Thinking about Wedding Guest attire for August!

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Yes, you read that right - I’m thinking now (in Feb) about what I might wear as a guest to a wedding in August this year and I was thinking about this trouser suit with some sort of blouse/sleeveless top.

What do you think? Will I be melting or will I be ok? Or is it completely wrong?

It just looks so comfy!

It's very nice;
It meets my criteria for occasion wear of "after the wedding can I wear the hell out of it and get my money's worth?";

But, there is a risk you'll be too hot. You can take the jacket off of course but you'll lose the overall effect.

Much too wintery for August!

Perfect in pale natural silk and linen fabric.

Too hot if it is a synthetic.

How about this one:

Next rust linen mix

Much more seasonal, but the colour would take you into autumn. More contemporary cut. New stock so coordinating trousers available.

Fabulous. If it’s extremely hot you can take the jacket off once the wedding ceremony has finished.

OP, I have a wedding in April and bought that very suit. It’s been returned. Cheap and static as hell. Awful.

Eeek, love the colour, but a bit shiney and cheap looking

Velvet is very wintery thing to me, more suited to winter weddings and christmas parties. i think you'd look out of place in august.

I find polyester velvet too shiny and synthetic.

God no! You’ll be boiling. Velvet is a winter fabric for a reason, it insulating. Even if the weather is below average in August this year it will still be warm. You need to wait for summer clothes to be in the shops. If you’re keen on a suit a linen or cotton suit in a pale colour would work with a floaty lightweight top.

Buy a silk dress

It would look odd in summer time and too hot

It’s nice but Velvet is very much a winter fabric and I think it will look and feel out of place in August. Plenty of other suits in other fabrics if that’s what you like

Buy a lightweight suit in wool, cotton or linen in the summer sales. The sales are in July. If you want to get wear now, look in the Next clearance section but stick to natural fabric. Suits are classics and you should buy in the sales if you can.

Lovely suit, and wear what you want, but really, a darkish blue velvet suit for an August wedding?! No way!

If it helps, I got married in August and the weather was very nice but breezy. Also, location of the ceremony matters as I'm Catholic so our churches are always freezing! However, it was very much a light dress/cardigan/linen situation despite the cool. I think we forget just how warm it is in summer compared to these wintry days!

Sorry OP I agree with everyone else, velvet just won’t look right in the summer. I love the colour though.

August bank holiday about three years ago was absolutely freezing. Literally puffer coat weather. I think if you bought it and you can afford to have something in reserve you might use it another time if it was warm. But I would in general think that’s too warm for August wedding.

I would reckon it will be not a useful outfit for a summer wedding. You are going to be far too hot. In the summer cotton will be best.

That's nice but as I have red hair I think that might just be a bit too much on the amber/rust/auburn scale

Oh no!!! Awww feck that anyway!!!

Thanks for the heads up on it.

What about this blazer with the matching trousers? I love this colour on redheads but you might hate it! https://www.next.ie/en/style/su343421/e16356

Surely the crucial question is where is the wedding? If in the north of Scotland then it'll be fine, possibly a bit cold depending on the day. If it's in London then you'll be roasting.

It's in Ireland so kind of between the weather that you'd experience in Scotland and what you might get in London.

Not for me.
Velvet is definitely a Winter material.