To wear this to my graduation?

You said she'd give the impression she didn't care about her degree by wearing a dress which covers far more than many dresses worn at graduations

It's judgey af

I was thinking about the dress code guidance from the practical point of view of how to fix the gown to the dress.

This was on the guidance on DD's university website.

The guidance just said dress for an occasion, wear your national dress if you have one, and take into account how to fix the robe to what you are wearing. No mention of business attire.

DD and her friends wore flats and took heels just to go on to the stage, then they changed back into flats.

I'm not being " judgey"
I'm expressing an opinion on the dress and it's suitability. As OP asked us to.
It's a party dress. So obviously if she wears it to graduate people are going to form opinions.

All those saying "don't forget you'll look back at this in 30 years time" as if she's going to not look at the photo and see her achievement, her hard work, how beautiful she looked but think "gosh what a dress"

Plenty of universities this would be a perfectly acceptable dress. They don't insist on Smart business attire

It makes the statement "I am wearing a bright dress to celebrate the hard work I've done"

Stop being so judgey

Incorrect

There are all types of dresses worn for a graduation

I think a lot is going to depend on the norms for your university. Mine was very strict - had to be a black shirt and white shirt and from photos it looks like it’s still the same. For my masters it was less strict but was still formal dress. Other universities will be a bit more informal. Your dress wouldn’t have been ok for my first university - I’m not sure they’d have let you go up but would have probably been just about ok for my masters one if people didn’t look too hard.

Congratulations but that's no dress for a grad ceremony.

Went to a graduation yesterday, and there was a variety of outfits. Yours wouldn’t have negatively stood out. Wear what you feel happy and beautiful in.

However- please wear shoes you can walk in ☺️☺️

I think more a party dress.

Congratulations on your qualifying.

Sons graduation was in July. Under the graduation gowns were dresses that were definitely nightclub. Low cut, very, very, short. Sky scraper heeled sandals.

The afternoon meal in a restaurant with the parents, all were buzzing with young people who were absolutely going partying, bar hopping. 😊

Congratulations on our achievement. My daughter graduated last week. There was no dress code everyone wore what they wanted. This ranged from trousers suits, trousers and tops , dresses that barely covered top and bottom to evening gowns. The cloak covers a lot. They did however all have stunning shoes. The guys wore a mixed variety too

Why is everyone talking about when they graduated 20 odd years ago. Times have changed and things like business attire is no longer worn as much, if at all.

The only issue I can see is that the OP might be cold, not that it's not 'business attire'.

They say not to wear very long dresses to graduations as most venues you have to climb up/down many steps (Leeds Town Hall - the venue of mine) and nothing more embarrassing then tripping up on the dress.

There is a lot of standing about and with people coming and going from the venue you get cap and gown from, you will get cold wearing a strapped dress.

That is a pretty dress for weddings, not for graduation. When I graduated 21 years ago everyone wore a business style suit. Wore a bright purple blouse.

I wouldn’t. Graduations seem to be a lot more relaxed these days but even so that’s not a dress that will work well or look right under a graduation gown. Something fitted and knee length generally looks best. I would save that dress for the evening celebration.

The dress is lovely but if you are graduating in November/December, make sure you don't have to stand outside for ages in the cold waiting to get into the hall - Manchester Uni, I'm looking at you! Apart from the already expressed concerns about holding your robe in place and how the top part of the dress will look in the official photos, long dresses with full skirts don't tend to look great under the robes. Somehow the skirt often ends up bunching into the gap at the front of the robe. How about wearing something simple for the ceremony and saving this for dinner/drinks/party after?

Agree that's it's probably not the type of dress the majority will wear to a graduation ceremony so I'd buy it but wear something else on the day.

Well it's making a statement that you don't see graduation as a serious educational achievement.

The only thing this tells me about the OP is that the OP hasn't read the dress guidance on the unversity website, hasn't thought about the practicalities of how to fix her robe and doesn't feel the cold.

Of course she can wear what she likes.

But it's naive if you think that what you wear doesn't make a statement about yourself.

Oh, come off it. Wearing a nice dress doesn't say anything about how you view education or a degree.

Wear what you like, OP, and well done!

Where is it from, OP?

I work in a university. At least 50% of the women graduating are dressed as if they are going clubbing, some as if they are going to a very formal and fancy ball, some in extravagant goth attire, I've seen a couple of what looked like wedding dresses...

I think the dress you've linked to is lovely :)

*short not shirt