Wedding guests - is it ever ok to wear.....

[milkwagon]

white? Not like a floaty wedding'y dress/bridesmaid but a knee length creamy-white based frock with a pretty pattern on it at the top? Would wear floral drape blazer over the top. Also, am pregnant so could get away with it, no? Opinions and thoughts please....

Without seeing the whole outfit it's difficult to say for definite, but I'm inclined to say no,you can't wear white.
Being pregnant and dressing it up with other colours might be OK though.
If you can post a PIC it might help.

Are you Holly Willoughby OP?

I would always steer clear.. Though if it's a floral pattern on white background it's probably OK!

Grand as long as you don't look l like a bride :)

Congrats on the pregnancy :)

You can't go wrong with white... and I think floral top would be eye catching.

Thanks folks - and no, I'm not Holly Willoughby! But I did see her outfit and thought 'hmmm'.

I wouldn't mind too much as long as there is plenty of floral going on. Also would depend a bit on what the bride's wearing: if you know she's going for a full length job then easier to get away with it; if it's a civil wedding and a short dress then less so.

It's a Humanist ceremony I'm attending - after the civil ceremony which is earlier in the week, so there's nothing traditionally churchy about any of it & I doubt the bride will wear a traditional dress.

I wouldn't wear white to a wedding, there are plenty of other colours to wear, why risk pissing off a bride?

I wouldn't wear white to a wedding unless I was the bride.

Nor would I wear black. There's a whole range of other colours, and as NoArmani says, there's no need to risk pissing off the bride.

Though of course I doubt very much that anyone would make adverse comments to your face if you did decide to wear bridal (or funeral) colours.

No I don't think it's ever acceptable to wear white. Ever.

It's just as bad if it's not a traditional wedding and the bride isn't in a traditional dress, as basically anyone in white could be the bride.

Just don't do it. It's so mind blowingly rude and there is no excuse for it! Save this dress for another occasion :)

NEVER

Apologies: reread your OP - missed that you are PG.

It is of course ridiculous to be buying new stuff when it is unlikely ever to be the right size to wear again. In these circumstances, camouflage of the bridal colours the best bet. If you cannot dye the dress (or just don't want to), then lots of bright floral could cover it adequately. Are you sure you won't be too hot?

My mum wore white to my wedding. Well, ivory. And it was floor length. She looked lovely and it didn't bother me at all!

Wouldn't bother me at all. I hope none of my friends are the type who'd be pissed off if I wore white to their wedding, either. Don't people have better things to be annoyed about?

Sounds fine to me. It's not a traditional wedding so traditional rules don't apply.

Of course it is ok to wear white, it would be vulgar and pathetic of a bride to get all bridezillaery over guests wearing it.

Now if you turned up in a white Cinderella ball gown complete with layers of netting and lace then I would think you a wee bit odd, but a simple white dress? Nah.

My MIL wore white to my wedding...
Anyway, that's a whole other story!

I think your outfit sounds perfect OP.

I tend to agree with other posters - I wouldn't risk offending the bride. There are so many other colours and you can pick up a maternity dress for dirt cheap these days if money is an issue (asos, eBay - Seraphine, Isabella Oliver)

I wouldn't wear white to a wedding.

I went to a wedding this weekend and wore a cream dress with pink, turquoise, olive and khaki tropical leaves type print on it and that was fine for a summer wedding. It was a very informal wedding. Two other guests wore just above the knee lace shift dress which I wouldn't wear to a wedding but they also looked ok. I think as you don't look like a fake bride white or cream with a print is perfectly acceptable.

Of course it's ok. The bride will be far too busy/excited/nervous/stressed to notice what one guest in a sea of people will be wearing, and if she does then more fool her, how shallow and petty.
Teamed with other colours as you describe, it's not just a white dress either, is it. Crack on and enjoy the day.

I wouldn't risk offending the bride (same with wearing black) it's just not worth risking even the teensiest weensiest eyebrow raise. It's not the time to try and change convention..........

I think it's fine if you're a) not in the immediate wedding party e.g a DM, DSIS, SIL etc b) if you style it with some statement accessories to break up the white