White trousers at a wedding

[Thebluedog]

Is it acceptable for a guest at a wedding to wear white trousers?

I’ve got a lovely pair of wide leg trousers that I love, would it be the ‘done’ thing to wear them with a pink blouse, pink shoes and bag?

It’s for my step sons weddIng that’s in a nice hotel. It’s gojng to be fairly informal but then men will still be wearing suits. We’re not close, as I got with his dad when he was an adult, but we get on really well and I don’t want to end up being the Step Mum that turns up in white

I’m now really paranoid about wearing white to weddings thanks to mumsnet

I don't think it's to do with looking bridal as such anymore - it's just the one colour reserved for the bride alone.

One of the wedding planners in the article I linked to is quite sniffy about white cardigans which I would've assumed ok.

I just don’t get that rainy. I appreciate it might be me but I don’t think anyone gets to own a colour, even a bride. I would never wear anything bridal to a wedding but I would wear white trousers with a coloured top.
I can’t imagine how precious a bride would have to be to object to that. Seriously what difference does it make to her, she should be enjoying her lovely day and her husband without sniffing at my white trousers

Lol to literally sniffing trousers

I can almost see where you’re coming from but given that the bride is, presumably, someone you like and it’s such a big day, why take the risk of doing something that she might consider to be a bit rude? I’m quite traditional about this and if someone had worn white trousers to my wedding I would have been a bit annoyed (not saying it would have ruined my day). Unless a bride had specifically said she didn’t care I would err on the side of caution and think that’s the nice thing to do.

I get that too bodear, if I was going to a wedding where I thought The bride would object to white trousers then I wouldn’t wear them. I’m not the sort of person to do that on purpose. Thankfully though no one I know would be so petty! And I don’t mean to be rude but yes I do think it would be petty to be put out by that

Sounds like exactly the outfit I wore to a friends wedding.

It was fine.

She wore white. I was clearly not the bride... nobody took offence.

The ladies who turned up in ball gowns however probably should have checked the colour of the bridesmaids dresses first!

Paintbox, I guess it's just good etiquette, like wearing black to a funeral or a hat to Ladies Day or a tie with a business suit. None of these things serve any real purpose nowadays, yet they're still done.