Is this dress suitable...

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For a wedding I'm going to in Spain this summer?

Thanks

Why isn't it OK? Because it's white?

I like it

I wouldn't but then again I'm not really down with the yoof. I would be a bit surprised to see this at a wedding but I wouldn't be downright shocked.

It looks cheap with the cut out back and why would you pick a predominantly white dress?

How can it be “too white” when it has a coloured pattern all over it? It looks nothing like a bridal gown, so I really don’t see the problem.

Nice dress, totally wrong for a wedding.

There are so many other lovely dresses out there, why choose this one? If you already had it, were skint and it was your only option, then perhaps it would be OK. But if you are buying specifically for the occasion, there are far nicer and more appropriate dresses out there.

What's your budget? What sort of colours / shapes do you normally like to wear?

I think the pattern is pretty but yy the dress is too white and I don't think the cut-out works. Also, I don't think it will photograph well. And as the groom's sister, you'll be in the photos.
Top Shop have lots of fab midi dresses in bold colours that would be better.

I think it looks really cheap and frumpy.

It's fine.

I like it.

It's lovely.

Until you turn around and see the cut-out back, which instantly makes it look like a BOGOF from the market.

You can definitely do better.

I don't like it, keep looking and something without as much white in it.

Would you like us to suggest alternatives?

This,was suggested on another thread, it's got a pale back ground but has a more colourful pattern so stands out more than your first dress. You can pick out a colour from the pattern for your accessories like hot pink or blue.

hummingbird dress

I think it's too white tbh.

Too white op. I think pastel colours for warm weddings are nice, show off a tan too.

I recently went to a wedding where the guests crossed a field to get to the wedding. We all thought the bride was arriving until we realised the pattern on dress. Woman behind me did a full teeth inhale....

Lovely dress IMO but wouldn't wear it to a wedding

Looks lovely. I don’t think it’s ‘too white’ either. It looks nothing like a bride’s dress.

It's not the safest option, unless you have a thick skin and/or don't care what people think! It's a little bit racy for a wedding (lattice, bare back, obviously no bra) and it's white/or cream. If you can wear that dress (I dream of no-bra dresses, can't do them!) then there will be a gazillion other safer options which are just as nice.

Oasis has a lilac floral ditsy bardot midi (can't do links, sorry!) which would is similar in feel to yours, it would be absolutely perfect (if you like lilac of course!) also various other summery options.

Nothing wrong with this dress in my opinion. It's not too white. It's clearly patterned and clearly not bridal. Maybe run it past the bride just to check she wouldn't be offended.

^^ which is similar in feel - don't know where the extra "would" came from!

Hope this link works! Oasis lilac dress

There are so many beautiful dresses out there and unfortunately that is not one of them! What is going on with the back? Shouts cheap and nasty

I love it op . Good taste !

People always come on these threads, (where someone asks if they should wear a white dress to a wedding), and say “it doesn’t look exactly like a wedding dress, so it’s fine”.

That’s not really why I steer clear of white / cream. I’m not worried I’ll genuinely be mistaken for the bride, (except maybe if someone only catches a fleeting glimpse of white).

The thing is, that the bride might think it’s fine and posters on here might say it’s fine, (because people always say that on here unless it’s a full on wedding dress, complete with train and veil. Even then, I wonder if someone would say it’s fine ). But, ime, there are enough people in the world who will make the assumption that, if a guest turns up to a wedding in a white dress, she’s trying to steal the bride’s thunder and she’s broken some unwritten rule. That can make for an awkward, self conscious day. It’s obviously considered poor form to “steal the bride’s thunder”, as it’s the bride’s wedding day and she is probably footing the bill for your very expensive day out.

Of course I don’t think every woman who wears white to a wedding has some mad agenda to pretend to be the bride. I don’t think anyone thinks that. I don’t think guests give that much thought to the bride when they pick out their own white dresses to wear to her wedding. They simply think “that’s pretty. I’d look nice in that at a summer wedding”.

The bride might not mind and a lot of the guests won’t care either, but, have you ever got an outfit a bit wrong like this at a big event like a wedding, where chances are you only know a small section of the guests? Unless you have a rhino hide then it can be awkward ime. I’ve done it once and now I’m a big follower of the unwritten wedding dress code, (or the one which seems to exist in my circles anyway), which includes no dresses which are mainly white / cream imo.

Is it the end of the world? Of course not. It’s just a bloody dress! But, seeing as this is the S&B section of the site, then I think we’re allowed to have opinions on things which aren’t world ending !

I love it.
White' s only unacceptable when it's all white. This is a print so absolutely fine.