Opinions please! Is this dress too 'bridesmaidy' to wear to a wedding as a guest?

[JackanoryGirl]

Would be most grateful for some quickie opinions...

Do you think this dress is too bridesmaidy to wear to a wedding as a guest?

I love the dress & I'm thinking of getting it in lilac, but I am very aware that this sort of style is quite popular for bridesmaids to wear at the moment. Do you think it is appropriate for a guest?

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dress is gorgeous. So long as the colour of the bridesmaids is not lilac, you should be ok. imo

taht is gorgeous. absolutely gorgeous. so what if its bridesmaidy? get it!

just make sure you have some sort of jacket/covering and no flowers and you should be fine - I would also see if you can find out the the bridesmaid dress colour just in case!

depends if the bridesmaids a re wearing lilac satin. If not, should be ok

I love dresses from coast they're fab quality and you can normally get away with changing accessories and wearing over again.

I echo the others as long as the bridal party isn't in lilac I think you're fine. Perhaps your accessorising (i.e shrug, wrap, bag, shoes etc will also make it look less bridesmaidy.

Lovely, lovely!

satin as a wedding guest is risky imo, but it is a nice shape

get a big hat, bridesmaids certainly won't be wearing those

yes

Thanks everyone. Really appreciate your opinions.

Still not sure what to do though!

I think I would be alright if I knew that the real bridesmaids were not going to be in lilac, but I haven't a clue what the colour scheme for the wedding is.

I love the dress so much. Would be not to get to wear it, but I think it would be awful if the wedding colours were lilac.

Maybe MrsB is right and it's the satin that's the problem.

I wore this dress to a wedding in January but it was midnight blue/grape colour (from Coast). So long as the bridesmaids aren't in a similar colour I would go for it. Made me feel really good and so long as you don't over accessorise you will be fine.

I think it is.

I spent a whole day this week trawling the shops for a dress to wear for a wedding and I had this problem a lot, too many frocks were this heavy satin which does just make me think "Bridesmaid".

it is lovely

but i think strapless and satin is an issue for a wedding. went to one last year and there were a few women in light- coloured strapless dresses [bridesmaids were in red] but it just looked a bit weird.

I think it's a risk, but you could accessorise with a patent black belt and vintage black lace shrug etc or something else to set it aside from bridesmaid dyed-to-match shoes and matching-silk-flowers combo.
It does depend on the feel of the wedding- is it an evening do? Are the family very traditional or a bit more modern? And are rest of the friends generally glam or a bit serious?

i was once told that you should always try and upstage the bride by how fabulous you look.
bridesmaids are fair game i think. though not brides, obviously

sorry, but i do think its v bridesmaidy.
and i dont much like it either... but you do, so i think you should go with it. like the idea of accessorising with a black belt, shoes and wrap. tis a bit less twee/bridesmaidy

Satin is really hard to wear I think - I certainly can't with my lumps. It creases really easily too, if you are sitting.

pretty dress, it is a little bridesmaidy but I think you could get away with it if you accessorised properly