First communion guest outfit.

[Justmuddlingalong]

Having never been to one before, can those who have, give me an idea of what to wear? I'm a close relative and godmother. Is it a really dressy wedding guest type outfit? Should I wear a hat? It's in the spring. I know they're daft questions, but I'd be grateful for any help.

Dressy but no hat. A nice dress would be fine.

No, no hat. A bit down from a weddingy outfit, really. A nice dress is perfect.

No need for a hat. Wear what you feel good in.

Definitely no hat required. Dress how you would for a christening or any semi-formal event. For both my children's communions I wore a nice dress, heels, clutch bag and a jacket (as the church can be chilly, and for modesty as my dresses were sleeveless) Have a lovely time

I think it might depend where you are. I'm in Ireland and people do dress well for communions.
As they are usually on around May it might be a skirt & top/dress/light coloured trouser suit with reasonable height heels or sandals. Men used to wear suits but now apart from the communion child's father it's usually jeans/chinos and a shirt.
Not as dressy as for a wedding but I think we dress up more for weddings then is the norm in the UK.
I've never seen a hat, not saying it's never happened, just I've never seen one.
If you know the church you could look on it's website. Likely to have photographs of last year's communion. Get an idea for the norm there?

😲DP was planning on wearing a suit. I thought his outfit was the easy bit! Is a suit not the norm for the men?

I can categorically say I have no idea what people wore to my DD's first communion - apart from dd. We have some family photos where I can see. Everyone looked smart but relaxed. I can remember that.
Hope you have a lovely time.

Where is it? A suit would be fine in Ireland. He could not wear a tie, and bring a jumper so he can leave the jacket off if he felt overdressed.

A smart trousers and top or skirt and top or a casual dress would be fine. I wore a linen trousers and floral shirt to the last one I was at. Nice jeans and top with a more formal jacket would be fine too.

Smart work clothes in non smart work clothes fabric basically.

I don't think I've ever seen hats.

It's in central Scotland.

Sunday Best

Not as formal as for a wedding, but a step up from an ordinary church service. Suits for men.

Only jeans if it's happening in your own church and that's what you always wear

Yep, I’m in west central Scotland. Not as fancy as a day wedding guest but still nice! Suit for DH would be fine and most men here would wear that.

I was told it’s best to cover my shoulders and not show too much cleavage.

Thanks for everyone's tips. I have a few outfits in mind, more than enough dressier shoes to choose from, bags galore and plenty of smart coats and jackets to deal with any weather. Oh. And DP can wear his blue suit. 😉

I'm in Glasgow. A suit for DH is fine. At dd's communion (28 yrs ago) all the males had suits on.
I would wear a dress.
At dd2's christening (4 yrs ago) most of my female relatives had hair, make-up,fake tan all done.

Well, it’s a church ceremony, TheWoodsareDark. Nobody should really have to be told to put their tits away...

A suit is absolutely fine for your DH (I love any excuse to see my DH dressed up in his best suit!)

I remember seeing an (Irish) style blogger posting a pic of her at a first communion and she was in a low cut, off the shoulder dress and got a few OMG comments. (Which were quickly deleted).

Dress smartly but not acres of flesh. So dress as for a low key wedding, or drinks party.

First communions are always brilliant fun. And take a present for the child - ideally not a religious one!