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Is this okay for tea at the Ritz and ROH?

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DieDreiHexen · 08/11/2024 21:13

We visit London quite often, but mostly supper in Marylebone, picnic in the park, the theatre, lunch by the river, an exhibition or Ronnie Scott's (or work!) Basically, nice stuff but nothing fancy, just wear jeans or a day dress. This outing is unusual for me...

We are celebrating DD's 16th birthday in January with a trip to Mikimoto for pearl earrings, tea at the Ritz and Onegin at the Royal Opera House. We are overnighting at the Ritz (already looking forward to breakfast!)

DD has an amazing Sister Jane dress.

Would this dress do for me? How do people dress for ROH? Is it better in black or cream? (I'm a Deep Autumn apparently) And what shoes might work? I was hoping I might get away with loafers as I hate heels.

Any ideas appreciated!

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Notsure94 · 17/11/2024 20:41

Would agree that Opera tends towards the more casual or a big mix so don't feel like you have to dress up for that. It sounds like a lovely birthday!

Grantanow · 18/11/2024 11:20

I noticed lots of women in Prague and Budapest wearing real fur.

Tangledteatowel · 18/11/2024 16:26

Floofypuppy · 08/11/2024 22:34

What on earth is going on here. The green dress is just….bizarre for a 16yr old and the tweed number isn’t any better. When I was 16 I celebrated by having fun with my mates not buying a £200 dress to go the opera, is she doing anything fun?

I LOVE the green dress (and would have loved it at 16 too). The tweed is also gorgeous. I also used to love going to the ballet with my parents when I was a teenager, it always felt really special. My parents also did similar with a special piece of jewellery for my 16th – I still have it and wear it 25+ years later. I'm sure the daughter is also doing something fun with her friends – but this sounds like a really special day out with her mum. Why would you try to bring the OP down?!

Eigen · 18/11/2024 22:19

NoisyDenimShaker · 15/11/2024 15:49

I don't think it's fine. It annoys me when I see people wearing baseball caps and trainers in smart places. I remember being on the QM2 and seeing various oafs walking along the beautiful red-carpeted, spacious public areas wearing shorts and flip-flops, in January in the North Atlantic. People who dress very out-of-place like that make themselves look oblivious to the point of being dim, and it lowers the tone of somewhere that's meant to be a graceful, beautiful experience. I shuddered when reading on this thread about someone who attended the Opera House in a high-viz jacket and cycling shorts and shoes. I don't think that people should have to dress up, but there's such a thing as going way too far in the opposite direction. If you don't want to dress up or can't afford to, there's nothing wrong with a pair of black jeans and a nice M&S top. But the flip-flops and high-viz-jacket-wearing lot to nice places like the ROH and the QM2 do irritate me.

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Yep I totally get it. I’ve also decided that getting annoyed with other people’s lack of sartorial wherewithal is just not worth the energy!

user1484745101 · 19/11/2024 21:02

Everythingaches · 08/11/2024 21:16

Can’t really comment as went to Greggs for my daughters 16th.

And you wore a dress from Primark.

tuvamoodyson · 20/11/2024 08:05

user1484745101 · 19/11/2024 21:02

And you wore a dress from Primark.

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Or a band t-shirt and jeans..the ones Mnetters always wear to their wedding.

Saschka · 21/11/2024 18:39

tuvamoodyson · 20/11/2024 08:05

Or a band t-shirt and jeans..the ones Mnetters always wear to their wedding.

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Though most MN brides wear a black bin bag with a neck hole cut into it, and all their friends say it was the best wedding dress they’ve ever seen?

FilthyRich · 21/11/2024 20:11

I wore my confirmation dress as a wedding dress and fed all the guests with a free-range chicken and a mahoosive MN salad, but there was a free tab at the bar.

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