Too white for a wedding guest dress?

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I have my eye on this for a spring wedding. I love prints, it’s silk and is in the sale - perfect combination.

However, I showed it to my mother and she said “But it’s white!” in a horrified way. I was bewildered. I don’t believe most people’s first thought on looking at this would be “white”. To me, it’s all about the print - and in any case, the background looks more cream to me.

I love it, but not for the first time, my mother has created a nagging doubt. Would anyone really think I was trying to look remotely bridal in this?

It looks bridal to me.

Ffs you aren’t competing with a bride by wearing white - what a rediculous thing to say.
If you are really pretty should you also just dum it down.
I agree don’t turn up in a wedding dress but this ‘not wearing white’ is daft and unnecessary

I think it looks bridal. Its the style as well as colour and embroidery that combined is close to bridal. Beautiful dress though.

Gorgeous dress, but it does look like an alternative wedding dress.

I haven't said they are the same 🙄. I'm responding to those who claim any white at a wedding is wrong because it will stand out in the photos. Plenty of men wear shirts without suit jackets to weddings these days because everything has become at lot less formal but no one is is whispering behind their backs on the day or bringing it up in conversations years later.

It's nothing to do with being pretty. You could be Julia Robert's in the 90s and look completely appropriate as a wedding guest. It's about not making someone else's wedding about you.

The bride would..........

I give up. I really do. I can't discuss this with you anymore. It's giving me a headache. 😖

It’s a gorgeous dress OP. I’d wear it to a wedding. Not sure where else you’d wear a dress like that? Can you show it to the bride and see what she says?

Oh I would not wear that to a wedding, way too white

After reading the comments OP you’ll see there’s controversy over whether it’s right or wrong - that alone would put me off.

This thread proves if you attend the wedding in this dress some people will view your choice as inappropriate, I personally wouldn’t feel comfortable putting myself in that situation.

Cream and White are best avoided as a general rule for weddings.

Of course it's not daft and unneccessary to suggest to someone that they don't wear white to a wedding - as a wedding GUEST!

Some of the posts on this thread are peak batshit.

So wearing white is the thing that makes a wedding? Is that what you are saying?.
At both my weddings - one white / one pink- the colour of the outfits my guests were wearing had absolutely no impact on the day - none - nada. and I’d rather people be happy in what they were wearing.

If you have to ask, don't wear it.

Too white

Exactly this. ^ Surely everyone should know that you DO NOT WEAR WHITE TO A WEDDING (as a guest!) This thread is doing my head in, with some people saying it's OK. I'm done.

Its borderline, you possibly could if you styled it in such a way as to highlight the other colours with jacket, shoes bag etc but I think I would avoid it be on the safe side.

Its a lovely dress but I wouldnt risk it.

No I wouldn’t

Shame you hadn’t added voting . Too white here too .

It's very pretty but no, it's not appropriate. By all means, add it to your wardrobe but not for a wedding.

Not suitable for a wedding IMO, too bridal.

If it was white or off cream, it would be an absolute no. The reviews are saying that it's more yellow than cream. Pale yellow is fine. So order it and look at the colour. The shoes that match are called buttercream and are lighter than the dress, so the dress is possibly yellow. I'm a 'absolutely not' voter, for white/cream to a wedding.

Wearing white to a wedding is unnecessary - or similarly as someone else has pointed out wearing red to an Indian wedding if the bride is going to be in red.

But also just being too attention hungry is inappropriate e.g. the attached image. It is not the guests day. They are not the star of the show and shouldn't try to look like they are.

It’s just a dress and a very demure one at that. If it was bright red with the arse hanging out, then maybe it would be screaming look at me.

I like it, but it's a bit too bridal imo. If you wear it you'll probably be wondering if it’s too white all day so I'd wear something else.