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Help with funeral dress/outfit please

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Hotsunights · 01/08/2024 23:48

For next week so my problem is I think it's going to be hot. I don't feel black is appropriate as for someone in their 50's.

I'm of similar age, slim, 5 ft 4"

Price range up to about £100

Thank you!

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Abouttimeforanamechange · 03/08/2024 10:24

I find these comments about wearing black really strange, I wear a black dress and black shoes to work sometimes! It’s definitely not OTT to wear a black dress and black shoes to a funeral.

But not everyone wears black in their day to day lives. If you already have black clothes then fine. But black doesn't suit me, so I don't wear it other than trousers. At the majority of funerals I've been to, the immediate family has not been all in black. It would have been ott for me to go out and buy clothes I wouldn't otherwise wear and turn up in deeper mourning than the closest relatives.

Unless black is requested, or expected in the family's particular culture or community, in my experience navy, grey, cream/white, mauve/lavender shades, are all acceptable.

BCBird · 03/08/2024 10:59

My default choice for a funeral would be black unless I was told otherwise.

AnnaMagnani · 03/08/2024 11:06

I never ever wear black to the point I don't have any black clothes.

I went and bought a black dress for my Dad's funeral because I thought I ought to and really regretted it. The dress was horrible as it was an emergency purchase and my Dad would have been wondering WTF I was wearing.

Hotsunights · 03/08/2024 12:44

Yes I've not worn black even to my own parents funerals

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Somepeoplearesnippy · 03/08/2024 13:00

I wore a dark green jumpsuit and black trainers to my mums funeral. It looked smart and was comfortable.

I go to a LOT of funerals (being an older woman from an Irish Catholic family). IME wearing all black is quite rare nowadays. What matters is that you have made the effort to show up.

Lemongrassandcamomile · 03/08/2024 13:43

In my bit of Scotland most people wear black, but navy, or bottle green are fine. My funeral outfit is a black skirt, white blouse, black blazer, black tights, black shoes, black handbag.

JimberlyJo · 03/08/2024 18:48

In my bit of Scotland most people wear black too.

I actually have a funeral outfit/dress, but normally wear with black woolly tights and ankle boots.

unfotunately have a funeral next week, so might have to rethink my outfit.

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