AIBU To wear a red dress to a wedding?!

[Mowgli1970]

I never gave this any thought until I mentioned it to a friend who said I shouldn't wear red to a wedding, but couldn't remember if it was superstitious (and therefore a load of IMHO) or what. Any idea why red is taboo?!

In America bridesmaids often wear black (tradition we should bring over here I reckon). You're much more likely to piss someone off by wearing what the bridesmaids are wearing than anything else. White was still considered the colour of mourning in parts of Europe at the beginning of the last century. I forget who'd died, but I seem to remember reading about the Queen mother wearing black as she got onto the boat to leave England and changing to white for when she arrived in France?

Green is considered unlucky because it goes back to hinting that the bride is not a virgin because of green grass marks on her dress! Ie froliking in the fields!

CirrhosisByTheSea Wed 10-Mar-10 20:05:30

"... and it has made me determined to wear red to every single wedding I ever get invited to..... wear whatever you want to wear in whatever colour. Who cares."

Now you don't have to be a princessy bridezilla to not want this sort of attitude at your wedding. Everyone knows that people can be hyper-sensitive about their family's weddings so why would you do anthing that might be taken as a sign of disrespect if you don't have to?