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

Just because you have an opinion doesn't mean it's the right or kind thing to always share it. Most people learn that from the age of 4 or 5!!

Clearly you and others didn't.

By which I mean you and they have continued to lay into Violet.

I'm another red head who wishes I could wear cerise. I hope it went well.

Someone should look up the meaning of the word "rude". Dear me.

@soupdragon
Yep. They are the ones being"rude" but they cannot see that which is kinda ironic.
The pack mentality thing is not pleasant to observe.

*In RL if someone asked opinion about an outfit I would answer truthfully.

^Have been asked by various friends over the years regarding outfits for wedding, nights out, interviews etc and I have said " no that top doesn't go with that skirt " or " I'd put those shoes with that dress and not those " etc etc.

Nobody had a strop and said I was "patronising" or "bitchy" confusedhmm^

If someone asked you that when they had time to change it then I agree. If someone was a bit nervous about what they were wearing and it was too late to do anything about it then I disagree. Then, if you are trying to be helpful, you smile and say they look great.

Mum and I went to a baby girls christening last weekend. Mum was the godmother and wore a colbalt blue dress. She looked amazing

Hi all
We had a fab time thank you.

You were all right, no offence was taken with the pink. To be honest nobody batted an eyelid.

There were some beautiful non matching outfits being worn by others so I can now visualise what some of you recommended and hopefully I can try this if we get invited to something else in the future😊

We met some lovely people and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Far too many sherbets though!!

Thank you all once again

I'm glad you had a lovely time. You will be part of some special memories for the baby's parents and their family .

Hurrah!

I'm glad you had a nice time and i'm sure you looked lovely

However for future reference, some people will mark you down for wearing all pink. I'm one of them. It isn't a particularly stylish look and can be a bit "look at me", like you're trying to compensate for something.

You shouldn't care too much about what i think of course :-)

Who cares about random people ,'marking you down'? . Not me. Couldn't care less. Nor should anyone.

OP - those that matter don't care, those that care don't matter.

Clearly I'm not averse to alternative suggestions to my choice of attire. In fact I welcomed them all.

But to find out I've probably been ranked on some scoring system?! Wow!!

I guess the judges in the scoring system are those who rush for the table with the best view and sit looking outraged and visibly disgusted that some people are actually enjoying the celebration. The ones who nobody interacts with, the ones who think everyone has turned up to please them.

My outfit may not have been to the judges taste but I can change that. They, however, will always have face like a bucket of crushed arse holes.

I'm out guys, it's gone a bit WTF now.

Thanks

Oh dear. That was some flounce.

The marking you down comment was well weird from yummy and I'm not surprised the op flounced. Head to toe in the same colour can look pretty stylish www.instyle.com/news/dare-wear-one-color-head-toe

It was NOT rude. It was my opinion. If you're so sensitive that you get offended by someone having a different opinion to you, then you probably shouldn't be on the internet.

What the fuck is wrong with you?

Oh dear. That was some flounce

Do you blame her?

There are still people criticising what she wore after the bloomin' event!

Some people can't resist releasing their inner Trinny and Susannah even when it's not needed.

way to go op! crushed arseholes............thats obvs going to be my new fave putdown

ignore the silly baa-sheep, follow some sort of hidden fashion code? fuck that! wear what you like, feel good = look good and confident. lifes too fucking short to stress over pantones ffs

I don't think matching accessories are intrinsically stylish or unstylish. Whether or not you like them is just down to personal taste and how much you worry about fashion.

Anyway if I could carry off such a lovely shade of pink I'd have had my hair dyed to match as well.

'A face like a bucket of crushed arseholes' ... Haha love it!!

I'm sorry for flouncing it was very juvenile of me.

I was initially concerned about offending the hosts with the colour but took on board and thoroughly appreciated all other advice offered.

but that post came across that in future I shouldn't be bothered about offending the hosts, I should be more concerned about how many 'marks' I should achieve or would be awarded. It came across incredibly judgemental and cruel.

I am sorry if that was not the intention of the post.

I just wanted to attend the celebration and enjoy it, which we all did, so it's all good

I think you've been remarkably good humoured slinky and the face like a bucket of crushed arsheholes phrase is now entering my repertoire of insults

I love seeing people dressed cheerfully at events, I always play it boring with navy for all occasions because it's safe.
Wish I had the confidence to go all out bright colours!
Bet you looked bloody fab