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Is this dress ok for a wedding...

136 replies

Jadefeather7 · 21/08/2019 13:09

Or is it too close to white?

www.asos.com/asos-design/asos-design-lace-long-sleeve-prom-midi-dress-with-cut-out/prd/10967217?clr=soft-blush&colourWayId=16321719&SearchQuery=lace%20midi

OP posts:
daisychain01 · 21/08/2019 14:54

I wonder if this is one of those parallel universe MN problems that don't exist in the RW. I've lost count of the weddings I've been to, and it's never been an issue.

sonjadog · 21/08/2019 15:03

The red one is really nice. The first one was too bridal.

KUGA · 21/08/2019 15:07

Definitely a no.
You don`t want to upset the bride.

IHateUncleJamie · 21/08/2019 15:09

Is the first one really “soft blush” in the flesh, @Jadefeather7 or is it a dirty greyish pinky off white like it appears in the photos?

What colour are your shawl and accessories?

The red one is beautiful. ♥️

MrsExpo · 21/08/2019 15:12

Too bridal for me. I'd look for something else.

KarmaStar · 21/08/2019 15:12

Definitely bridal op,this will not go down well and you could well and up feeling a tad embarrassed sitting there looking like a bride....

Lweji · 21/08/2019 15:16

Good. The red will attract much less attention (at least of the wrong kind) than the first one.

It was white, all lace, with transparencies and cut outs. The only way it would look more like an attempt at upstaging the bride would be if the skirt was longer and you wore a veil.

lmusic87 · 21/08/2019 15:16

No, not lace in that colour

TigerLilyMasie · 21/08/2019 15:17

If you wore this at my wedding it wouldn't bother me at all. I don't get all this hysteria about not wearing white or cream or lace etc. There
something very wrong if wearing this dress means you get mixed up with the bride or overshadow the bride in some way. It's lovely by the way.

georgialondon · 21/08/2019 15:18

Definitely the red. I like it.

You could be labelled an attention seeker wearing the other one. It looks way too close to bridal.

Italiangreyhound · 21/08/2019 15:21

The blue version is so much nicer

spaniorita · 21/08/2019 15:22

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spaniorita · 21/08/2019 15:23

Sweet Jesus I meant to start a new thread of my own not post that there - sorry OP!!

viques · 21/08/2019 15:26

THe blue lace dress suggested by Mrs JakeLovell is a much nicer version. The white and pink look a bit like old fashioned nighties to me. A bit grim and grubby.

user1493759849 · 21/08/2019 15:27

@Jadefeather7

WAYYYYYY too bridal and as a pp said, it looks like you wish YOU were the bride.

Nice dress though,

walkintheparc · 21/08/2019 15:28

The red one is great OP!

Just go for neutral bag and shoes, or metallic. Or contrast colour like a navy or pale pink.

thecatsthecats · 21/08/2019 15:29

I can absolutely guarantee that MOTB in white would have drawn comments - and not nice ones! People were just being polite, but there absolutely will have been conversations.

With my friends and I, it was which of us would spill red wine on the bitter old cow (lighthearted, of course we didn't, and yes, we knew her personally and exactly the spirit in which it was intended!).

chocatoo · 21/08/2019 15:30

Too bridal. I would not wear it if you wish to remain friends with the bride.

indy315 · 21/08/2019 15:35

That dress is great for a wedding!

It's something I would wear and if someone else did I would think twice about it being suitable

diddl · 21/08/2019 15:45

I think it's lovely.

Doesn't look too close to white or cream to me!

What colour shawl & accessories?

messolini9 · 21/08/2019 15:46

It sounds rather insecure if it bothers a bride because someone else is in white or off white

On the one hand yes ... on the other hand, the bride probably isn't going to prioritise getting counselling to deal with her insecurities ahead of organising her wedding, so as it's her day, it's just safer & kinder to avoid the off-chance that other guests decide to take offence on the bride's behalf. It's not about anyone thinking a guest could be mistaken for the bride, just about making sure attention isn't diverted into mean comments or backbiting.

Aeons ago, I wore a v simple v white dress to my own wedding. A then-good friend chose to wear a (much nicer!) simple white dress to it. She also happened to be way more attractive than me, & looked stunning - really stand-out-from-the-crowd stunning.

Was I upset? - nah. Friend, looking good, good for her.
However ... a couple of women friends commented (discreetly, not making a socially embarrassing fuss) & looking back at the photos, even putting aside insecure notions about my own attractiveness, my reaction became more... "why would you do that?"

She wasn't trying to "steal the bride's day" or any such hyperbolic nonsense. But she was thoughtless, & a little self-centred. It made me - over a long period of subsquent time - more aware of some of her other behaviours, which I'd been minimising. Double standards, applause-seeking, better at taking help than offering it, double-booking or forgetting firm arrangements to meet ...

Ooops rather long winded self-absorbed ramble there Blush - so to get smartly back to @Jadefeather7 ... I hope the 'ramble' illustrates some of the over-thinking & second-guessing some brides, or their guests, might be entering into in this Great British Tradition of Wedding Worrying :)

PS - the red dress is a beauty. Whichever you choose, have fun!

Fleabagging · 21/08/2019 16:00

The red dress is lovely.

I wore a beautiful, gold Karen Millen dress as my wedding dress (civil ceremony, many years ago...). One of the guests was wearing exactly the same dress in a different colour. I laughed!

maddy68 · 21/08/2019 16:01

I think it's too bridal. In fact my friend got married in something very similar

Teaandcrisps · 21/08/2019 16:04

Anything but the white one you would look like the attention seeker