When did it become common to wear evening dress for weddings?

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Looking at the pics of Gordon Ramsay’s daughter’s wedding and there seems to be much less traditional wedding wear and more evening dress/black tie. I didn’t think that was usually a thing for daytime weddings - is it common among real people or just celebs?

I’ve got 2 weddings next year and while I’m not a pastel coat dress/pashmina/fasinator type of person I wouldn’t pull off a slinky satin number either!

I’m always guided by what the men are wearing
I think in this day and age people are having less happened during the day so less pastels and hats
And a lot more of a black tie event and dancing and a bar rather than a three course sitdown meal
Very much depends on the style or feel of the wedding

Some of the younger women wore slinkier dresses to my Dds wedding i think Holly Ramsey is young so her guests and Bridesmaids reflected that, most women wear the things that suit them to weddings and usually age appropriate.

I liked the red bridesmaid dresses her Sisters were wearing i am not sure if the other girls in the photos were Bridesmaids or guests but their dresses were fine imo.

Do you mean common as in usual, or common as in trashy?

Oh 😂 do you think it was a sneaky dig at the wedding being "common"

I presume the invitation indicated that the dress was black tie.

It’s been happening for a while. If you think about it logically, most weddings hsve a daytime bit and an evening party. In the past, the norm was to dress for the daytime part and just deal with the oddity of wearing pastel florals and a discarded hat/fascinator on a dance floor at night. Now people are dressing for the evening party and dealing with the oddity of wearing evening dress for a church ceremony at 2 pm.

It’s an American thing that’s gradually becoming more common here. Americans wear black tie for weddings and have done for decades.

I’ve been to two weddings this year and noticed that a lot of the older women were wearing trousers suits, which is a trend I welcome. No evening dresses but I don’t mix in fashionable circles.

I think black tie has always been quite common for winter weddings. I went to one about 10 years ago on 23rd December that was black tie and one on 27th December years before that which was also black tie.

I’ve always found it odd that guests at British weddings don’t make a huge effort and wear a tea dress or something many would wear on a summer’s afternoon.

A wedding is a celebration and everyone should be dressed up.

I go by the venue if the invitation isn’t giving clues, if it’s a barn I’d go in a very nice midi dress, if it’s a stately home or upscale hotel I’d find something more dressy & full length. & I avoid the colours on the invite as always possible the bridesmaids will be in those. I’ve noticed a shift from formal toward black tie in the last few years of weddings.

Australian here - also much more usual to wear 'evening wear'. Floral summer day dresses / hats / fascinators much less usual.

It’s definitely gaining popularity. I think it’s the American influence. We have American family and we’ve never been to a wedding there that wasn’t black tie. Personally, I love it. I think it’s lovely to wear evening wear. Looks so much better and no hideous fascinators!

I think the American style weddings here are gaining popularity year on year - bridal showers, rehearsal dinners, multiple adult bridesmaids and groomsmen, secular services etc.

I think it's fine to make an effort rather than a huge effort. Maybe we're not into ostentation as much as you are?

I've been to weddings where the code was morning dress, so tails for the men. (It caused much muttering from my father, as he had to hire a suit.) That's what I'd expect for a more formal wedding.

Not everyone wears tea dresses on a summers afternoon and do wear them as "occasion" dresses and.people have a budget and not everyone has 100s to spend on an outfit.

It's something that has been common in the USA for decades.

No I genuinely meant usual although thinking about it I’m not sure slinky dresses and bare arms/feet in December feel particularly stylish to me.

I’m Scottish and we generally go very glam at weddings. I think in England they’re traditionally considered day time events and perhaps more pared back.

What would do you think they should wear ? Sandals at weddings are usual yes i know it is December but I don't think there is a etiquette for women to wear closed shoes and tights,

I always thought you shouldn’t wear black tie and evening dress before the evening, 6pm-ish, or when dark, but seems this rule has had its day.

It’s an American thing

I think it depends as have seen both. I have found winter weddings where move of it in darkness more evening wear than summer where people are often outside

Thankfully where I live it’s always the norm to dress to impress and dress for a red carpet event rather than a frumpy tea dress. The more glamour the better just done wear white.