Can I wear this Satin Dress to a Wedding. Husband says no. I feel stunning in it, and think it is ok to wear.

[MegsyLondon]

Opinion needed. I got gifted this dress for Christmas it's a bit tight as it is my pre baby size, but it somehow makes me look smaller than I am.

https://www.iconleva.com/collections/best-sellers/products/adel

It is cinched on my waist and then flows into a fitted skirt. I feel confident in it. I feel like me again. I have been desperate to wear it since I got it but we never go out.

It's my husband's best friend's wedding in February. He is one of the best men. I am not in the wedding so I wont be in any of the pictures or anything like that.

Husband isn't happy about me wearing it. Is it reasonable to wear it? I never go out and I think we will be having another baby by the end of the year so I wont get another chance to wear this beautiful dress. I also dont want to go out and buy another dress when I have been gifted this one and it is sitting in my wardrobe.

It is white at the bottom but clearly with the black lace top it is not a wedding dress. Be honest please.

I think it is too white and agree with your DH, you should not wear it for the wedding. There will be other opportunities to wear it should you want to.

If you have that type of relationship, maybe ask the bride?

Big NO from me

It’s beautiful but sadly too white. I realise the black breaks it up but the white overshadows the black part.

But every single one of the judgements you've made in that post are subjective. Just like fashion. You're talking like they are hard truths when they're not.

Its a beautiful dress, I think the bottom it too white though for a wedding guest outfit. If it had some sort of design on it I dont think it would be an issue! I also have a wedding in feb and having a nightmare finding an outfit 🙃 your not alone x

You can't wear white to some one else's wedding!!! And this dress is even worse than that - the bottom half actually looks like a wedding dress!

There are only two real no-go-under-any-circumstances rules for wedding guest dresses, and they are white satin and slutty lingerie. This calamity manages to combine both. If I saw you wearing this I would assume you hated the bride.

I think there is definitely quite a lot of middle ground between baggy shroud and backless plunge dress. It's not a dress that's suitable to wear into church, both on the grounds that it is too revealing to wear in any religious building and because the OP would actually freeze to death in February. If the wedding isn't in church and is a black-tie, glitzy evening do then it would seem much more fitting (if it does in fact fit and isn't three sizes to small as suggested elsewhere on the thread?). Fashion does have a lot of rules, and knowing what to wear to what kind of occasion is part of it.

Don’t be silly. There’s a whole world of options between “baggy toast shrouds” and full on Met ball gala dresses.

The bottom looks like a wedding dress and the whole dress looks like it’s to grab attention. If you love it that’s great but maybe find something to wear it to, not a wedding

No. Unless you put on thermals and dye the skirt. However that is a stunning dress but not for a wedding

Mate, check with the bride if she would mind the white skirt and if she says no then wear the damn dress. It’s beautiful and it makes you feel confident. Life is too short!

If the bride would mind it then leave the baby with your MIL and go out for two hours on a glamorous date with your husband. Either way, wear the dress!

Gorgeous dress but very unsuitable for a wedding. It’s sexy evening wear. I would take advantage of your husband putting his foot down and ask him to take you on a glitzy date night at some other time so you have the opportunity to wear it. Let him think it’s a great compromise.

To people saying ‘ask the bride’, it seems very poor etiquette to put her in this position. It clearly isn’t wedding wear. Don’t give her another task to do on top of organising a wedding.

More information given now re: bride and what the other guests will be wearing. OP do you feel the need to dress up like the other women guests because they and the bride may potentially look down on you if you appear “mumsy” or something? Do you feel the need to compete with the other women in this social circle?

if a man turned up at a wedding wearing a skimpy T-shirt and tiny shorts I think there would be criticism.

I’d ask the bride too! I loved all that shit when I was getting married! It was like one big dress up party for me and all my mates! We all had tryons and swapsies. In fact 5 of my dresses were borrowed for the event!
weddings are fun, wear what make you feel a million bucks. Cover your shoulders for the church bit though :)

in saying all that… do ask the bride or a friend of

It depends on various factors. I see pictures of dresses at weddings now that are different to when I was in my late 20s/early 30s and it felt like I was going to a wedding every other week. My younger work colleagues wear very different things to what I’d wear. What’s the overlap vibe of the wedding, is it in tone with it overall?

It’s the bride’s day not yours. Don’t be that guest trying to take the attention away from her. You know it’s not appropriate or you wouldn’t be asking.

People are being unnecessarily rude. Given your reasons for wanting to wear it and I would imagine you’d put a blazer over the top of it for the church, then you could make it work.

Why not send a photo to the bride and ask her if it is appropriate? Tell her to be honest and tell you if the white skirt is a problem (I don’t think it is). I saw a wedding party a few months ago the ago and all the women were wearing really glamorous gowns not unlike this one. They all looked stunning.

Exactly. There’s a dress code for men attending weddings just as there is for women.

A dress this unforgiving to someone anxious and with low confidence because she just had a baby ??

Either this MIL is diabolically evil or this story is entirely fabricated.

Edit to add, I’m not saying that OP doesn’t or couldn’t look great in it but come on. It’s tight as skin satin

My initial response was "you lost me at husband says no, he's not the boss of you, wear it!"
Then I actually looked at the dress. Yeah, I'm team husband on this one. Sorry, but that is completely not suitable for a wedding on several levels.

Fabulous dress but not for a wedding. Looks attention seeking - even if that is not your intention. You might get a few eye rolls behind your back.

That’s not the op modelling it, and the dress comes in many sizes,