Is this dress okay as a wedding guest?

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Is it too white for a wedding guest? Should I choose something else?

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I think that’s fine. The colours are quite bold. What would you wear with it? A bright coloured wrap or jacket?

I have no idea. I probably would try and get away without anything as the wedding is in July.

That dress is fine. Coloured pashmina and shoes would work well and ofset the white.

Perfect dress for wedding guest. Bold wrap, purse and shoes in bright pink to complement dress.

Thanks all!

I think it’s OK as the colours dominate, as long as you also have coloured accessories and not white.

Why do people always suggest wraps/shawls/pashminas for weddings?

They're not particularly smart, if it's cold you're constantly having to readjust them and wrap them more securely. They slip down your shoulders unless you're actively holding them in place.

Just wear a jacket!

Yes, it's fine

I'd wear a jacket, even in July, for the evening. But I'm always freezing and have an obsession with having enough layers, which I am now projecting on to you op. You are welcome

Not 'too white' at all.

I haven’t even seen a pashmina in the wild for 10 years.

I think the dress is fine.

It is lovely, and yes, very suitable for a guest to a summer wedding.

I don't like jackets with dresses - I'd wear a coat.

I'm mean I don't like blazer type jackets with dresses - they just look wrong.

I love it. It’s a beautiful dress. 🙂

@memost I agree, I don't like a jacket with a dress at all.

Very pretty dress. Entirely appropriate for a wedding.

Absolutely I am a massive no no on white at weddings but I don't classify this as white

Thanks everyone. I very much dislike pashminas but am also unsure on jackets. Is it a big no no to have nothing for a church wedding?

No, it's fine I think. I'd just get cold without a jacket/coat. I agree a blazer wouldn't look nice over that, but something on top. I had no idea the word jacket was so specific to some people that it absolutely means blazer .

Anyway, I'd wear something on top, unless you're positive it will be blazing sunshine. But I'm projecting my coldness issues onto you here!

Maybe buy a little shrug cardy or something you can leave in the car or the room return if you don't need it but you've got it if it gets cold.

I always struggle to find any kind of jacket to go with a summer dress for a formal occasion. I think they often look wrong which is why people look to pashminas sometimes I think. Winter dresses and jacket combinations are easier but summer dresses never work with jackets IMO.’

It’s pretty, why would you need a pashmina? God knows people have arms!

its a lovely dress 🌸

I guess summer dresses don't go perfectly with jackets because they're designed to be worn in the sort of weather we don't reliably get in this country 😩.

Not sure what the answer is. Cardi / shrug as suggested maybe, but I'm never sure if they look too casual at weddings. Pashminas, like another pp, I haven't seen "in the wild" for ages, but maybe it could work.