Would you wear white to a wedding as a guest...

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Would you wear white to a wedding as an evening guest? It is just a simple white bodycon dress, not in anyway wedding dress like? Opinions please..

No. 🙄

I don't know why people even consider this, it so obviously inappropriate. Yet at several weddings I've been to, there's one person who does this. Seems a bit attention seeking to me.

My sister in law wore her actual white wedding dress to our marriage ceremony. And yes people did laugh at her.

I'd have told her to go home and get changed. That is appalling. Presume her husband (your brother?) was mortified.

What Curbside said.

Definite no. Don't be the one everyone is talking about/criticising even if the bride is ok about it. It's her day not yours.

Surely you are not considering this op?

Sakura, her husband made the excuse that she wanted to look nice so she had put on her nicest dress!

Wow Queequeg07. I bet she was getting some serious side eye all day!

Wearing an actual wedding dress makes the person look like either a total idiot, or a jealous attention seeker.

I don't think it's a problem, it's the evening do, not the actual wedding

I really don't see the problem with it, I mean does it matter what colour dress you wear. I remember a girl wore white dress for my wedding I didn't even think anything of it, didn't even notice to be honest until looking back at photos

I can't see what the problem is, don't know why people get so hung up on this kind of thing. Also don't know why so many brides want to wear white either

Wearing an actual wedding dress makes the person look like either a total idiot, or a jealous attention seeker.
Exhibit A: Sarah Quinn, "bridesmaid".
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@TowerRingInferno love Aunt Sarah! "How were the eyebrows?"

Not just a white dress but a white bodycon dress

Def do it OP. You know you want to stand out so hell go full blown. After all it’s all about you right?!

As for all the "what's the problem?", in the UK and most of the Western world, we have a very clear etiquette about this: unless the wedding is very unconventional or the bridal couple specifically request otherwise, all-white at a wedding is reserved for the bride. The colour signifies that she is the focus of attention and has a "special" role.

Yes, dress codes and etiquette can be overplayed, but generally we have them for a reason: they help people know what to expect and how to behave and thus help people to rub along together. If you didn't personally care about other people wearing white at your wedding, fine, but it's a lot more complicated to have a rule of "you can wear white at weddings but only if the bride is totally OK with it" than just a rule of "don't wear white to weddings".

love Aunt Sarah! "How were the eyebrows?"

I've got to admit, I had already noticed that those were some cracking eyebrows on James's mum. I wonder which came first, the actress, or the line

Depends. Are you the groom’s mother?

My sister wore her wedding dress to my wedding but asked me first and accessorized so it was quite obvious that she wasnt the bride on that occassion.

Absolutely not!

sohot she does look she always has had quite good brows. DH was not interested in my random fact that she used to be Cheryl in Hollyoaks.boo!

Don’t ask my MIL, she wore ivory lace for my wedding 🙄 As did I.

It’s not ok to wear white to someone else’s wedding.

NO

No and no.

She's not wearing white to the wedding, she's considering wearing white to the evening party

But the evening do is part of the wedding...? Its not like it's a completely different event! It's the evening part of... The wedding! People are wearing the same outfits as they were during the ceremony, including the bride, and the same etiquette applies.

Would you wear white to a wedding as a guest...

No, and I've never seen anyone so clueless as to pull a stunt like that at someone's special day (and I've been to a fair few), so I can only assume it's a ridiculous MN phenomenon.

I mean there are literally thousands of colour palettes available, why would you choose the one and only one that's reserved for the 'star of the show'.