To wear bright pink to a boys christening

[Slinkydog77]

Hi all, this is my first post and it's a tad pathetic I'm afraid.

DP and I have been invited to a christening today, I've been looking forward to it since we got the invitation in May. We don't get invited to many things as we don't have many friends.

The hosts are one of DP's colleagues and his wife whom I have met very briefly at another christening a couple of years ago.
I got our outfits out last weekend and hung them on the door frame. DM visited, saw the outfits and commented that whilst they were lovely they were 'very pink'.

I am wearing a cerise dress with matching shoes & bag, DP is wearing a 3 piece grey suit with a striped grey & cerise tie. So DM is right, I am very pink, right down to finger and toenail polish. The christening is for a boy and I'm just wondering if there is a colour etiquette for these things. I've googled briefly but can't find anything.

Appreciate your help/advice

I don't him know your mum was commenting on the colour due to the it being the christening of a boy. She was commenting on the fact there is too much of one colour.

But if you're happy with the outfits, go for it and enjoy the day.

*I don't think your mum

Op was asking for opinionson colour etiquette.

I agree, there's no dress code for christenings.

Violet you must hate it when a bride gets married in white!

Sounds lovely!
The Duchess of Cornwall wore blue to Princess Charlotte's christening, so you'll even have the royal seal of approval

Looks like you are on your own here, Violet - I'd back off now, if I were you. 😉

You are being quite rude. VioletBam.
In my opinion matching outfits look very stylish and considered, nude shoes if you can't match or black if wearing a darker colour.
I think a pink dress and green shoes or whatever looks like a clown and wonder why you didn't buy the right colour shoes.
However, I would keep this opinion to myself had someone chosen to wear daft coloured shoes.

Ratley I am not being rude. Matching outfits are not a good thing...in my opinion. I shared my opinion. That's not rude!

I never said she should wear green shoes. Where did you get that from?

I don't think Violet was being nasty, seemed like constructive criticism to me. Head to toe in one colour is A LOT. Typically people wear a neutral main item and accent it with bold coloured accessories, or vice versa. All one colour, any colour, is a lot.

That said, OP should wear what she feels great in and no, OP, there wouldn't be a clothing etiquette. Though I imagine you'd get some looks if you both turned up in bright pink bikinis or something.

i wore black with silver flecked scarf once to a wedding [most have been a bad omen the couple split up months later , but that i'm suggesting the lo will turn into a girl because you are wearing pink though....! . violet it's a free country and free speech, noone is doing to die because you had a different view point, although i must admit i love cerise and any shade of pink.

Outfits sound fab!

I can't see any problems with cerise - it's a lovely colour (but then, I don't do pastel shades - bright or black is my motto).

I never used to wear pink. Am now sort of obsessed with it. I hope you have a great day and meet lots of new people. Your outfit sounds great, post a photo if you're at all concerned.

Violetbam perhaps if you had stopped the "really?" and "bless you" you could have claimed constructive criticism.

Buy that style of comment, coupled with the fact that the christening is today. Only you know your motivation but it certainly appears you were trying to be nasty.

An OP asks for an opinion ( an honest opinion I presume).
Violet gives hers and other posters attack her.
That's not fair.
And the outfit does sound a bit matchy matchy.
Could you change one accessory for a different colour OP ?

As above, cerise pink is fine.

I do agree that head to toe sounds a bit much, (no issue with underwear matching your outfits however!), but it you are happy about it, why not. I really don't like the idea of a tie in the same colour scheme however, but I suppose it's a good way for people to identify you are together.

Do you think your mum's comment was more on the outfit than any kind of dress code for a boy's christening?

I've never heard of there being such dress code for a boy's christening so think you should wear what you like probably not a bikini though

Your mum may have a point about the overwhelming pinkness of your outfit in general but I would totally wear it too

You and your husbands outfits sounds lovely and I'm sure that your friends will appreciate that you've made such an effort .

I hope you all have a lovely day .

I love pink and it would never have even occurred to me not to wear it to a boy's christening! Go ahead and pink it up, it sounds great.

I once saw a woman at a wedding in a lilac dress with bright red hat, shoes, bag, nails and flower brooch. Now on paper I would never have put that look together and I know the received wisdom might say it was a bit matchy-matchy. But she looked really, really fab and changed my mind about these "rules". It's about instinct and what you want to wear. And I love you using DP's tie to pull it together as well.

I'm with Violet and I suspect the mother was commenting on the head to toe bright pink rather than "pink is for girls"

I like matching my dp! I don't think it looks naff.

I probably wouldn't have my dress and handbag matching but that's just me. I'm sure you'll look lovely!

There is no colour etiquette for christenings.

I think your mother meant "wow! That's a lot of pink!" Rather than, "you can't wear pink to a boy's christening!".

I agree with Violet.

It all sounds a bit much, especially with your husband also having a matching tie.

I would imagine that's what your mum meant, not that pink is wrong for a boy's Christening.

If you are happy with the outfit though, that's all that matters.