Is this a suitable dress for a wedding guest?

[Thanksamil]

Hello everyone,

Is this dress suitable to wear as a wedding guest? It has a white (or cream) background and I don't know if it's appropriate. Also, is it too casual? It's more fitted on me than it is on the model. Also it's longer because I'm a short arse.

If it's okay, what shoes and accessories would you go for?

Thanks in advance ☺️

It’s totally fine.

It depends what kind of wedding it is and what your normal style is, I'm in my 30's and woul here to go out for he with my DD or out for lunch. I wouldn't wear it to a wedding but I wouldn't judge anyone that did as think it would look nice

*would wear that to go out for the day with my DD or out for lunch. I hate auto correct

I think it’s lovely op - and hard no to tights!

I'm amazed at the love being shown for that dress. It's a quite pretty but underwhelming dress. It's only 50% cotton. I've no difficulty spending its price on a dress but that dress doesn't remotely look as if it should cost £177.

(I don't like the back view either - the low back and the tied on round the back of the neck just look silly)

I always think the people who say dresses like this aren't formal enough either have never actually been to a wedding or only go to super formal ones because it's absolutely perfect OP.

As for wearing it to a bbq, that must be quite some formal bbq!!

Sorry too frumpy (and yes it’s also on another thread). Unless it’s a very casual wedding I wouldn’t.

It would be fine for any wedding I've ever attended!

If it makes you feel good, then wear it. Gold sandals and a gold clutch bag will make it more dressy.

It would be fine for any wedding I've ever attended!

Same here. Mumsnetters must go to some very smart weddings.

It sounds like it fits lively and you feel good in it ! So go for it

Lovely

What material is it?

And what's the venue like?

I think it’s a dress that can be dressed up or down.
I would wear some tan wedge sandals and a nice bag and it would be ok for a wedding. It won’t be a “wow” outfit but it will be perfectly acceptable and won’t horrify anyone
Depends what you are going for

Borderline. Depends on the wedding, if your friend is casual usually it might not be a really formal do? It‘s subtle but the combination of fabric, length, elastic waist, neck styling and tiers make it more casual than other very similar dresses. It’s not inappropriate at all but it’s more a day dress than wedding attire.

I agree that although S&B has an idea of the platonic perfect wedding where everyone is wearing Coast/Hobbs level of glam-but-appropriate (although possible a more high fashion variant), real life weddings will vary considerably and will normally include a lot of women wearing nice-but-unglam frocks like the OP, tiny "inappropriate" clubbing frocks, or black.

It's perfectly ok for a wedding. I don't believe MN only go to super smart weddings. Although I'm sure a few like to pretend they do.

I think some of the super smart wedding guests on here would be horrified at the clothes people wore and the dress I wore to a family wedding recently

In my world wedding guests don't judge what other people wear at weddings unless the guest in question was scruffy or stood out in some negative way.

Some of the bizarre attire etiquette I read on here never causes an issue either. That's why I love wedding threads. It's almost a voyeuristic pleasure reading some of the batshit "rules" and bizarre bridezilla behaviour

Or maybe I just associate with boring, laid back people.

@RampantIvy I was 7month pregnant at a hot summer wedding abroad and wore a blue linen dress from Jojo with flowers. I had my hair done and thought I looked ok. I also didn’t have much money to spend on high end maternity dress (was saving for mat leave). Then another wedding guest made a snide comment to me (something along the lines of “didn’t you know this was a very smart wedding”) and to this day I feel embarrassed and upset thinking about this.
I don’t think I was scruffy at all.

Hmm. If I'm honest, this dress is more like something I would wear on a day to day basis (my wardrobe is full of similar dresses) and I would usually wear something more fitted and fabulous to a wedding. I don't feel dressed up enough in it really...I bought it because I loved it and to justify spending over £80 on a dress I told myself I'd wear it to the wedding. Now I'm having doubts, but I'll probably just wear it anyway because I've reached a stage in my life where I've stopped caring as much about all that stuff! It's good to hear others opinions though and can see it's divided.

I'll keep my eyes open for something more fabulous, but have this as backup. I can't really afford to buy something else but if the perfect dress pops up, well fuck it, it's mine.

The wedding is being held in a registry office and then onto a nice hotel. I'm not close to the couple, the groom is a friend of DP but we don't socialise that often. When they came to our wedding, she got changed as soon as the ceremony was over into her jeans and a jumper so I don't think she's too precious about people being formal, she seems very down to earth.

Yes that's suitable. It's floral. Not white

What do we want from a wedding guest dress:
To look nice
To feel comfortable
To not upstage the bride
To not ruin the photos

I think that dress ticks all the boxes for you. It doesn't sound like a very fancy cocktail dress type wedding.

Have a lovely time. I wish I had a wedding to go to

Love it!

I agree. It's nice but not £200 nice.

It sounds suitable for the kind of wedding you describe. It would not be suitable for, say, a black tie wedding or a very formal affair with a ceremony in a cathedral.