Wedding - colour code for guests…?!

[BigGlassOfWine]

Have just received a wedding invitation, and it’s got an actual colour chart (ivory, beige and various shades of green) as dress code attached. Lovely people, but I fear they have let themselves be talked into it by the wedding planner…
are colour codes a Thing these days?
I really don’t like the idea of buying a dress I won’t wear again, green doesn’t suit me 😝

Personally I agree. But the photos do seem to be a much more important part of the wedding these days. Maybe SM etc

Exactly. I said this on tje other thread recently about a demand for all guests to wear black. I couldn't get past the cringe factor. I'd be cringing myself inside out at how rude and weird the demand was and how that made the couple appear and I'd cringe for myself if I supported it. So I just wouldn't go.

That would be a no from me. I can't necessarily afford to go out and buy a brand new outfit for a wedding and even if it is in my budget I only buy clothes that I like and wear.

(Although I do love green on me but that's beside the point, many people don't.)

A colour code for wedding guests reduces the invitees to accessories in a performance in my opinion.

Black or black tie!?
If black, yikes..

Definitely all black, not black tie!

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Feck that. I'd be wearing what I wanted and felt good in. So so cheesy and rude this.

Alternatively "sorry about the lack of wedding gift, had to blow the budget on a frock in a colour I didn't own"

I would make a point of wearing anything other than the colours specified.

That's incredibly rude. I hope you RSVP no, as do the rest of their guests.

In case anyone else, like me, was intrigued by this, I googled and found it! Amazing. I’d never seen it before. Would love to know if it actually happened in the end, or did everyone cancel at the last minute 😁

Omg I am crying at this.

It's pretty sad that people think more about the photos and social media than the guests themselves and the joy of the event 😕

So we don't really want the fatties but we feel obliged to invite them so let's ensure they are camouflaged out of the pictures/video in black or camouflage gear.

I wonder was there to be a weigh in? What happened if you put weight on/lost weight at the last minute so ended up in a different weight category on the day and had the wrong outfit?

Women over 160lbs definitely had the easiest option. Also, what about if you were short and fat but didn't quite hit the 160lbs? Did you get an exemption to wear the black outfit then?

What if you were rhythmically challenged? Surely it would be better to have you blending in to the background then regardless of weight?

So many questions.

I hate this, it’s so wasteful and annoying when you have a lovely dress hanging in your wardrobe already to have to go any buy something that’s probably not as nice and doesn’t suit you as much.

I think you and your DP should both go in beige skin-tone tight bodycon dresses. Appear naked to the casual observer - that'll teach 'em!

Ivory, yes!!! Brilliant opportunity to re-wear my wedding dress. 'Twas only gorgeous on me. And DH looks handsome in a tux.

Otherwise claim colour blindness, you can include red in your green options.

And remember, it's an invitation not a summons.

Generally no, I don't like the idea.

For yours specifically I love green and as a redhead it suits me so I would be fine with it, and as at least 80% of my clothes are green (differe t shades of) I probably wouldn't have to even buy anything new!

A colleague at work was telling me about a wedding she's invited to that has a colour code. She bought an outfit in keeping with the code and now the bride has changed it to something else!! She's told the bride she's wearing what she's already bought lol. I'd go in whatever you want 😀

Wear black and identify as a man that day

Old NHS hearing aid. 🤣🤣🤣

<<weeping>>

It sounds almost deliberate that the bridezilla wants all the guests to look dreary and washed out so that she will stand out.

I mean - beige? That isn't a colour. It's just dreary and looks good on no-one.

I think it is extremely cheeky to expect your guests to wear a certain colour to your wedding, not to mention downright ridiculous to want a colour themed wedding. Boring as anything.

I would either ignore the dress code, or find a convenient excuse to not attend.

I’d go to the local fancy dress shop and hire something epic in beige or green. A green alien… Indiana jones…

Oh gosh...this is just so tacky. Another casualty of a society obsessed with photos rather than real life. 'Shall I make my guests feel comfortable or shall I inconvenience every single one so my insta looks great?'

Wear a green garden bin bag or some fishing waders.