Can I wear a cream bolero to a wedding?

[EmmaGrundyForPM]

I am planning to wear a patterned dress to a wedding next weekend. It's a mixture of beige/brown/cream flowers, mostly shades of light brown. It will be chilly and the dress is sleeveless so I was planning to wear a beige/light brown bolero or shrug over the top. The trouble is, all the ones I can find are the wrong colour and look weird. The only thing that seems to work with the dress is a cream one. But I don't know if that's a complete no-no for a wedding.

I did wonder about trying a completely contrasting colour, but I look dreadful in pink/red and then I won't have shoes that match. Current shoe options are cream or tan, I really don't want to have to buy a new pair of shoes.

If it wasn't a wedding I'd wear the cream bolero without hesitation.

Thoughts?

I think it's fine. It's only part of your overall outfit. It's not like turning up in a floor length white dress, which definitely would be strange.

That's fine

I think that sounds fine. I’ve seen a MoB in a similar outfit and she looked fab.

Absolutely fine. Unless you are an ex girlfriend known to still hold a flame for the groom and turn up in all white it's fine. A cream bolero is completely appropriate, a white background on a patterned dress is completely appropriate. People on here really get their knickers in a twist over some white in an outfit for a wedding. I presume they are the same people who don't approve if you wear navy because that's too sombre. Glad I don't live in a world where wedding outfits are how you judge peoples worth.

Fwiw, I’m one of those people who thinks it’s safest to steer clear of dresses which are mainly white (even if they have a pattern).

For the record; that’s not to say my knickers are in a twist or that I “live in a world where wedding outfits are how you judge people’s worth” - that’s really a little bit melodramatic.

If you don’t want to read people’s opinions on wedding outfits, then perhaps the S&B pages and threads about wedding outfits aren’t for you. It isn’t the “what is my worth as a human being” page. It’s pretty trivial stuff, which is why I really enjoy it!

Aaaaanywho, a cream bolero, over a brown outfit, imo, is not the same as a mainly white dress, (with or without pattern).

And if you wear a mainly white dress so help me, I will judge you as an unhygienic, selfish bitch of low worth (JOKING).

Thanks for your replies. I'm reassured about the bolero. There's actually very little cream on the dress itself.

I do understand why people who go down the traditional wedding dress route don't want anyone else to wear all white/cream. I wore a bright green dress to my wedding and can't for the life of me remember if anyone else was wearing green!

When I was a size 16 I wore a white bolero with a coral lace dress to a wedding.

That was 3 years ago, not been to a wedding since!

I think it's fine to wear a white or cream bolero or cardi because it's just an accessory that you will probably take off anyway (I did) but not to wear white or cream in your dress.