Black dress AND hat - too funereal for a wedding?

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Although my boobs have now beaten a hasty retreat 11 months after giving birth (was so nice to have big knockers for a while!!), the advantage is I can wear a lovely black dress I bought shortly before getting pregnant and never got to wear, or maybe I managed to just once...

It was a charidee shop bargain - lacey & black from Warehouse for £6! - and I'm wondering whether it's too gloomy to team it up with my black wedding hat? Got the hat years ago and love wearing it, not into this fascinator business, much more sultry to hide half your face under the brim of a hat!

I would wear red sparkly shoes to liven up the outfit...and a cream cardi if it's not hot like today...but still...too much like a funeral outfit?

There was only one person who wore black dress to my wedding and they really stood out amongs the pretty summer dresses. Get someone to take you out to dinner so you can wear it and wear something summery with little straps (advantage of boobs going down in size again is thin straps) to the wedding.

Most people would regard wearing black to a wedding as exceptionally rude. Even if the bride was OK with it, you'd potentially have a lot of people whispering behind your back and assuming you're grieving at losing your chance with the groom...

God yes, too funeraly.

Everone will think you are in love with the groom.

Black dress & snazzy hat maybe ok? (god help me I'm my mother)

I disagree. You often see black at weddings now.

You do see black more often at weddings now, but imo it looks out of place and I don't like it.

I think bits of black are ok but solid black as you are suggesting might be a bit much. There should be lots of opportunities for your dress and this is a great excuse to go scouring for another beautiful bargain!

I disagree - I think black can look very chic at a wedding. Black does not always mean funereal.

I'm not a fan of black for weddings, and just because it is becoming more popular doesn't make it right IMO.

Heck apart from black and white there is so much choice colourwise, so I find it quite bizarre that some people insist on wearing black.

OP, yes to finding another opportunity to wear the black dress.

If you want to reuse something you already have, then the black hat would be ok with a black and white dress (more white than black).

I wore black to my brother's wedding, dress and hat.

I was making a point.

Alibaba.

Imo people need to get over themselves with their weddings

I have sometimes worn black to weddings, usually accessorised with a different colour, and have not by a long shot been the only one, nor the 'blackest'.

I'm worried now - I'm setting off with my black frock in about an hour to go to my partner's sister's wedding. I got the dress before the weather went all summery and I don't really have an appropriate summer dress to wear.

It's shaped like this one but has silver flowery emboidery on the shoulder and skirt rather than spots. Is it okay for a wedding?

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Waspie it is lovely, and not really a black dress IMO.

But I don't think there is an issue. A couple of people wore black at my wedding, it is just clothes.

Uterus