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Can I wear white to a wedding?

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ontow · 09/05/2012 12:20

Is it still a dreadful faux pas? I have an extremely posh wedding to attend and have a beautiful knee lenght white shift dress. Can I wear it? Help!

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Want2bSupermum · 09/05/2012 19:34

Don't wear a white dress. My good friend was getting married a couple of years ago. Our friends wife was visiting and showed me her dress which was white. I am so thankful that I spoke up and told her I would not to wear the dress. While the friends wife was upset with me I didn't feel bad about it after I mentioned it to my friend who was the bride. She (the bride) told me it would have really upset her if any guest had worn white.

I would go with navy or purple for a wedding. For GBP300 something from LK bennett or hobbs should work a treat for a 'posh' wedding.

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Want2bSupermum · 09/05/2012 19:36

2nd hobbs dress should be this.

LynetteScavo · 09/05/2012 19:37

No. I went to a wedding (not recently) where the bridesmaids wore white trousers suites. They must have been in fashion, because one guest did also. Opps!

Want2bSupermum · 09/05/2012 19:38

ok link clearly doesn't want to work - it's the Olivia dress. It's on sale too for GBP99!

mcfee · 09/05/2012 19:39

My bridesmaids wore green. Everything OK 16 years laterGrin

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ontow · 09/05/2012 19:42

Think I'll have to stay at home, so much superstition related to colour! Thanks for info. LKB and Hobbs too high street. Either needs to be extremely classic or a bit edgy and much more designer led. Is cream OK? Perhaps I could dye it??

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dexter73 · 09/05/2012 20:01

mcfee - had they been down the park with the ushers before the wedding?Wink

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ontow · 09/05/2012 20:49

I feel rather guilty that i put my guests through all this pressure

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NovackNGood · 09/05/2012 21:08

LK bennett or hobbs should work a treat for a 'posh' wedding Avoid I'd say alright for lunch around town but very high street and your sure to find someone else there with it on or very similar.

MrsCampbellBlack · 09/05/2012 21:12

If you look on matches - bet you could find a nice dress for £300.

Most of the superstition relates to getting married in certain colours so . . .

  • married in black you'll wish yourself back
  • married in red you'll wish yourself dead
  • married in yellow ashamed of your fellow
  • married in blue you'll always be true
  • married in white you've chosen alright
  • married in green ashamed to be seen

I would wear any colour as a guest apart from white/cream really.

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