AIBU unreasonable to wear purple anyway? Ridiculous christening invite...

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So, I said I'd go to a friend's daughter's christening (just the service) a while a go. No problems there apart from the usual trying to get into Chruch school bollocks. Just picked up the invite to check I'd got the times right for tomorrow and noticed this little beauty. "Please don't wear dark colours, after all, it's not a funeral. Also, you many not wear pink, purple or ivory unless you are the parent, God parent or grandparent".

I already have a purple dress that I was planning to wear. Is this a thing now??? I've never even read a bridezeilla missive saying one may not wear a certain colour!

Alternatively dress up as a huge purple bible and smile sweetly at the odd looks you will attract.

Wear the purple, and if asked, say it isn't purple it is lilac/cerise/ damson or something.

This is the best thread I've read in a while, cheered me right up! lol

marmite oh right! I thought you were trying to point out the wedding paty overtones the invite had :)

It sounds like the perfect occasion to take your wedding dress for another spin.

Yeah ...."oh it's Violet actually"

Oh it's bonkers.

If I were going to christening tomorrow I would be choosing between my two smart dresses, one black and ivory, the other white with big purple flowers...

If those were "forbidden" I'd be pretty much left with jeans and my bright orange summer top. I never heard such nonsense. Not everyone has the budget for a new dress for a christening!

Her name isn't Rose Violet or similar is it?

LOL at calls to wear your wedding dress btw

Wear the purple dress and if they say anything just say that is why you are wearing your green dress.
Or maybe say it's not purple it's amethyst / grape / aubergine or some other shade of purple that's closest to your purple dress!

Or you could go dressed as Barney, thus laughing in the face of their silly rules yet safely remaining anonymous. Admittedly your anonymity might be jeopardised by the presence beside you on the pew of your husband and kids.

Who could be angry at Barney's fat purple face?

Or wear a purple and black full length victorian funeral ensemble. (Over the top of the barney suit).

I have a dark purple dress with an ivory and pink pattern on it. Would you like to borrow it?

I want to smash Barney's face in regularly. My brothers STILL sing the theme tune to wind me up ;)

This would probably fit the bill

Well, thanks everyone for restoring my faith in normal behaviour. You've certainly provided some stylish suggestions...

We went to a christening once where the mother was trying to impose dress codes (her wedding was something else, we just happened to be on holiday for that....we didnt book it after we got the invite, oh no, not at all....). She arranged a fully catered party at a hotel afterwards including evening disco etc and a babysitter for the baby who was shunted upstairs, it cost thousands and was basically another wedding reception.

She was banging on about how if people coordinated then the baby would stand out more in the photos in his white gown and went on about decorating the church etc. We turn up, she is acting the gracious hostess and then got seriously snotty when more and more babies turned up. Her PFB was one of 9 that got christened that day, it was like a production line. She was fucking fuming, I dont think she cracked a smile the whole time and spent the party voicing her disgust that the vicar had had the cheek to share "MY christening" (not your sons then?!) with other people, and worse, poor people were there too!

Thankfully I dont have to see her much now as he was ex DH's mates wife, although I did see her a few times at the hospital as she had a leg op and was being treated at the same clinic as my mum. Everytime I saw her she was using a walking stick that coordinated with her outfit (no, I really am not making this up, I wish I was!).

That gown is gorgeous! I want to hold a Maskerade just so I can wear that!

If it were me I'd purposely turn in up in my bright pink dress. To piss them off . I mean what can they do, get the pink purple black or Ivory clothes police to arrest you. Remove you from the christening. To be honest that wouldn't be a bad thing anyway. They sound like a pair of bleeeedin ejits.

Agreed. I've heard it all now. Whatever you do OP, do not, I repeat not, clash with the colours being worn by the christening party. The horror of it. Swoon.

Please please please update us, and wear whatever you like!

It's a stupid stipulation but honestly I would just find something else to wear. If they have asked you not to wear a certain colour, don't. If you are massively offended by this request, don't go.

I think there should be a picture of the 'christening party' in their lilac and pink gowns. A bit like this:

That is flippin' ridiculous!
Personally I'd go for either a passive aggressive white, or alternatively something that clashes horribly with pink/purple - perhaps a nice lime green? Then photo bomb all the pictures

NO OP I have got it! Dress in n ivory christening robe complete with a purple dummy!

Isn't it quite common for a church to christen several children in one service? So how are they going to make.sure the other families stick to their colour scheme?