Is this ok to wear as a wedding guest?

[happygiraffey]

I hope my fellow MNetters can help me out! I've been invited to my childhood best friend's wedding in a pretty hillside tiny chateau sort of place in the south of France at the end of the summer. The guests are just me and one other friend and the couple's families.

I hoped you could give me opinions on if the dress in my attached picture is ok - if it's too blingy and showy or if it would be ok. I need to cover my arms and wear something long, which is why I picked this out. The beads on it sparkle when they catch the light so it does look very striking (possibly too much so, that's why I'm not sure!).

My friend is wearing a reasonably large A line dress (not meringue though) which is white lace with a reasonable amount of sparkly stuff on it.

I've never been invited to a wedding before and I know my friend will say yes whatever I suggest wearing so I hoped for some objective opinions here!

Thank you in advance!

That’s a bit wedding dress/bridesmaids dress to me.

Hmm, it's lovely but a bit too bridal.

Nah, I wouldn't.

Lovely dress though.

No. Not wedding appropriate.

Ooh, I'm not normally one to worry about that stuff, but that is a bit bridal.

Especially if she's wearing lace.

Nope. Too bridal. Lovely tho!

Beautiful dress but too pale, lacy and bride-like.

I'd wear that as a bride , but not as a guest. It's lovely but bridal imo.

I don't think it's bridal, but I do think it's very formal. Unless it's a black tie wedding it might be a bit too much.

Too bridal

Normally I think most dresses are fine for weddings but this one really is too bridal, in the video on Net A Porter it looks nearly white when the light catches the sparkle.

I really like it - if it was quite a formal wedding I’d wear it.

This is possibly more suitable. www.net-a-porter.com/gb/en/product/1146681

I love Needle and Thread, my wedding dress was from there - their “bridal” section though!

That’s a beautiful dress, but probably a bit too bridal.
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If she's wearing full length sparkly lace you'll look like her bridesmaid at best, sorry.

No way. You'd look like the bride.

It's a bit bridal. Lovely dress though.

I agree that it's a bit bridal. Unless you know what her dress and the bridesmaids/MOB/G is wearing and it's completely different.

Otherwise you could look like the Chief Bridesmaid.

Too bridal - the combination of long and lacy and pale makes it too much.

No - it’s very bridal

Lovely but it will be too hot! South of France at end of summer expect around 35 degrees, maybe more, it was 37 degrees at a wedding here (south of France) last weekend. Choose something light and floaty, avoid heavy material or heavily lined dresses . Wrap for the evening incase it gets chilly, take a spare pair of flat shoes for comfort.
Enjoy the wedding.

Nope.

Definitely not, it looks like a wedding dress.