To get married in jeans?

[SusiePaloozie]

I'm 42 years old...we're getting married in a hot country (DHs home country) and it won't be a formal affair...it will be in the garden..not during the hottest months but in Spring. I'm too old for floaty hippy style and the affair will be too relaxed for any of the wedding dresses aimed at older brides.

I thought I could wear some really nice jeans and a gorgeous white top...maybe a flower in hair and some fabulous shoes.
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Essentially the whole day will be a BBQ with friends and family....I will feel daft in a formal dress....I hate those 50s style tea dresses...and don't really want to buy a long or formal frock when I will never wear it again!

I have a good figure and look nice in jeans...I have no desire to be a princess for the day ...I've worked as an actor for years and have had loads of chances to wear big dresses....AIBU though?

Summer

Is she telling people on the feminist board she is wearing jeans too?

Good. Now people on three boards know it!

GlitzAndGigglesx

Yes, they all know that she's wearing jeans on the feminist chat board too. Not that anyone is prepared to buy into her preposterous re-invention of herself as a slammed feminist on there. Instead, a few home truths have been exchanged.

I guess it's Flouncers' Corner next...

Wear what you want, its your day! I'm getting married soon too, and although i will wear a nice frock DP is debating black jeans and trainers. I don't give a stuff what people think, its our day, for us, nobody else

Yanbu.....but I think you DH to be should also wear jeans or it will be unbalanced.

Just read all three threads, can I just clarify: what is it that you want to wear to your wedding?

That just leaves the Houskeeeping and Telly Addicts boards to be informed of the OPs' big day

Bahaha

Just read the full thread, this turned out fairly hilarious!

Where what the fuck you like OP you will still be a snippy bitch in jeans or a wedding dress.

HTH

Wow. 3 threads!! One asking aibu to wear jeans on your wedding day. One asking what top you could wear with jeans on your wedding day. One moaning about people saying you shouldn't wear jeans on your wedding day (which isn't true)

I bloody love mumsnet going to read the other threads now!

The feminist one has been delegated

Can't believe that you can't see the rudeness. And the feminist thread has been deleted by mnhq, which personality were you on that one? Because you seem a very different person on s&b - will add 'odd' to character description.

Ooops deleted even

I do hope you're not going to fall into the trap of wearing your jeans on your legs like all those conventional and narrow-minded people do. Your actor and performer friends will surely be expecting to see the jeans fashioned into something that society cannot use to quash your creativity. Frankly the Britney look doesn't go far enough- I recommend jeans -as-hat.

It's a shame the Feminist thread was deleted. I was still sniggering over expat's comment about her colleague's jailbird beau wearing denim at their prison wedding.

Blooming hell. What a thread?

To answer the original question- I think your run the risk of looking like you're on a night out in a City Centre. Jeans, heals and nice tops are the uniform for some on a night out.

I'd suggest a maxi dress, linen trousers or a suit but many have beaten me to it.

I wonder why the style and beauty thread still up? If mnhq are deleting duplicate threads like the feminism one the style and beauty one (or this one) should get binned as well.

This these threads have been hilarious

Now we know the big day is in Aus, I'm picturing the woman from Muriel's Wedding, who finds out her new DH has been receiving ahem, services, from the bridesmaid, screaming "but I'm really beauuuutifuuuulllll" ...........accessorised by tears, snot and running eyeliner and jeans.

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i.imgur.com/d0cQ85G.gif

This one (not as much snot or eyeliner as I remember though)

I'd forgotten about her! Brilliant gif

#Jeansgate

But you could have an awesome first dance medley, mind...

Forever in blue jeans Neil Diamond
Blue jeans Lana del Rey
Blue jean/Jean genie David Bowie
Billie Jean - okay, am stopping now.

Katie Perry/Riff Raff did the jeans combo Britney homage at the VMAs last year...VH1 used the quote: those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Do you really think people couldn't handle the powerful originality of your feminist idea? Lots of people said jeans would be fine and some also said other clothes might feel nice too. And everyone noticed you were snippily dismissing all those other comments. Being a 'feminist' isn't the same as being a stroppy whatsit.

Op Jeans would be fine, but quite unimaginative for such a special day.

If as others have suggested that your choice to wear jeans is because of your feminist views, then I am not sure why you are considering marriage.
Most hard core feminists would consider marriage an outdated and patriarchal alliance to consider.