Another is this appropriate for a wedding..

[Thisisnotmyname2022]

Going to a wedding soon, I’ve just bought this dress, however we have now received official invites. It states: dress code, formal. No white dresses.

Now I would never wear white to someone else’s wedding, but formal? Can someone advise? Is my dress suitable or not?

Sitting longer to knee length.... with nice shoes/hair I would wear this type of dress for a wedding generally. Maybe I go to casual weddings!

It is blue not white.

However, as the invite said formal I would choose another dress as this is not formal.

No, it's not suitable for a wedding

Too short. Formal I would suggest below the knee

I would say not formal but seeing your update about the bride makes me wonder if they have different ideas about what formal means. Is she wearing a wedding gown or something different? I mean it might just mean no tracksuits/jeans!

I love it! Where was it from please op?

Too short, too white , too informal.

Tbf the instructions from the bride do seem quite confusing!

Formal probably means a long evening dress, or at the very least, a tea-gown, don't you think?

Yeah, and also, your proposed dress is white. I wouldn't care, I think it's pretty, but some people might.

Thank you for all your comments, I accepted many posts ago that I would see if I could return the dress.. like I said it was bought before the invites were received. It never occurred to me that the dress code would be formal as they just aren’t that way. I was merely checking what was considered formal.

And for those questioning why I needed to ask… Just looking for other opinions..

For what it’s worth, I’m getting married myself this year, I wouldn’t bat an eyelid if one of my guests wore something like this.

Outdoor venue, think boohoo, forests, woods type thing.

Dress is definitely not white, another poster found a better pic than my zoomed in order confirmation.

I'm sorry, I've just seen the proper colour of your dress, it's a really lovely dress, but unfortunately by no stretch of the imagination is it formal, I don't think!

I remember the days when could go to a wedding wearing something reasonably smart from your wardrobe, as long as it wasn't jeans or an actual wedding dress, that was fine.

p.s. may be exaggerating slightly, but I wish we didn't all agonise so much over wedding attire (self included) or get invited to weddings with DRESS CODES FFS

It’s a shame to have to return it, it’s a lovely dress.

Have a look on DLSB, pink boutique chi chi London maybe? For formal I'd go for a longer length at least. Although it's cute!

It is very pretty, and I may find an excuse to keep it, although I may email the bride and ask what she means by formal. I can imagine formal wear in the woods 🙈

I'd wear it tbh.

I suspect given the other details you've provided that the bride's just put that so the groom's cousin James or whoever is a bit of a loose cannon on her guestlist doesn't turn up in stained tracky bottoms. Can you ask?

If it was longer then maybe. At that length, definitely not.

It’s “boho” not “boohoo” OP.

Wear it if you like, since you think it’ll be ok, but you’ll either be pulling it down or worrying about if you bend over and show your knickers.

Should say I can’t imagine formal wear in the woods!

I think you could dress it up with strappy high heeled sandals and a small bag.

Really pretty dress, OP. However, I agree it’s not formal which has connotations of full length or a midi/cocktail style in my mind and probably a block colour rather than something floral.

Also, I have never seen “no white” specified in a dress code so I’d err on the side of caution if something is quite pale. Sounds a teeny bit Bridezilla-like to me… I don’t care about this sort of stuff but I know many do and even think white but floral is still too bridal.

Apologies, I was looking online at boohoo and clearly it stuck!

I won’t be wearing it, would have been pointless asking for opinions to then ignore the responses.

I won’t be worried about showing my underwear either.

I thought this might be a wind-up based on recent threads.

'Formal' is vague - for a daytime wedding this should mean morning suits (poss lounge suit) or military/national dress for men, and appropriate equivalent for women. Think of the guests at any royal wedding.

Would you like help picking something appropriate?

I think I'd have to speak to the bride and find out what she means. Formal doesn't really mean anything as a dress code in UK.

I think, probably, she's just making the point that even though the venue is fairly low key, she still wants people to be dressed up for a wedding. In that case I think the dress is fine, assuming it is definitely blue and not as white as it looks in the picture and is a little longer on OP.