Is this dress too white for a wedding guest?

[PrincessPeachy]

As the title says really. I was hoping to wear it for a nieces weddings next weekend. DH thinks it’s fine, I’m having doubts! I would wear it with black accessories.
https://www.next.co.uk/style/su702748/h16243

You should learn basic grammar before making snide and unnecessary personal remarks to others.

You know wedding outfit threads have reached peak craziness when someone would actually think my post was genuine 😂😂😂

Could you be mistaken for the bride in it? If not then you can wear it and fuck what anyone else thinks.

Not doing a pile up on you OP (honest!), but I always wonder why people want to wear white to a wedding when they know it’s not the done thing. Then they come on MN and ask can they wear such as such a white outfit, given that it’s not a good idea to wear white 🤷‍♀️ I mean there’s green, yellow, pink or orange, grey, blue, a million other colours… 🙂

@Redrosesposies yeah F* everyone else and the screw the bride and tradition - “you do you” on her big day 🙄 .

Serious question. What do you get out of being so rude?

Nothimg to say relevant to the question, just unsolicited and bitchy comments about the OP’s appearance?

edited: poster apparently joking but just goes to show that those sorts of comments are not out of place in this forum,

I genuinely thought it was obvious i was taking the piss out of weird MN opinions on wedding attire. Like who would even think polka dots represent giant full stops therefore making a literal statement 😂 let alone someones hair being too blonde

The shoulders thing i have seen on here before tbf but again, just a bizarre opinion....too much shoulder ffs 😂

Like you say just shows that craziness isn't even out of place anymore on here. Thats why I do love a good wedding attire thread!

It looks lovely on you but maybe not ideal for a wedding. Next has a great sale on at the moment with some lovely occasion dresses. (As a side note when I first looked at it on the model it reminded me of my cat , shes white with black spots 😂)

I love this. I’ve never seen anyone on MN say this, but I think it every time someone suggests ‘ask the bride’.

Absolutely no way on earth would I be bothering a bride, months in advance never mind days in advance of her wedding day, about my outfit. How self-absorbed would you have to be?

Like this one? Came up when I googled "next wedding guest dresses" 😬

https://www.next.co.uk/style/su582475/ap7059#ap7059

I did say in my OP that I was doubtful I was going to wear it, I just wanted to prove to DH that it wasn’t suitable as he was so adamant that I was mad to think I couldn’t wear it! I’d made a passing comment to him last week that it might be ok with lots of black, but the weather will be too hot for jackets or cardies.

I’m wearing green now, it will go better with my too blonde hair! 🤣

Blonde hair = people may assume you have fun and will want to get to know you, this will take attention away from the bride.

But the bride might not give a shit about ‘tradition’. I didn’t on my wedding day, I only cared about celebrating with the people I care about. Could not have given two hoots what they were wearing. Tbh I think it’s really superficial to value ‘tradition’ over the actual meaning of a wedding.

Are people seriously arguing that avoiding wearing white is a recent development and the rules have somehow changed? That's total nonsense, it has been basic wedding etiquette for many years.

‘Done thing’ 😂😂😂

Thought it was more polite than "might make people think you're a bit of a twat" 😂

I only got married 14 years ago. Went to about 16 weddings over three years around then and don't recall it ever being discussed.

I checked my photos yesterday and it turns out my SIL wore mainly white with a black pattern and another friend wore white and silver. Never noticed it at the time as it wasn't vaguely worthy of comment.

Or maybe they just don’t care about the same things you care about. And if the bride doesn’t care about them either, then there isn’t a problem.

I think it’s lovely. I don’t understand the negative comments. It doesn’t look bridey but I don’t think it’s wedding guest suitable.

I knew wearing all white wasn't cool.

It is fairly recent that's turned into "anything that has white on it even though the white isnt the focal point of the outfit" though.

I do only find that's on MN though. Anywhere else a white dress with huge black polka dots would really be fine for a wedding. Even Next agrees!!

I'm not saying any white at all is a problem but if it's the predominant colour I think it should be avoided.

I've have friends in their late 30s/early 40s who have got married at various stages in the last 15 years, and there have been a few who commented about guests at their wedding turning up in white/cream dresses. One was about 80% white/20% blue.

Some brides won't care but plenty will, and ultimately a guest doesn't know which camp the bride in questions falls into. So it's just less risky all round to avoid white, and it's not exactly difficult.

What’s funny about ‘done thing’?

I took it for a jest!

This makes me happy. So many things in life that are 'the done thing' pass me by. Either you are the same, or the no-white thing is more recent than some people think. I definitely wore a white dress to a friend's wedding when I was in my early twenties, as it was a nice dress, it was already in the wardrobe, and I didn't even think of going to buy a new dress just for a wedding (and was skint).

Seeung as you look hreat in it, why not invest in the yellow one?