Wedding guest dress - it’s cream

[Thehonestbadger]

But it’s covered in polkadots, does this make it acceptable?

love this dress and the lady in the shop described it as the ‘perfect’ wedding guest dress but obviously she wants to sell it. I just keep thinking it’s a lot of cream.

The polka dot one is lovely and perfectly acceptable for a wedding. The blue one says knock off kate Middleton to me. Sorry!

I think it’s lovely. I can’t really understand this insistence of avoiding anything that has white/cream.
At my wedding my mum wore white, my mother-in-law wore cream, my cousin wore cream. All looked fabulous. Why should I be annoyed by it?

I couldn't agree more!

Although OP I prefer the blue dress!

There’s pics of Kate Middleton wearing full
on cream outfits to other people’s weddings so it seems the wedding photographers might be able to cope. Unless you’re close family of the bride or groom, you’re hardly going to be in many pictures anyway are you? There’s usually only one or two whole group shots of all guests.

Wear a darker coloured cardigan/blazer over the top for photos and stand at the back if you're worried, then it's visually the equivalent to almost every man who'll be there dressed in a standard issue white shirt and a darker coloured suit jacket! Unless you're in the main wedding party, you're only likely to be in one or two of the photos and won't be in the front row where your lower half will be visible. I've been to loads of weddings and never heard any chunterings when the ladies have worn patterned off white dresses or blazers/cardis.

I think the polka dot dress would look lovely with a wide waist belt.

I love that one, much more interesting than the other two.

I wouldn't have noticed at all on my wedding day, but if you had sent me this prior to ask if it was ok I'd probably say no it's too close. No one would mistake you obviously but some people would gossip and mutter about it on the day (my mum being one!) and I just wouldn't want that going on on the day and inevitably afterwards!

Please wear a dress with some oomph.
You've a lovely figure, don’t hide it.

The polka dot dress is quite cartoon-y as someone else pointed out. The cut if also very unfashionable and the colour washes you out slightly. I think the blue colour is much more flattering on you and unpatterned dresses are generally speaking more elegant, although the style isn't saying wedding guest. I love the light blue one a previous poster recommended, something like that will make you look much more classy and with your lovely figure you can really pull something like that off.

I think the dress is lovely, and perfect for the wedding. I would wear it with a lightweight black jacket, black bag, and the black shoes that you're wearing in the photo. My mum wore a cream and black dress to our wedding and she looked perfect.

It's hardly "insanely outdated and rigid" to say that you don't wear cream as a wedding guest 😂

Well seeing as the royal family don’t have an issue with it, yes it is. And it’s not even cream or white - it just happens to have cream in it. With a large black pattern.

Since when does it matter what the royal family do @Nobodywouldknow

And of course it's cream - the fact that it has black splodges all over it doesn't change the colour!

It was actually a yellow dress if it’s the same one I’m thinking of.

Well they are the very definition of outdated and rigid so if they think it’s okay I can’t see why it wouldn’t be.

It’s perfect

No, there was one from 2014 where she was in cream. Not Meghan’s wedding.

You look amazing in both dresses and they are both lovely dresses.

It’s literally one colour to avoid. Just one colour. There’s nothing wrong with having cream or white in a dress but if it is overly so, just avoid it. It’s not that hard!

Funny how no one on MN claims wearing black to a funeral is a silly social construct that no one follows anymore yet when it comes to white, you get half of MN being all cool about it - yet I bet vast majority of them wouldn’t wear white / cream themselves.

I think it’s a beautiful dress. It looks brilliant on. And it’s perfect for a wedding. Just my opinion!

@ErrolTheDragon Since when did women stop being feminine and sexy because they are at a wedding?

Funny how no one on MN claims wearing black to a funeral is a silly social construct that no one follows anymore

Of course it's a social construct, not all cultures wear black to funerals. And increasingly in the U.K. people are being specifically asked to not wear black, or to wear bright colours.
Even if you're not told that, it's now generally viewed as fine to wear sober colours eg navy, grey, not just black.

Never, but the aim of wedding guest attire shouldn't be sexiness, should it? And I didn't say 'not feminine'... that's always a choice for each individual.

I don't think you should wear it, sorry.

Agree. Don't think I've ever thought is this outfit sexy enough for the occasion. Classy/smart/casual yes, sexy no.