There is nothing wrong with wearing red to a wedding

[LadyMaid]

Inspired by another thread.

Why do people feel red shouldn't be worn to a wedding? As a guest.

As a bride, with Indian heritage, I wore red at my wedding, and there were countless guests wearing red, and white, floor length gowns.

I didn't give it a second thought.

I have attended a lot of weddings over the years where red and white have both been worn.

It's a bit 'look at me' but I wouldn't really mind

I had no idea it was a faux pas.

No white, no red, no black.. the list of acceptable colours is ever-shrinking, it seems.

Personally I don't give a shit what colour guests wear as long as it's not a wedding dress.

As a guest I can not see the issue at all . Who said there is ?

I wore red as a bride .

@TokyoSushi

It's a bit 'look at me' but I wouldn't really mind

Why is it anymore "look at me" than pink or yellow or orange or turquoise?

I’ve NEVER heard this before.
My mum wife and outfit to my sisters winter wedding that was mostly black with red accents. Apparently this makes her an awful mother!!
I couldn’t give a shit what anyone else wore to my wedding. What bloody difference does it make? And I’m quite conservative when it comes to weddings.

I wore bright red to a wedding a few years ago. With red lipstick too. Oops!

It depends on cultural norms I think. In a traditional christian style wedding where the bride typically wears white, it's seen as inappropriate as a very secual colour when attention shouldn't be diverted from the bride.

Obviously not the same meaning in other traditions!

It might be my Irish culture, but to me it's worse NOT to make a big effort for a wedding! I've definitely wore red before. And a girl wore a white dress to my wedding. It wasn't an issue for me at all- she looked nice and it was nothing like a wedding dress.

Looking back at photos two people wore red to my wedding one bright the other slightly darker red both midi length, some others had red in their outfits. As the bride I genuinely didn't notice at the time and do not mind at all.

My SIL asked if she could wear a red dress to our wedding. She said to her wearing red has positive connotations (I don't remember specifics) but she knew some people didn't like it. I said yes of course.

@TokyoSushi

It's a bit 'look at me' but I wouldn't really mind

People wear all sorts of bright colours to a wedding, why is red particularly 'look at me'?

For a traditional church wedding where the bride wears white or ivory, I would steer clear of a red, black, white or ivory outfit. The bride should be centre of attention.

Red looks good on me so I have worn it before too a wedding, nobody batted an eyelid except to compliment the dress (it has pockets, it’s brilliant!).

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That thread is bizarre. But then many threads are on this forum, lots of strange paranoid thinking is apparent.

Ive worn red, black and red and black to weddings. Its the only colours I wear most of the time anyway

However I would rather poke my own eyes out than go to weddings, so ideally I wont ever be invited to any more and wont have this oh so awful dilemma of giving a shit about what idiots think of what colours Im wearing.

Many people even choose red for flowers and bridesmaid dresses at winter weddings! Why would red be an issue? I will never understand these weird taboos.

Since when is red not allowed at weddings? I've heard of white but not red

When people list weird examples of wedding faux pas’, wearing red is definitely something I’ve heard included before, by a few people ranging in age. These were all Christian/secular weddings so I don’t think you can compare them to Indian weddings where wearing red has a very different cultural connotation.

It gets worse as I read that some superstitions say guests shouldn't wear green to a wedding because it's bad luck!

Which leaves blues, peaches, oranges, browns, beige, purples and yellows I think!

I hadn't heard of this until a friend of my OH specifically wrote on the invites that guests weren't to wear red. Years later I had a lovely new red dress and 2 weddings coming up. I messaged both brides asking if there were any colours they didn't want guests to wear. One said 'just the usual no white, black or red'. The other couldn't have cared less so I got to wear my lovely dress.

A few wore red at ours, and someone looked amazing in a white dress and white coat. We requested bright colours if possible though as it was a December wedding and we didn’t want everyone in black. Some did wear black of course, which was fine but we didn’t mind either way!

When I hear this I immediately think of a tight, low cut, short, bandage style red dress for reasons unknown- probably with big massive hair and red lips and SLATTERN tattooed across her back. Meanwhile back on planet earth most red dresses people wear to weddings are probably, ya know, normal.

Ive never worn or owned a dress, red or otherwise. My red outfit consisted of some smart trousers, ankle grazers, funky shoes and cropped jacket.

My friends MIL was weird about her having red roses for her bouquet and the bridemaids in red with white roses. Something to do with the colour of death or something.

I have worn a white dress with roses on to a wedding the bride wore purple though.

I couldn't have given two hoots who wore what to my wedding. Literally couldn't give a shit.

It seems these days that getting married gives you carte blanche to behave like a controlling, unpleasant so and so and people lap it up.
Dictating guests outfits, gifts, demanding extravagant hen and stag extravaganzas etc

Just get married and have a party fgs