to let my daughter wear this dress as a wedding guest?

[AlicePL]

Or does it look too much like a bridesmaid/flower girl dress?

This isn't the exact dress, but it's similar. I've read threads on here about parents dressing their young daughters as bridesmaids because they're offended that they weren't chosen, and it's occurred to me I'm not really sure what the difference between a child's party dress and a bridesmaid dress is! I'm guessing it's fine because it's blue rather than white, but I just wanted to make sure.

Yes way too much. I tend to stick to these rules for 3 year old DD at weddings:
No tulle
Preferably a pattern rather than plain
Not full length

A million times no

There was an uninvited little girl (daughter of invited guests) at my wedding ceremony, she dressed in the most princessy dress she had - and she wanted to be at the ceremony apparently because she thought I would look like a princess. She was around 8. I was really touched! She didn't even swing an invite to the reception and still went all out.

Awful no way

Definitely not for a wedding guest no matter how young or old. Strictly maybe but not a wedding.

The one from Dropzoneone is gorgeous.
Bridesmaid or not. She’s a little girl, of course she wants to be all fancy and frilly going to a Wedding.

Definitely not it's a cross between a cinderella dressing up and Bridesmaid/flower girl.
Not something you'd expect a child guest to wear.
Something with flowers or print and knee length.

If a child wants to wear a pretty princess dress why not! I wouldn't have minded at my wedding.

Everyone that is saying 'no' would you really have been pissed off if a small child turned up at your wedding in a flowergirl dress? My niece came to our wedding in the dress she'd worn as a flowergirl at her parents wedding shortly before ours. Seemed very sensible to me, why buy a new dress for each occasion? And frankly all little girl party dresses look like bridesmaid dresses to me.

And frankly all little girl party dresses look like bridesmaid dresses to me

Might have been true in the 70’s

For my friends wedding my DD wore a beautiful party dress, but I had the same concerns as you OP, before I bought it I asked my friend if it was ok for my DD to wear it and she said it was a beautiful dress and would be fine.

If it has flashing lights then go for it...

It's beautiful.

She should definitely wear it. Keep everything else as low key as possible - shoes, hair, cardigan etc

Please don’t dress her in that. It’s trying too hard.

That’s a No, it looks like a Bridesmaid dress , not appropriate at someone else’s wedding

@CountFosco when I got married a guest brought her little girl (maybe 3yo?) in a dress that was coincidentally the exact same colour and fabric as my bridesmaids dresses, she even wore a little white bolero the same shape as my bridesmaids' black boleros. The mum was mortified, I thought it was hilarious. I can't believe anyone would give a shit at a little girl turning up in a dress. Its not like its a bin liner with "fuck marriage fuck all of you" written on it.

Baffled at the people calling this a bridesmaid dress. It looks like a fancy dress costume to me, or one of those creepy baby pageant dresses they make little girls wear in America.

Surely no one has worn dresses like that as formal wear - adult or child - since the 18th century!

CountFosco I wouldn't have bothered at all if a young child wore a dressing up outfit for my wedding however I know that the mother would have got looks from some of the other guests.

That dress is not a party dress it's too long, Even most bridesmaid and flowergirl outfits aren't floor length for a reason. That dress may look very pretty however it's so impractical unless for an older child who will just sit all day. You couldn't run around in it and play, you would struggle with the toilet and can you imagine having to clean it after because it will be a mess. There are so many more practical and just as pretty party dresses out there that won't risk making the other guests think the worst of you.

It looks like a fancy dress costume to me, or one of those creepy baby pageant dresses they make little girls wear in America.

This! Absolutely no way would I put my DD in this. For any occasion.

@GreenTulips
Of course, you must have been there. 🙄
We sat toward the back of the cathedral. Went to the front, when the photos were taken along with all the friends. Didn’t even speak to the b&g until the reception. He’s from a culture, where bridesmaids are not common place and they didn’t even have any or a best man. But hey. You know better than the b&g ffs.

I mean the photos were taken at the back. We were at the front and not in any official phots.

Are you seriously having to ask?

Crikey lots of vitriol. Even if it is a Disney Princess dress why not? She has her whole life to start worrying about what she wears. I’d ages young let her enjoy being a princess. I wish I had been dressed in more princess clothes in the 80s!

At my wedding my friend turned up in what transpired to be an identical colour to the bridesmaids and as a coast dress looked pretty bridesmaidsy and, as I’d let the girls choose their all slightly different style dresses, it certainly was a similar if shorter style. I certainly didn’t care and once she got over her initial embarrassment neither did anyone else.

@glennamy

I see where you are coming from and that was my thought too!

Mummyoflittledragon

What point are you making then?

Child in a bridesmaid dress goes to wedding where there are no bridesmaids? How is it even relevant?