black dress to a summer wedding

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is it OK to wear a black dress to a summer wedding. day guest so will be there all day and evening. specifically this dress?

other half will be wearing a kilt as is Scottish

thanks

I would

That's a lovely dress so I say why not

Personally I wouldn't but depends on the bride and groom and how conventional / conservative they are. Without knowing, I'd err on the side of caution.

It’s a fabulous dress, but tbh I wouldn’t wear it to a wedding!

I wouldn’t because I think there are so many other nice colours to wear in the summer!

Yep, wear it.

I wore a black dress, black hat and pink shoes to my brother's wedding and felt fabulous!
I didn't give a shit about what colour I should/shouldn't have worn just as I didn't give a shirt what people wore at my wedding.

Honestly, who cares...???

If you like it, wear it!

Lovely dress, btw. I'd accessorise it with bright colours.

ah thanks for all the responses. I think I thought there would be a mix but seems to be a fairly even split really. I know jm slightly biased as had black bridesmaid dresses for my own wedding though that was winter so it's useful to get a range of views.

budget is fairly tight and it's a dress I have already and feel great it. I was thinking gold or pink shoes maybe.

for those of you that have said no is that because you just wouldn't personally or because you consider it not acceptable?

I wouldn't without checking its ok, sure I didn't care what people wore to my wedding but it is thing for some people at wedding not to have black so I would check

I'd stick to "don't wear black or white " unless you've checked with the bride.

Is it?
Why?

It's lovely- but I wouldn't wear black to a wedding, sorry.

I wore a black dress to my brother's wedding. It's the only time I ever have. They got divorced and I always put it down to my dress!

Personally, I don't like all black at a wedding. My niece had black bridesmaid dresses, I really didn't like it, it just looked odd for a summer wedding. Just my opinion I know!

No it's not suitable for a wedding

Absolutely. Nice dress. I love black summer dresses. (And they always remind me of the bit in I Capture the Castle where Rose and Cassandra go to London wearing white and note, mortified, that fashionable women wear black in London in summer…)

not wearing black to a wedding is very outdated & you won't be the only one in black.

sorry I mean thinking black shouldn't be worn at a wedding is outdated.

yes @watersprites I did wonder if the general feeling on this topic is changing.

I have no idea if people turned up in tutus to my wedding I wouldn't care but others do carw what people wear, same as wearing full white is not something I would do even if I don't care if people did to mine

If I need to think if my outfit is suitable for any occasion I assume it isn't so wouldn't wear it

I agree that sentiment on this is changing. I suppose it depends on the wedding, the couple and who's going to be there. I love demolishing outdated tradition- I'm not sure a wedding in front of Aunty Mabel and Uncle Stanley is the place to do it!

There is some really odd thinking on Mumsnet.

Looks amazing, absolutely wear it - pink shoes would look great with it.

Iirc traditionally black is fine for a wedding as long as you don't look like you are in mourning. That dress is lovely. I don't know when people became so rigid about stuff like this, or if they really are in real life.

No not to a day wedding. I would if I was just attending the evening party. It's gorgeous. Do they have other colours?

Nope. I would think you were dressed for a posh funeral.

Sooooo many colours, just not black or white. Unless you are an unusual size it’s not that difficult to find something else is it?

Its a lovely dress though and I always wonder why labels don’t automatically offer dresses like this also in navy/ midnight blue.