Can I wear this dress to a wedding?

[hippopandamouse]

Is this a suitable dress to wear as a wedding guest? I really love it but wondering if the sequins are too much maybe? I don’t want to look silly 🤣

It’s also sold as a bridesmaid dress, so wasn’t sure if it was too much for a guest to wear? Don’t want to tread on any toes in any sense.

Opinions please? :D

Yes, I would think that. It wouldn't be too much thought, but it would be a passing thought, as I know 100% that those particular dresses are worn as bridesmaid dresses on a regular basis.

Fair enough. I wouldn’t actually care tbh. I hope OP doesn’t. It makes me sad that people don’t just wear what they like.

@hippopandamouse is it the sequins you liked, or the cut? Or something else?

The Maya deluxe website has some nice dresses that still have sparkle but are less bridesmaid like. Or try needle and thread if you want something quite feminine looking, they have lovely things.

But if you were wanting to wear it and wouldn't care, you probably wouldn't post it on Mumsnet asking if it looked like a bridesmaid dress. The OP asked it, so she obviously would like the opinion.

OP this would have been fine at my wedding. I wore something slightly similar for my cousins wedding when my DD was bridesmaid. I think it’s a lovely dress and bears no resemblance to the bridesmaid dresses so I would absolutely wear it. Weddings are also the most dressy of occasions, you can’t really be OTT.
Just an FYI, not all non-bridal party dresses need to be plain and boring, not every bride worries about being upstaged. Get the dress OP.

I know. That’s what makes me sad.

Why? There's a million and one other sequin dresses in the world if that's her jam that don't get regularly used as bridesmaid dresses. Or wear it and fuck what people think if you're confident enough to. Some people care, others don't, everyone's different.

This is a beautiful sequin dress in a similar colour

It looks like a bridesmaid dress. It IS a Bridesmaids dress. It’s been a very trendy bridal style for several years and there are plenty of pics of bridal parties all over Instagram and wedding blogs/magazines wearing this exact ASOS dress in every colour under the sun. It isn’t appropriate as a wedding guest outfit.

It's not white and not the same colour as the bridesmaids so I'd say go for it , I'd wear it .
I bought a gorgeous navy maxi dress from quiz for my cousins wedding in a posh hotel years ago turned up ...... bridesmaids in very similar dresses total fashion faux par everyone thought I was a bridesmaid 🙈 so now I check and triple check what I pick is nothing like what bridesmaids are wearing , this looks fine

Why are people so weird about weddings? It's absolutely fine you know it's nowhere near what the bridesmaids are wearing. It's a nice dress pair it with some cute shoes, a light jacket and a fascinator and it will look lovely.

I have never been to a wedding and looked at someone's dress and thought wow they're bitter or they're trying to be in the wedding party (as previous posters stated) especially when the dress is this far away from the bridesmaid dress and wedding colours.

But the dress I hope you feel amazing in it.

I think generally weddings have got a little bit less dressy in the last 20 yrs, but I also think it's always a mish mash of styles because some people go very casual and some very dressy, some go like they're bridesmaids, sometimes the actual bridesmaids don't look very bridesmaidy - it differs wedding to wedding and guest to guest. So I think other than definitely no white and not inappropriate, then wear what you like. I wouldn't see this dress and think you were a bridesmaid if the wedding party are all in green, and had literally just walked down the aisle, I would probably think "that'd make a nice bridesmaid dress", I'd never think "she wishes she was a bridesmaid" because that's a bit judgey. If you know other people going, or know the bride well I'd run it past them. The only thing I'd say is will you ever wear this again? I normally try and get guest dresses that I could dress down to dinners/nights out to get a bit more value from them. This dress doesn't look very adaptable to that.