wedding ettiquette , is a white dress ok when your not the bride?

[LilyLoo]

Just looking for opinions. I have a friends wedding in August when i will be 4/5 month pregnant. I have a white knee lentgh dress from monsoon i have never worn, strapless but fitted under the bust with a full skirt. I think it would fit me then and would save me getting a new outfit i wouldn't / couldn't wear again. But is white to a wedding ok ?

its splendid actually walnut

its light brown silk with very tiny flowers. hmm. its nicer than that

it is also, all importantly, flattering, though am buggered if i'm wearing heels (am v clumsy when pg) so people can bitch away to their heart's contnent really

chelsea, shs is pg and cannot be ar$ed to go shopping.

surely that is excuse enough

Thanks Filly it really is down to that Chelsea

nope in my little world!

Yeah its hard to find things when you're pg but you still can't wear white.
Lilyloo-can't you get it professionally dyed another colour?

I wore white to about 3 weddings when pg

as far as I KNOW (and I think this would have gotten back to me) NO ONE bitched about me

There ARE special rules when you are pg and to wear a white dress as part of a multicoloured ensamble is truly not the end of the world.

For goodness sake all this DO NOT WEAR WHITE is so out of date... wear colourful accessories and a cardi/wrap and it will be fine.

as long as you don't turn up with a tiara and a posy, you'll be okay....

Chelseamum - you can have the Etiquette Queen Crown. But I still think it's unimportant.

Filly, I'm off to Tesco's.

IMO nope. Sorry.

out of interest lily do you know what its made of?

it MIGHT be dyable -but tbh, its risky as its very normal for the fabric to be, say, cotton and the thread, say, polyester. you then end up with the stitching showing...

they are really very nice walnut

crucially, somehow, they drape most flatteringly

But before I go to Tesco's, I shall start a clever little chant that I think you may all be impressed with.

Ahem:

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I agree

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I know, it's bloody catchy isn't it? And it rhymes. It's particularly effective when chanted wearing a brown silk tea dress (yum) or short white frock emminently suitable for a wedding.

Ask the bride.

Wear it with v.coloured acessories and you will be fine, deffo no silver sandals and silver wrap or anything.

There's a second verse too.

It goes a little like this:

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I like your song Walnutshell

all together now

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I could start a chant myself but would think it a tad childish

Thanks MrsFish, I don't know where I pulled it from, must've been my A-Level English Literature days. I expect I'll be mentioned in the next MN newsletter.

LOL it's all cotton i think although not too sure of stitching. I won't dye it as i don't want to ruin it. So if i do i need a bold colour wrap, bag , shoes and hairpiece ? Might try Tesco though Filly is it online ?