Wearing White to a Wedding

[Belladonnamama]

Would you wear this dress to a wedding as a guest? Couple are in their 40s,getting married in a hotel, together years with two children.

Lol

At least the wedding would stand out in everyone's minds years later.

Lovely dress but not as a wedding guest

Tell her to buy the dress in green or blue and to stop being so silly.

Of course not! Your friend is being ridiculous.

I think the fact it’s a casual wedding and the couple are older means it’s likely that dress is even more like the bride’s than if it was a trad Catholic affair!!

I've been to weddings wear it was so casual guests wore jeans. But no one would have worn that dress.

It's a 100% no from me

@Belladonnamama
I think it's a lovely dress for a wedding guest...........in a MUCH different colour!
I'm also concerned that your post may be "outing" - what if your friend who is the guest is also on MN?

Good god woman! No!

I've already told her I've posted 😃

I still remember the girl who wore cream to my wedding- I thought it was really off of her x

Totally understand. My MIL wore ivory after I told her my dress was ivory.

Your friend is going to be THAT guest…is she usually so ignorant?

My mil wore a cream suit to my wedding.
She looked lovely.
Never occurred to me to be offended.

My batshit family member wore a white dress to my wedding. I wasn't surprised, she's a real life Janine Butcher.

No. Cringe!

My mother wore a white dress to my (Irish) wedding - she's narcissistic and can't cope if she's not getting her way or isn't the centre of attention. There was nothing I could do - it was even the same material as mine. I'd didn't cause a huge fuss over it but 20 years on I'm not in contact with her over other things.

It's a bit Samantha Jones too

I agree with other posters; it's not just that it's white. It looks like a wedding dress. So no way would I wear it.

That is awful. Can't understand why people do things like that.

Belladonna thanks, that means so much. I was so excited to see what she'd bought and the first words out of her mouth to me before showing the dress were 'Well I said in the shop that there'll be war when I get home'. Apparently the dress with jacket came in other colours but she didn't like them so just bought what she wanted. I did say to her quietly that normally people don't wear white or off white because the bride does but there was no point pressing the point.

People with narcissistic tendencies are incredibly fragile underneath it all - that's not an excuse but rather an observation. I'm not in contact with her.

Bitch SIL came to our wedding dressed as a bride; white lace dress with white flowers in her hair. On the morning of the wedding, FIL rang me in some distress to pre-warn me . He had begged her to wear something else, she refused. He hoped it wouldn't spoil my day. I replied "Don't worry, I'm wearing a shocking pink mini dress". He thought I was joking. I wasn't.

Definitely not in white.
I do have that dress in yellow, I love it and it suits my skin tone. I'll be challenging my inner Fallon next time I wear it now!

The fact that it is a casual wedding means that is is even less appropriate. She could end up looking more bride like than the actual bride!!

Absolutely not and I would not think very highly of anyone wearing this to a wedding as a guest!

Just because it's not in a Church doesn't mean the bride won't be in white/ivory wedding dress.
I'm Irish and every hotel wedding I've been to the bride has worn a white dress, some weddingy some more evening gown. But all white.
Tell your friend to cop on.