Help. Funeral to attend but no black allowed

[ellenrose]

We have been told not to wear black as decesased was an artist and wants the ceremony etc. to be a celebration of his life. Want to be respectful but must use colour - where do I even start? Boden type dress? Any ideas appreciated.

my FIL's funeral was no black and tbh there was a whole mix of things. Dresses were definitely worn and fitted the bill. People generally wore sober colours (although I think I remember someone wearing a lime green dress with a navy jacket) maybe with a splash of colour. I think a boden type dress would be fine.

sorry - meant to add - sorry for your loss

sorry for your loss. my mil died last year and had asked for the same thing. a few did wear black anyway (certainly nobody minded that) but most of us wore very smart, muted colour clothes. it was a relief, actually, not to see black everywhere we looked.

Sorry to hear about your loss too.

You could go for purple or lilac - they're traditional mourning colours (or were in Victorian times) so you could feel respectful but also respecting their wishes.

Thanks so much. It is going to be slightly harder for dh but I think we are going to have to work the colours in with his tie and shirt.
Thankfully a lot of the Autumn stuff out now seems to be exactly what you describe peanutbutter, with darker colours which I think should be OK. Thanks again

Oooh, twocatsonthebed, sorry crossed posts. I like the Purple idea.

sorry for your loss.

interesting about the lilac as I actually wore a lilac top with a navy suit to my dh's funeral. Didn't ask for no black but not many actually did wear black iirc.

Hope you find something