuit-green/p1913390?sku=234325290&kpid=234325290&s_kenid=f848658f-4cb9-40f7-bcf5-2f8fc1b02eaf&s_kwcid=403x143664&tmad=c&tmcampid=73&kpid=234325290

[SoupDragon]

I agree that both bottom and top could be tricky in white due to colour matching. One or other would look good in a colour of some sort.