What are the fashion faux pas for weddings? (apart from don't wear white)

[sorky]

Am wanting to avoid this face

IMO fascinators and pashminas are not fashionable. But i wouldn't say that they are a faux pas.
Wearing something that really draws attention to yourself and away from the bride would be a no-no to me.
And obviously flirting with the groom is usually considered "bad form".
Check out Beatrice and Eugenie at the Royal wedding...it wasn't that they were dressed inappropriately as such,just too loudly IMO. And in not very flattering clothes.
What is it you are worried about?

Oh, definitely avoiding fascinators....truly naff.

I don't know really. I have a couple of things to wear and I'm deciding on which.
I'm a bit concerned that someone else will turn up in the same dress. (2 dresses from Hobbs & 1 from Phase Eight)

The vintage dress I've got is gold and full length, so not really suitable for day wedding, more black tie. Think it would be a bit Liz Hurley-ish (which is not what I want to do at all)

Well,there is nothing you can do if someone turns up in the same outfit. But I don't think I have ever seen that happen.
Just go with the one that is most comfortable.

Tits or arse hanging out is never a good look.

Don't wear black either, some people are superstitious about it.

I think lots of people wear black now at weddings. I wouldn't myself, but I wouldn't say it was a faux pas. If anything I think people are too casual at weddings sometimes, makes it look like they're just out for a night at the pub!

I think I'll be okay then. Norks & arse will be firmly controlled and nothing black is being considered.

Cheers

I think black is fine.

My granny always said that green was unlucky for weddings.

A lot of people do, but I would really hope that they had checked that the bride and groom were not superstitious.

The most sane rational people can go all silly about wedding traditions. What exactly happens if you don't have old/new/borrowed/blue? :o

Is strapless ok given that almost every bride wears a strapless dress nowadays?

Will I look like a bloody bridesmaid?

I refuse to wear a shrug

how is green unlucky?

Just another superstition. Can't speal for every bride of course, but I honestly didn't care about what colour people were wearing at my wedding!

Someone close to the bride (at the last wedding I went to) turned up in a t-shirt with a shirt open over the top, jeans and a short jacket that stank of fags

He looked like he'd just turned up in the clothes from the night before!

No black, no white, no strapless, no micro-mini. You want to look glamorous and elegant and fun.

Thank you Bonsoir, very well put.

Someone at my wedding was wearing a pale cream lace dress- looked lovely. Nobody mistook her for the bride! I def agree with no micro mini, but then IMP that's a no no for any occasion! Strapless can look very bridesmaid-y, but then it's a hard look to pull off for most people anyway, especially if they're blessed of nork.

My mum wore black at my DBs wedding. We were all a bit about that particular sartorial decision.
After poring obsessively over the pics the RW last weekend, I would definitely think twice about wearing:
any kind of all over print
anything too "fashion forward" (a hat/fascinator seemingly glued to the forehead for instance)
shoes that clearly hurt like fuck thereby inducing a badtempered glower on the wearers face
And obviously the old rule of legs or cleavage but not both still applies.
Other than that, anything goes really.

I wore black to my sisters wedding and I was her matron of honour! It suits me (red head) and looked very elegant in all the pictures. My mother wore black to my wedding and again looked fab. It just depends. Personally I can't stand all the garish bright colours you see generally ill suited bodies squished into at weddings - so many women end up looking like overstuffed sofas! I am not a fan of strapless either unless you have small boobs and lovely elegant shoulders and perfect arms.

Don't wear things that are a size too small for you (even with 'magic' knickers - they are not actually magic!) and go easy on the tangoed with fake tan look - especially around the feet and ankles it looks awful when it is all blotchy and dirty looking. Tonnes of sparkly makeup is not a good look either. (I have seen all of the above at various weddings)

I actually find dressing appropriately for weddings a bit of a nightmare!