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.

You do look gorgeous but I think for weddings just stay away from white or cream. It's not worth going and feeling self conscious or worrying if you're being judged by others! Although if you know the bride well you could text her and ask what she thinks, I've done that before and the bride appreciated it and said it was fine. I changed my mind anyway, and then brides SIL turned up in white lace!!!

I’m not alluding to sluttiness but sexiness. Pippa Middleton looked sexy at her sister’s wedding but wasn’t tarty.
You know what I mean so why be so combative (I’m not your sole adversary this morning).
As @Sinisterdexter says, where’s the oomph?

You look.absolutely stunning in the Cream polka dots dress but it does look very, very light in colour.

Sorry, but thE blue dress doesn't look that great to me. It's very plain..

I never really understood the furore surrounding Pippa at the wedding, she looked perfectly ok but the response was off the scale madness - to me anyway. I would never have described her look as sexy though

As @Sinisterdexter says, where’s the oomph?

With the bride.
The one “rule” of dressing for weddings is ‘don’t upstage the bride’.

OP, you would look lovely in a potato sack! I think the big polka dot dress is lovely, but if you wear it you won't be relaxed on the day or get use of it after. The blue dress is fine, but it's a little staid. Do you have time to look again?

Op there are some bitter people on here who would tell you that you looked crap in anything if it made them feel better about themselves. It's a lovely dress. You feel nice in it. And it's definitely nothing like a wedding dress!! No sensible bride would bat an eyelid.

Regardless of the colour debate I think the spots really draw the eye, if there's group photographs that dress will stand out for sure.

Someone wore cream to my wedding and it was definitely commented on by other guests.

I used to assist a wedding photographer. He was fine with it. The day we realised that two ladies with identical dresses were next to each other in photos was interesting though 🤣

My sister wore a cream suit to my wedding in the 80s and it never entered my head to be offended. People need to chill out these days 😀

I’m with your DH on this one. It’s fine, but just fine. The style of the first one looked much nicer on you.

I feel sorry for people who struggle to identify who the bride is on the wedding day and get all confused by the guests wearing cream. If they can’t tell who the bride is, maybe they shouldn’t even be there.

I am glad I got married well over twenty years ago. People have got so precious about all this. When I got married there was never a sense of it being just about the bride and groom. Guests mattered too. Which is how it should be.

How sad. You go to a wedding which is supposed to be a joyous happy occasion and spend time remarking on someone else's choice of dress. Unless it was completely outlandish I think you probably had a guest problem not a dress problem.

Well I was planning to wear the following dress to a wedding 🤔 I was thinking fushcia sandals and perhaps a gold bag. The bride and groom are quite alternative so it seemed very appropriate but I'm now wondering if lots of guests will be tutting at my lack of respect? 😬

www.warehousefashion.com/product/warehouse-premium-fringe-trim-one-shoulder-midi-dress_bww06841?colour=ivory&size=8&utm_source=awin&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_campaign=Delupe+CSS&utm_term=559319&utm_content=warehouse&sv1=affiliate&sv_campaign_id=559319&awc=58407_1725527602_565e36ca5eb83d1c483da5e671654367

But a cute one 😁
I'm not a friend of large pattern at any time.

I would say no- mainly because in the pictures, the eye will be drawn to the cream dress; and really it should just be drawn to the bride. It's a smashing dress though. With respect, if you think for one minute it's going to draw attention from the bride, don't wear it.

And yet another of these threads, there are countless colours, why pick cream?

The polkadot dress is gorgeous on you, really suits your figure and the neckline highlights your lovely shoulders. I got married last year and i wouldn't have batted an eyelid at you wearing this for my wedding.

The blue is meh in comparison tbh. I love the spots! Not cartoonish at all

I love the polka dot dress on you OP (as a pp said you have fabulous shoulders) and with a black jacket or wrap and black accessories I think it’s perfect for a wedding. Dressing for a wedding is not about oooph and being sexy, it’s about elegance and class.

I think it's lovely, not at all bridal. And you style it with black accessories it will tone down the cream even more.

@Didimum I'm sorry you are triggered by me highlighting the very relevant opinion that cream or white at a wedding wouldn't offend me, hence the OP shouldn't dismiss the dotty dress on that basis. And also by the fact I'm cool. I hope you find peace within yourself. Namaste 🙏🏼

I think it more likely they’ll think you’re wearing a beach towel.

How strange to think someone is "triggered" with a two line comment on a website forum. People talk about what they think here – it's sort of the point?

If you really think your 'coolness' in not being bothered if another women turned up in an actual wedding dress to your wedding is relevant to 99% of weddings and 99% of brides then ... yeah, no one can help you with that.

Same here. 30+ years ago. We had a great time and I can't remember who wore what!