Statutory wedding

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Hi! I was wondering if anyone had chosen the statutory marriage option where its just you, your partner, the registar and 2 witnesses? Me & my partner have chosen this for our ceremony with plans to have a big party at a later date ( I will be 12 weeks pregnant with our first baby & we want to be officially married before his/her arrival then celebrate properly on our 1st anniversary if this makes sense)
Anyway.. I just wonderd what we are both supposed to wear- I am thinking for myself a smart - casual dress maybe? what about my partner- would a suit be too OTT? We really don’t want to look over dressed for the simple ceremony however we don’t want to look like we walked in off the street either ha ha. Anyone who has done this that can offer any advice would be appreciated. We are giving our notice on monday morning but feel silly asking at the offices about dress code. Thanks J x

I've known a few people to do this. Totally depends on you as a couple. One friend wore a gorgeous white summer dress, another chose to go bright pink ballgown. Definitely suite for the groom. Congrats X hope it all goes perfectly

There's no dress code, you can wear what you like. Wear whatever you feel comfortable and happy in. You can look like you've just walked in from the street if you like, if that's how you want to dress!

I went to a posh frock place and my dress was cream and pink. DH wore a suit.

Depends on weather/time of year and what you plan to do after

Nice meal or drink down the pub, home for a takeout

Personally I think you should dress up a bit but jeans and a TShirt are also acceptable.

Agree there's no dress code.

But I would suggest that the two main options are 'Sunday best' or utterly casual (eg jeans)

No-one is going to be cticising your choice for being either under- or over-dressed.

The only things to ask are about what you want to do, and what sort of memories if the day you want tomhave

We did this, DH wore a suit and I had a cream dress (although not an actual wedding dress), witnesses dressed smart too. We had flowers too, only buttonholes and a really simple little bouquet but still nice. I'll be honest I wanted to go in jeans (hate dressing up in general) but DH and the friends who were our witnesses convinced me we should make a bit of fuss and I'm glad we did now, the photos are nice to look back on.

We did this. No dress code. We wore jeans.

Thank you everyone for your replies they are very much appreciated. J x

You are effectively signing a contract, would you dress up to go to a solicitor, bank etc? Wear whatever you feel comfortable in.

Wear whatever you want. They will have seen it all. DH wore a suit, shirt & no tie. I wore a vintage, vaguely wedding-y dress.

If it were me, I'd wear a nice dress and have DF wear smart trousers / shirt & tie. But no jacket or flowers. I take it you won't be having photos?

Your plan sounds perfect, by the way, I like the idea of a big party a year on.