Looking for an outfit for a 'no black' funeral

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I'm really struggling to find something affordable and suitable. Can anyone help? I'm a size 16-18 hourglass shape

Thank you

What do you usually wear? I'd wear one of my smarter work outfits, or something from a wedding. Unless I really had nothing suitable, I wouldn't buy specially for a funeral.

I wore dark brown. Others worse grey, Brown and dark purple.

Have I misunderstood it all? I thought the point of a no black funeral was that people were more colourful than what's usually considered funereal. Brown, grey, dark purple aren't much different to black and would be "normal" at most funerals I've been to.

I found people didn't dress in bright clothes.

My work wear isn't suitable

Usually I live in jeans and tops. So realistically I need to at least make an effort

I wouldn't feel comfortable in bright colours

I'd play it safe in navy.

I'm the same size and shape, I'd wear this
www.very.co.uk/lipstick-boutique-curvy-waffle-pencil-dress/1460877231.prd

I went to friends moms funeral which said no black. She was in her 90s and had a long happy life. Everyone wore bright colours. Reds purples. A lot wore a bright scarf. No black means no dark colours l thought. No mourning look.

I went to a no-black funeral. Almost everyone wore other dark colours.

Odd how people interpret it differently.

I would have thought no black meant no traditional mourning clothes and was encouraging bright clothes. Bit pointless if everyone wears navy, which can barely be distinguished from black

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I would have thought no black meant no traditional mourning clothes and was encouraging bright clothes. Bit pointless if everyone wears navy, which can barely be distinguished from black^

I agree with this.
Queen Victoria asked people to
mourn for her in purple, which I think is a nice not-too-bright-but-not-too-sombre colour.
When I went to a no-black funeral I wore teal, but DS was only 6 weeks old and it's all that fitted (apart from my black maternity dress).

People are going to do what people are going to do. Asking them to dress in brought colours while they're mired in grief isn't going to make anyone feel better. I don't think it's fair on the people left behind. I wouldn't wear black if asked not to but would still dress somber because it's a somber occasion no matter how you dress it up.

I would take 'no black' to mean 'wear something bright'. Dark colours are just as acceptable as black for traditional wear now - so they were trying to indicate something more than that. You could just wear a jazzy scarf if you don't feel you could pull off head to toe hot pink.

I recently went to one. I'm a SAHM so most of my clothes are jeans and t-shirts, or super casual, or worn out. Not suitable for a funeral/church service imo.

The only thing I really had that was smart enough was a navy day dress, which I thought was still too dark, but I jazzed it up with a bright pink pashmina. You could always ask a local florist to do a brightly coloured buttonhole?

Not sure about you, but I can't really afford to buy a new outfit for a funeral, and actually on the day no-one looks or cares about what anyone is wearing. You're there to remember a loved one.

Hope you find something suitable and it goes ok.

I went to a no black funeral wearing a black skirt and a purple top. Other people were similarly attired with men wearing navy/grey suits and bright ties and women wearing black and another colour.