To think people don't seem to recognise the difference between evening wear and wedding clothes any more ?

[BetsyBidwell]

(Disclaimer yes it doesn't matter compared to Syria , I do get out a lot, yes the bride and groom were lovely , etc etc)

Day wedding yesterday. Just too much tit. Too much bare top halves. Shiny cocktail dresses in a country church.

Just too much.

I say young woman- she was probably around my own age. I'm only 34.

I have a wedding Wednesday and finding a dress for an afternoon til night after do hard!

Its 3.30pm til midnight so have to find something suitable for daytime as well as night time.

One tattoo will be on show though. I can only hide one

I would LOVE to go to a wedding where (like in the good ol days) there was a gap between the wedding breakfast and the evening 'do' to give everyone a break/time to freshen up/change into evening attire. Why has that stopped happening?

It is hard sometimes to find something appropriate to wear in the daytime that will translate to evening. Naturally I carry it off brilliantly myself, blush but not everyone has one's sartorial gift.

a dress that might be sleevelss
or trousers and a jacket with a top under it suitable for the evening

its not hard

YANBU. I'm old fashioned particular about what I wear to weddings. Last year DH's cousin got married in a Catholic Church. I was always told you don't wear bare shoulders to a church wedding. One guest turned up in six inch heels & a chiffon halter neck dress with hundreds of huge plastic rhinestones & a puffball skirt that finished just below her ovaries.

SPs - i feel your pain. We are governed by our budgets and what's actually in the shops!

I had to do a day to evening recently. SO many nice dresses (and i'm talking just simple slip dresses which are good for day to evening) are ruined by being mid thigh length or this weird lower at the back than the front thing.

I bought a ruched floral stretchy dress from Coast in the end. Nice length. Cost more than it should though. Change of shoes and make up and ditching the cardi for the evening.

Skinny trouser suit silky top beret combo has been my uniform for this. Add big earrings for evening Done

thats a perfect example of the genre. well done.

also chiffon maxi dresses - as if from a night out in Ibiza.

We are going to town after wards so need it to suit that too. I'm not a trouser and jacket person.

I am after a lovely dress as my mum is paying for it as its my birthday the day before.

I spent 5 hours searching yesterday! I was also with a toddler, that was torture.

Ahh, thats one thing I don't do - attempt to hide my tattoos. Not that they are "on show", displayed prominently as centre of outfit but they are there.
Guess I'd better leave the thread, am a disgrace

beret?!!

Went to a wedding once where some of the male guests wore tracksuits

Yes can't do those twiggy head dresses like butterflies on your hair. Love a beret with a skinny suit take it off pm obvs

LOL
tracksuits
brilliant

Oh betsy there were several of those as well. Another well endowed guest with most of her breasts on show as well.

There was another guest who only came to the church who was wearing jogging bottoms, but I was so speechless at that I'm still not sure I've quite processed it.

Never did I think I'd feel overdressed at a wedding, but I did!

Phew!

And you're right, it will be a cold day in hell before my thighs see the light of day

Quite murder. It's usually safe to assume that unless you rock up to a wedding wearing your own wedding dress you're laughing.

sp 50s type dress or wrap dress?

that finished just below her ovaries

I think the rules for weddings are pretty simple tbh:
Nothing above the knee.
Nothing white.
Dont wear heels you cannot walk in.
Don't have a bag so small all you can fit in it are your lipstick and mirror.
Don't wear something you aren't comfortable in. You will be in it for at least 12 hours so make sure you can sit, bend over and walk comfortably in it.
Easy really.
Funerals can be difficult. Lots of people now state no black to be worn. I always wear black to funerals often teamed with another colour like dark blue or grey.

I'm trying to find a plain skater dress but all dresses seem to have random cut outs!

I dont want my love handles on show.

Just seem to be finding half price prom dresses. I dont think I would suit a wrap dress. I just want to look and feel nice. Not often I get the chance

I am old fashioned and I agree with the OP. I went to a wedding recently and some of the guests looked absolutely stunning whilst being fashionably of the moment.
Such pretty dresses that came not-quite to the knee, boobs covered, flattering colours. Suitable for day-to-evening. It can be done.

One tip. Never wear satin or shiny.

And how really not to do it (still shuddering at the photos), Kathryn Blair at her brother's wedding. She should have looked elegant but young, not like an extra from TOWIE.