To wear a black dress to a wedding...and

[stopfuckingspraying]

black tights!?

I am very poor, the dress is all I have but am brightening it up with colourful accessories.

I hate my legs, I have scars on them from an accident surfing a few years back so want to cover them hence the black tights.

Will this look like I'm going to a funeral?

[CasperGutman]

We had our bridesmaids in black. Why not?

[GreenPetal94]

If you like the dress wear it. Or maybe have a trek around some charity shops as they tend to be full of dresses which have only been worn once.

A lot of "wedding clothes" are not great, wear what you feel comfortable in and can afford.

[MySweetPrince]

My niece wore a lovely black crochet dress to a friends wedding...nude tights and high patent heels and looked gorgeous.

[wishinwaitinhopin]

I think you'd be fine .... If you had very bright accessories and a colourful jacket!

[Edenprime]

I got married last year. I really didn't care what any one was wearing :) althouggggh I would be a bit confused if some one had turned up in a wedding dress like mentioned earlier on :P

[Grennie]

I fancied wearing black to my own soon to be wedding. DP vetoed the idea.

[MoreLifeInATrampsVest]

I wore black to my own wedding. And we got married in a church

[PomBearWithAnOFRS]

I got married in black once, and wore black tights, black shoes, and a black hat, so go for it

[maddening]

As long as you are not mother of the groom or an ex of the groom there's no prob if black tights then bright shoes to match accessories or coloured tights to match accessories or nude tights

[Caitlin17]

Oh dear I thought you meant as the bride and was going to say well Yvette Cooper and I wore black velvet.

Yes you'll be fine. Can you wear bright scarf/ hat/jewellery?

[mummytowillow]

M&S have just launched some new tights to match skin tone.

£6 and supposed to make your legs look immaculate!

I'm going to get some for ca wedding I'm going to as I hate my legs.

[Doilooklikeatourist]

I wore a black dress to a wedding , with a cream hat and jacket .
And shock bare legs with black shoes
Black dress , black tights is fine , please don't worry , go , enjoy the party and celebrate :)

[cluecu]

I got married recently and a couple of guests wore black dresses. They looked lovely and I hope they felt as fab as they looked Wouldn't have occurred to me in the slightest to be upset by it. It's not as if they wore white and even if they had I don't think I'd have cared as long as they had a great time and weren't in actual wedding dresses

Far more important things going on at a wedding and too easy to sweat the small stuff I think. If a bride is that offended I'd find it very odd!

[CloverHeart]

Mummygee I want to know more here... Did any of the other guests or relatives mention to her at any point that it was bizarre and inappropriate??

Black is fine as long as you jazz it up OP

[olaflikeswarmhugs]

Ps I have worn black to a wedding before . Actually I think I've work black to a few weddings . I like black

[olaflikeswarmhugs]

If I were you , I would wear a very low denier black tights . Low denier tight are very in just now I think (well my sister who thinks she is kim kardashian has been wearing them)

[itsmeitscathy]

Ps- wear what ever colour of tights you want, if you're most comfortable covering scars then do that, if you wear nude tights and feel uncomfortable you'll spend the entire wedding worrying.

[itsmeitscathy]

Wear what you like, just accessorise to cheer the black up

[5feralloinfruits]

i have worn black at weddings,people wore black at my wedding.

unless you are over 50 or just really fussy the most people dont care about stuff like that anymore!

[HypodeemicNerdle]

My MIL wore black to my very small (family only) beach wedding. She sticks out like a sore humbug in the photos and may as well have worn a flashing sign saying 'I dissaprove'!

I think if you can brave the bright tights, or at least lighter ones and have some nice accessories that'd be fine, assuming you are not an ex of the groom's!

[arselikekylie]

My mother wore black to my brothers wedding. It sort of summed up how she felt about the woman he was marrying

Seriously though, as long as you are having a lovely time you will look fab whatever you are wearing. Enjoy the day.

[specialsubject]

I did, couldn't find anything else in budget and wasn't prepared to spend lots on a dress I would wear maybe once a year.

wasn't thrown out, had a good time, bride probably neither noticed nor cared!

[slithytove]

Nude tights, and a bright pashmina, shoes and fascinator (borrow, or get secondhand) and you will look brilliant. Black dress is just fine. Add a big pair of sunglasses for the Hollywood look.

[BuzzardBird]

I think black with coloured accessories is fine. My Dh's xgf turned up to our wedding in white! Silly cow.