Celebration of Life

[Cattenberg]

If a funeral announcement describes the funeral as "a celebration of X's life", what would you wear? It will be held at a crematorium and there are no other pointers, such as a request to wear something in the deceased's favourite colour. I'm guessing that a black suit would be too much, but I'm not sure which colours (or level of formality) would be appropriate.

The deceased was a teenager, so despite the focus on his full life and many friends, it's obviously going to be a very difficult day.

So sorry to hear this sad news. Personally I would feel most comfortable in something quite formal and navy.

I’ve got a funeral coming up and I’m wearing a black blouse and a black and camel coloured skirt. I think as long as you’re not wearing anything too bright or bold and as PP said it’s quite formal then you’ll be fine.

I would wear work wear. Trousers or skirt, blouse or shirt, jacket in darkish colours. Navy, grey, brown...

I’d go with a charcoal grey. Or navy.

Thank you everyone.

A couple of years ago, I saw a "celebration of life" at which the mourners wore Hawaiian shirts and brightly coloured summer dresses, so I was really unsure of the etiquette.

If there isn’t any specific request then deffo go safe. Sad times.

I’d wear normal funeral wear if there’s no specific instructions to do otherwise.

I would go smart but not all black. Suit jacket is too formal and at this time of year too hot. Nice top with smart trousers. Smart sandles would be ok.

I went to a funeral of a friends husband who died at 44, she wanted it as a celebration of his life and asked us to wearing jeans and a top we would wear on a night out not in black, I wore a green top with silver sequins.