Implying people should where hats to wedding

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How would you feel if you received a wedding invite that said "Ladies: hats/fascinators will be welcomed?"
Will we really look like we are dictating what you should wear?

Surely people know that hats & fascinators are welcome at a wedding!

It seems an unnecessary comment to put on a wedding invite

No harm in mentioning to a few of your guests in a more informal way that you love to see people wearing hats at weddings, but I think to include it on your invite could be interpreted as a bit bridezilla

I'm always surprised that more people don't wear hats or head pieces to weddings especially in church weddings. I also love hat wearing days! You dint have to dance in them btw to the poster who said she wouldn't want to bop in one.

I think it is another added expense that the guest would have to incur and not necessary. Possibly the ladies in the b&g immediate family could be asked to do it but not every woman attending the wedding

I would wear the biggest, most floofiest Carmen Miranda hat I could find.

This is probably why I don't get invited places.

I don't wear hats often as I look ridiculous.

A Twat in a Hat!

It may be seen as the bride being a brideszilla-ish and guests may decide to ignore the request. Most people already incur a lot of expense to attend a wedding especially if they have to travel/stay over/gift/arrange childcare etc so you may ruffle a few feathers (no pun intended)

ps no need to spend a fortune on a hat. Borrow one (I did) or pop down your nearest charity shop.

I love hats and fascinators and put on my wedding invitations "ladies - please feel free to wear a hat!", some did, some didn't. The only sniffy comment I got was from a friend's mother Hyacinth Bouquet who told her daughter she would not wear a hat as it was "only a civil ceremony at a hotel" miserable cow

I'm generally not keen on dress codes, but they do have the advantage of ensuring you won't be out of step with the majority. The last few weddings I've been to there have hardly been any hats or fascinators worn, but I'm going to one next month and think I will get out my favourite hat. Wouldn't be seen dead in a fascinator though. Actually, that's reminded me I need to sort out what I'm going to wear, weather not exactly predictable in April.

I love wearing hats, and do at any opportunity however I'd any reference to then on an invitation was deeply odd.

Why not just mention to your friends/family/at the hen night that you'd love to see lots of hats.

I'm still a bit unclear why you are so bothered about it though.

Write a poem.

If you're tall, short, thin or fat
You'll be welcomed at the wedding
But please wear a hat.