Is this dress ok for an english wedding in Sep?

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Hi all,

Not your typical wedding guest dress, but I don't really do long flowery numbers. Just wondering if this one looks ok? I could style it up with statement shoes/bag.

Thanks all. :)

Nope , not appropriate.

No. Wrong colour, too short, looks like you are trying to upstage the bride. Sorry.

I think it’s too short tbh, I would be worried about it showing my pants especially in the blustery English weather!

Edited to say I do have nice slim legs as per pp comment and I would still think that’s too short! Weddings have a lot of standing around outside.

So called statement guest dresses for weddings can seem a bit "look at me". My now MIL wore all black when DH and I got married 😂 and so many people noticed and mentioned it to me after the event 😂

Are you going clubbing after? If not no I wouldn't.

When you sit on that freezing cold church pew, that dress will ride up even shorter. Your legs will have goosebumps and everyone will have a nice view of your knickers. Other than that yeah fine 😂

Too short for a wedding and a funeral too. It's a lovely cocktail dress but not for a country wedding at a normal time of day. Black tie evening event you might just get away with it with a floor length coat for church.

It’s a lovely dress and black is fine for a wedding but I don’t think it goes with chapel in Northumberland.

interesting article here

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/article/2024/jul/12/dressing-for-a-wedding-the-rules-have-changed

No not the right choice for a wedding guest outfit.

That green Reiss one someone linked up thread is glorious though.

Too short, cold (legs) and too black. Great for a party, not a church wedding.

I'd say no, because of colour and length. Northumberland I September will be freezing.

I'd think you will look a bit out of place in an old chapel in Northumberland in that. If you're going to the evening do is there any way you can wear something else for the ceremony and reception, and then change into the little black dress for the evening disco?

I think you would be fine to wear that.

Not black for a wedding!

Evening party but not the daytime IMHO

It's a lovely dress but not for wedding. Navy would be fine.

I love it. But like others have said, not for a wedding. Also think pink accessories or a 'pop of colour' will cheapen it.

Great dress. Bad choice for a chapel wedding: too black, too short, too mesh, too party. It’s not right. I am very much of the view that you should wear wtf you want and not get bound up in convention, but if you wear that people will think you don’t “get it” about what the conventions of wedding wear are (rather than thinking, yeah cool original style).

I like the shape of the dress, it looks cool.

Westminster registry office, maybe.
Knees up above a pub in Walthamstow, sure.
Chapel wedding in Northumberland, absolutely not. And pretty disrespectful.

It’s a party dress. Keep it for a party, not a religious ceremony.

It looks like a cocktail dress.

Hopefully this won't happen to you.

I think you'll be fine and I love it. May I ask how the sizing is? Hadn't heard of this brand.

The bra situation would bother me. Would a strapless bra work?

Too short, and black is a no no. In a chapel especially

And I say that as someone who is getting married and is very laid back about dress codes. I'd rather someone in jeans and a gig t shirt to be honest, that dress is so "look at me I'm cool"

Torn. Love the dress and it can definitely be dressed for a wedding. Yes, Northumberland can be chilly but we often get a bit of a warm spell in September. Context is everything. If by chapel you mean somewhere like Woodhill or Brinkburn Priory, you'll be fine. If it's an actual functioning, practicing chapel, I'm not so sure.