Would you wear a black Lacey dress to a wedding ?

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So it’s full sleeved, knee length
the body part is opaque

I’m not against black for a wedding as such - I once wore a black and red floral dress and it was perfect. But black lace sounds a bit more like something suitable for a funeral!

It nonsense for supposedly adult women to seek validation for what they intend to wear.
Surely knowledge of the type of occasion, the setting and knowing what people are going to be there dictates to someone what would be appropriate for the occasion.?
My feeling is if they really, in their own minds, have a doubt about what they want to wear being OK then instinct should tell them they'd be better chosing something else.

Oh quite a split vote then, hmmm I don’t want to risk offended half the guests,I shall avoid it then and rethink

is red generally considered ok ? If not then What actually is considered ideal ? Something floral ?

But if compliments are the norm in your circle then on the occasions when nobody happens to compliment you then surely you will assume you DO look like shit.

Why did you start the thread?

It can only have been as you had doubts about the colour to start with.

I dont overthink and overcomplicate it like that tbh

If I get a compliment on my dress/appearance it's nice. I don't really register when someone doesn't compliment me, I'm really not that self-absorbed.

No.
Wear something you're sure about OP. You don't want to spend the wedding worrying about it.

I would’ve wear black, white or too much cream. And these days I’d even check what the bridesmaids were wearing after one near miss. I was choosing between two dresses - one of which it turned out to be what one of the bridesmaids wore. Thankfully i chose the other one.

Perhaps OP is giving us insight into the REAL reason Bianca turned up at the Granmy awards naked: she just couldn't decide which dress to wear.

Black is not a colour for a wedding so no.I wouldn't wear a black dress.

Avoid white/cream, black and whatever colour the bridesmaids are wearing

Nothing too short or too booby/cleavagey

Red is a bit 'look at me' and can really stand out in the photos if you're the only one wearing it

Otherwise anything really
If you prefer darker shades then navy or deep green/teal works
Anything blue, green, purple, pink, floral, yellow, pastel...

What colours for shoes/bag/jewellery/jacket??

West the black and accessorise it with a brighter colour

I can't really see an issue with a black dress, especially if the wedding goes into the evening. Let's face it - most of the male guests will be in black, navy or charcoal grey anyway.

No

I would and have. Black suits me for one thing and anything goes colour-wise these days (imo). It was a knee length fitted style, boat neck so no flesh on show as such. Don’t get the no black at weddings thing at all.

Yes. Black is very chic for a wedding.
Look at Italian weddings - even the young women wear black, and it looks fab, and the bride really stands out, in contrast.

But, if in a church, have a wrap or shawl to cover bare arms or cleavage.

No, in my family wearing black to a wedding would be seen as incredibly passive aggressive

No. It would scream 'look at me' and that's not what you should be doing at a wedding.

My grandma wore black to my uncle's wedding 40 years ago and it's still talked about.

When his wife left him a few years after, she said she said it was because she just couldn't deal with his parents any more.

Oh the stories I could tell!

Probably wouldn't be my first choice to a summer wedding tbh but it's fine really these days.

Yes, the two Italian weddings I’ve been to were full of very chic black outfits.

Definitely not

Every single thread on wedding guest attire goes like this, and yet from many of the responses it's perfectly obvious that lots and lots of wedding guests up and down the country are wearing black, cream, white, green, red and all the other colours that a few posters are adamant are not acceptable. Clearly these things vary a lot between families and social circles. If in doubt, ask the bride or groom, I suppose. Meanwhile, men have no such worries.

No. I don't understand why some people insist on wearing black to a wedding, or not black to a funeral. It could not be simpler or easier to follow these well known conventions for just one day of your life. Wear the black dress literally any other time.