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. Of course not. Who would do that?

No.
I really wouldn't.

Don't do it. Nope

I wore an ivory camisole top to a wedding and felt self-conscious about it When the jacket came off for dancing (it felt conspicuous)
However, it was definitely obvious from the rest of my outfit that it wasnt bridal, emerald green jacket with red culottes with ivory shoes with gold accessories made sure of that.

There was no chance of mixing us up.

My husband's ex wore white to our wedding (I didn't!), but I don't think it was intentional, and I wasn't bothered by it one jot- she's been really generous to us from the start. I did inwardly chortle thinking of what MN would make of it though .

Generally, it's a big fat NO though.

Post a photo OP and let us decide.

Yes my sil did this at our wedding!! Very dressy white dress. She’d been awkward about any things leading up to the day even though her two daughters were flower girls. She even had the cheek to ask the photographer to take a picture of her family when our backs were turned (we weren’t in it) and said it was so they could pretend it was their wedding day!!!! They’d got married 6 years earlier and had a v quiet wedding. Completely their choice. To be honest she made herself look like an idiot as lots of people made comment and I absolutely refused to let it spoil my day. It just further confirmed my feelings towards her really.

Definitely not! Some brides might not mind, but it's really not worth the risk!

Body con. Means this is the real body im conning you with everytime I wear sensible, flattering clothing.

@Kez200 Wtf are you on about. Are you a man?

Haha. No!

Oh you were being witty. I'm slow catching up today.

No to white, and also no to bodycon. Neither is appropriate for a wedding.

@TowerRingInferno that was the first thing that popped into my mind as well 😂 We need an Aunt Sarah gif that we can just whip out for these threads. Wedding season is almost upon us!

Had to google bodycon dresses as had no idea what they were.

No to wearing white and double no to a white bodycon.

A woman wore a white dress to my wedding, I did a double take but didn't bother me really, everyone else at the wedding seemed to feel the need to tell me as though I was blind and the poor girl was left alone all night even people who knew her kept a distance. No one likes someone wearing white. It's annoying

Not a chance! A white background to a pattern is tolerable; a 'simple white bodycon' is absolutely not. You will have to wear something else.

No!

Hell to the no.

Any other colour but white. It’s the one occasion where the unwritten law states you don’t wear white. Never. Evening guest or not, just don’t do it

NO NO NOOOOO!

Two of my guests wore white frocks to my wedding. My dress wasn't a proper wedding dress it was just an ivory one from Coast and they both looked loads more "bridal" than me. I wasn't bothered in the slightest. One of them apologised and I think was genuinely upset because she was foreign and didn't realise it wasn't the done thing in the UK. My other pal just laughed and said she might have known I would choose a not wedding dress. I wasn't thinking about them on my wedding day. Some of the photos are a bit funny though!

I wouldn't do it to someone else. I think people can get really upset about it. There's lots of dresses in the world. Wear something else.

Actually it does depend on the background of the guests - one of mine and DH's very good friends from Hungary wore a white dress to our wedding, she had no idea it was a faux pas. I had loads of my guests asking if she had a problem with me/us, she was genuinely oblivious! (Obviously we didn't mention it, she's one of the kindest people we know, she'd have been devastated).

Havelock you’re right - it’s sometimes culture-dependant. My friend is a Hindu and when she got married, I asked beforehand if there’s anything DH and I should know about unwritten rules etc and she said that only the bride wears red at a Hindu wedding She looked absolute stunning, and really stood out in her red and gold finery! Everyone else was in some pretty spectacular colours, but her outfit was by fair the most elaborate and bright

A friend wore a white lace 50s style dress to my wedding with bright accessories. With e everything going on that day I didn't notice really. Noone said anything to me on the day but afterwards a few commented on it in a sort of 'typical of Annie* to wear a white dress' accompanied by an eye-roll. Annie has form for being an attention-seeker. I think it is a bit attention-seeking to be honest especially when there are plenty of other colour dresses you could wear.
*not real name