Could I wear this silver dress to a wedding - or is it too white?

[Dinglydelll]

Last thing I would want to offend anyone - I was thinking of adding bright coloured and bold accessories to break it up?

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@CraftandGlamour This all depends on type of wedding and who else is going and how they dress! This seems to be a wedding that’s not an average wedding. If many guests are going very glam, no one will think it is standing out and wrong. Personally I would not wear it, but if it’s a glitzy do then that’s entirely different.

And you won't know until you're there. And you may never know how the bride feels about it. Why leave it to chance just because it's not your wedding and you want to? Rule of thumb: if you have to ask if it's appropriate, there's a strong chance it might not be. As we're not in a dress famine, it seems wholly obnoxious to risk it.

its a lovely dress but in silver is a bit ‘star of the show’ to me and for that reason I would say find a different colour.

@CraftandGlamour I think she does know! Look at the extra info posted. Not being snide, but it’s Housewives of Cheshire. It’s glam. It’s NW glam. It’s not the same as home counties chic, and it’s not boho. People dress to be noticed. It doesn’t take away from the bride as she’s always the star of the show. Everyone knows that. It also depends o how op normally dresses. I would not wear that dress. I think Self Portrait is better or Zimmerman, but glam Cheshire is different.

I think it's fine. Wedding guests shouldn't have to second guess non-traditional colours that the bride may randomly decide to dress herself in if they haven't issued a dress code. The truth is silver and grey are nowhere close to a traditional wedding dress in any culture so if you want to wear it go ahead.

They're actually quite roomy in the bust, Susie Cave made excellent, strategic use of darts when making these dresses, which is why they are soo feminine and flattering. It's the sleeves where they tend to be a little narrow in my experience. Beautiful dresses 😍

Also agreeing. It's not about whether the silver dress is "too white", it's that it's VERY focal and therefore likely to be read as trying to upstage the bridal party. I'm afraid I laughed aloud at your worry the green may be "too sparkly" - how can a darker sparkle be less sparkly than a bright one?!

Go for green twinkles 🙂

I love that brand and would leap at any excuse to wear one of their dresses… but I wouldn’t do this one to a wedding. It’s ‘a lot of pale silver’ and, bar draping a multicoloured shawl across the whole thing, I don’t think accessories will make it less bridal. In a crowded photo the colour of this
is nearly on par with a trad white gown.

Nope. But I’ve been to a wedding where that was the brides dress. And all the staff clocked she was the bride so it’s definitely looks bridey enough.

I think you could wear it, it’s grey and most brides / bridesmaids do wear fully sequinned dresses, I wouldn’t put any kind of platform shoe with it though as they would look to heavy, I would maybe go with a bright pink pointed shoe and same colour bag, no necklace

No top bridal generally

I vote silver, with the orange Loubs and a similarly stand-out clutch. People would have to be very uptight to think it was bridal.

Although I did picture this at a modern London/city type wedding, Cheshire country weddings tend to be a bit stuffy and traditional from my personal experience.

@Shesnotveryself Cheshire very much depends on who you are talking about. Did you read the OPs update on how others dressed at another wedding? This is not the local squire at his country pile.

Don’t be that person

What? The person who wears a really brilliant dress to celebrate a wedding? Why ever not?

Us Cheshire folk are a breed of our own. I said earlier it’s an older Ascot dress - so I wasn’t far off. The dress is too glam for a wedding even in a stately home. It’s too sparkly and is a ‘bit look at me’ not the bride. Now you have added you are the bride’s parents’ friend - even more wrong. Stick to something less sparkly and save the silver for Boodles festival at Chester Races

I think the dress is hideous personally.
But if you like it wear it - it's not bridal really.
(I did get married in a silver dress though - 20 odd years ago so do bear that in mind 😉)

I don't mind the colour of it for a wedding guest, and in my opinion, colourful accessories would be the wrong choice, but for me it's just very "evening ball/NYE party" and would be odd for the daytime wedding ceremony part.