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Can I wear this to a wedding?

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WaroftheWorlds · 03/06/2019 21:40

I hope the attachment works.

Yes, I know it breaks the rules, but the navy trim I am hoping kinda mitigates against the cream. I own the dress already. It is lovely on, not bridal. I would wear with a big navy fascinator, nude shoes and a navy handbag.

For context, wedding is a medium sized affair. Local church and then local social club for typical buffet/disco reception. Bride is in a big white dress. Very big skirt.

Is it a no?

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CherryPavlova · 04/06/2019 08:07

It should lovely and entirely appropriate for a wedding. Are you wearing a hat?

Hollowvictory · 04/06/2019 08:15

Lovely, I would.
It looks nothing like a bride!

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ChodeofChodeHall · 04/06/2019 08:34

It looks fine and won't stand out in anyway.

ChodeofChodeHall · 04/06/2019 08:35

*in any way

RestingBitchFaced · 04/06/2019 09:09

SpiderPlant38 · 04/06/2019 09:28

I would. And I would think twice about any bride who really cared about all this crap. A wedding is about a relationship - not about what colour everyone else wears. Still - ask her and then you are "safe".

SandAndSea · 04/06/2019 09:32

I wouldn't.

ooooohbetty · 04/06/2019 10:01

Nope

Honeyroar · 04/06/2019 10:12

I think yes. It's lovely, not remotely bridal. I'd team it with navy shoes, bag and fascinator. A lot of brides that go down the regular dress for a small wedding route choose other colours, not just cream/white.

lucymegan · 04/06/2019 10:13

Yes of course you can wear that! I really don't get some posters on here 😂🙄

WhoAteMyNuts · 04/06/2019 10:29

People do care about this though so unless you ask the bride you won't know whether they do or don't.

My MIL asked me about her dress as it was white with lots of flowers. It was completely fine and I told her not to worry as it was perfectly acceptable not an obvious wedding dress . But it shows you that people do think about these things in RL.

NoSauce · 04/06/2019 10:36

Of course. It’s perfect for a wedding especially with a fascinator and navy shoes/handbag.

BonnesVacances · 04/06/2019 10:36

Gorgeous dress. Agree navy shoes and a navy pashmina would enhance the navy trim in the dress further. I'd check with the bride for your own peace of mind and as long as she doesn't feel it's bridal, go for it!

HappyDinosaur · 04/06/2019 10:40

For me it's not that it looks bridal, it's just that traditionally it's not done to wear white or cream to a wedding. I'd be bit annoyed if you wore that to mine, but only mildly and I wouldn't say anything.

CustardCreamLover · 04/06/2019 14:18

My mother in law wore a white dress to my wedding.....it didn't even register until afterwards when I was looking at the pictures!!

I was having far too much of a good time with my new husband to care about what anyone was wearing.

I think it's pretty outdated now that you can't wear white or cream to a wedding. It doesn't look like a wedding dress at all. I'd go for it. I did as my friend who was getting married if I could wear my white dress with big pink and coral flowers on it and she was fine as well.

Like I said I really think that the bride will be more focused on other things!!

Blondebakingmumma · 04/06/2019 14:21

No, too white

Doobigetta · 04/06/2019 14:29

No, I think you need at least 1/4 or so of the surface area to be not white/cream for it to be ok. So white/cream with a fairly significant colour print would be fine, but this is an ivory dress with a cream trim. If a bride wore it, you wouldn’t describe it as a coloured wedding dress, you’d just say it was tea length.

bingoitsadingo · 04/06/2019 16:02

No way! It's a long white dress. Even though you won't upstage the bride, you'll look like you're trying to. Which is probably worse.

palahvah · 04/06/2019 16:05

It's a lovely dress, and I have said 'go for it' to a couple of partially white/cream dresses on MN already, but this one is a bit too far for me even with the navy accessories. Sorry.

DramaRamaLlama · 04/06/2019 16:06

It's a lovely dress and not at all bridal but I absolutely would not wear it to a wedding.

Even if the bride doesn't mind, there will inevitably be people there who do, so why risk it.

FraterculaArctica · 04/06/2019 16:13

I wouldn't have minded in the least if a guest had worn this to my wedding, especially with the accessories you describe.

But then the only time I did raise eyebrows at a guest's choice of cream was at a friend's wedding where someone was wearing cream cable knit tights. With a black dress. In the middle of summer in continental Europe.

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WaroftheWorlds · 05/06/2019 09:28

It's so divided! Really surprising.

The pashmina another poster mentioned would be good though.

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TheFeet · 05/06/2019 09:35

I'd think it's fine. But then I find it absolutely fascinating (and a bit mind-boggling) that people actually care about this stuff!

Nottobesoldseparately · 05/06/2019 09:43

Please don't wear nude shoes.

Wear navy ones, to match the bag and fascinator/hat.

And I think the dress is fine.

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