Did you even bother to read my post properly? I stated that this dress looks fine and I also find that MN going overboard with loads of rules pale etc is silly. Not sure how you somehow misconstrued that as my disapproving of pale colours.
My reply to PP was around cultural norms and again you miss the mark going on about women upstaging each other. That's not the point.
If you Googled 'chinese wedding' and they said not to wear white - would you insist on wearing white anyway? I bet most people wouldn't because otherwise they'd be accused of disrespecting someone else's culture. If they're not Chinese that is.
As a foreigner fresh off the boat here , upon receiving my first wedding invite I Googled, most sites said to avoid white so I did! Problem solved. The reason why didn't cross my mind as I respect all cultures so I respect the UK norm. Here, people are trying to rationalise it claiming it's about upstaging the bride blah2. I did come across some articles saying that it was a clear signal of disapproval. Don't know to what extent that's true.
I'm quite baffled as to how this poses a problem for so many people on MN. It's even more hilarious that most posts are people considering buying a new dress so they can't even claim that they had it already. Friend, if you are unsure. Wear another colour. It's that simple. No need for the opinion of strangers 😂