Is this dated if not please help me style it

[Travelcrazy]

Going to a wedding early June and I have bought this, it looks nice on buy not sure if I will go with it yet. I am blonde with a tan 5 feet 3 size 10. Is it ok and if so please can you suggest shoes, bag, jacket or cardigan and a fascinator. Thanks very much

Again. Do not wear a shawl

And do not ever wear fuschia

It’s dated. The pattern, colour way, the sash. The cut could be considered classic if it wasn’t for the above.

Unless you’re skint I’d maybe try and find something else.

I’m a little bemused at some of this advice, get a fascinator, a shawl and some fuchsia pink accessories,

good grief, shed look like she stepped right out the 80s. Nearly half a century ago.

The more I see it the more dated it is to me.

It's still the thing at plenty of weddings though, & not even restricted to my 97 year-old granny!

I think "fashion" (if you can call it that) moves slowly in wedding circles ... you only have to look at the stuff offered at those shops/websites that specialise in "Mother of the Bride" outfits. Grim!!! But they exist & prosper so there's clearly a market for fascinators & fuchsia pink & pashminas?

I think even normally quite well-dressed women can go a bit astray, & consider things they'd never normally wear when they're dressing for weddings ... a sudden crisis of confidence maybe? And before they know it they're walking bemusedly out of a shop, having spend £1k on a pink polyester dress & coat & matching hat that they'll never wear again? I don't know ... it's all quite odd!

No it doesn't - as it's nothing to do with either age or attractiveness ...??

To be fair I don’t think they are big sellers. But I agree, this thread is evidence, that people don’t know how to dress for weddings, look at some of the advice given. Black tights, fushia, shawls, fasinators, Alice bands, big floppy flowers in the hair, a chunky knit pink cardigan! What a state she’d look.

i also see a lot of women want to wear white to weddings, which I find incredibly odd. They probably don’t wear white a lot any other time, but get a wedding invite and they are suddenly eyeing up white clothes.

there is also people posting advising her who proclaim not to be fashionable and not like current clothes which is fine, but the op doesn’t want to dress in a dated manner, she wants to look current, it’s the whole reason she posted was to ask if the dress was dated,not because she was really hoping it was dated and wanted advice on how to accessorise to make it look even more dated.😂

No don’t wear this instead OP. I don’t know why anyone would suggest that.

Your dress is fine, you should wear what you like. It’s not up to the rest of us.

Plus at a wedding you need to be respectful it’s a wedding after all. If it’s in a church even more so.

I don’t think there’s anything at all wrong with the dress you have found op. It’s a standard wedding guest style dress.

if you wait for various suggestions of ‘better’ options you will see most are probably not better, not what you want, not what suits you or that you would be comfortable in.

the important thing is you being comfortable and enjoying the day.

I was saying why I thought it completely inappropriate for a wedding, not recommending it ...!!!

I genuinely don't get why the posters who DO think it's fine would be okay with half a boob hanging out each side - bizarre.

I agree. I was brought up you don’t wear white cream and so on to a wedding. My upbringing (unlike me) was very conservative on one side of my family. I also know photographers who would agree as you want the bride to pop and stand out in the photos.

so I tend to never wear white. I have worn a black gown with a white edge to it but that was a one off and I checked with the bride.

also even though I’m pretty bohemian (not even married and so on) I’d always wear something respectful as it’s a wedding. I think my brain tells me if there is a possibility a church is involved in anyway think what your gran would think is acceptable. And wear that. So I’m far more conservative when it comes to wedding guest clothes than at other times.

I was agreeing with you. 🙂
size cleavage is not needed at a wedding .

OP this is a good example of why your dress would be fine .this is for sale on Hobbs currently. Overall not that different still has flowers bold pattern and a sash.

so when some people are saying the dress looks dated. Well I prefer the one you have picked to this one.

https://www.hobbs.com/product/hardwick-floral-tie-waist-dress/0225-5036-9045L00-BLUE-BROWN.html?utm_source=google&utm_source_platform=google_ads&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=NEST_Hobbs_UK_EN_BoF_Shopping_Brand&utm_id=22300217733&utm_content=agid_171138532490-ad_736662908342&network=g&device=c&targetid=pla-293946777986&utm_tpl=live&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22300217733&gbraid=0AAAAADC5o-JBwQOc8YRqaLOYbTWH1Ixrm&gclid=CjwKCAjw687NBhB4EiwAQ645dvbj30fQc9ESZ3sUnar08YX4VTBP6QKTNTVAWaRlhKAMNTLYbTPkQxoCBRAQAvD_BwE

It’s a bit weird to get hung up on this on a thread where it’s specifically about not being “dated”. OP didn’t ask if the dress was nice. She asked if it was dated and what would be a more current choice. Again, you don’t have to like it.

One could argue that Hobbs is not the most current place to buy clothes. Yes the dress you linked is a similar concept but the shape is totally different. It looks way more current than the OP one.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
If you like it, then wear it.
If you dont like it, then buy one that you do like.
Do what makes you feel comfortable OP. 💕
@Travelcrazy

https://www.jigsaw-online.com/collections/dresses/products/cape-sleeve-belted-shirt-dress-green Love this style.

No fascinators, shawls or pashminas! I wouldn’t go headwear at all unless you are in the wedding party, it is super formal church affair or it has been specified as a dress code.

https://uk.stinegoya.com/products/3-4-volume-sleeves-midi-dress-dress-umber-windflower?variant=49347345121623&currency=GBP&srsltid=AfmBOooOB8lGfzNMerBl17bOy30roOY-Bh7VT1LBYQBmk1XNB995cdAU2zI

See how everyone is different. If I had the choice of only 2 dresses I'd wear the OP's. I would refuse to leave the house in that one.

The belt dates it. You could make it look more modern with striking accessories but probably easier just to get a different dress. Vinted is fab. Don’t get a fascinator, super dated

https://www.meandem.com/scattered-wild-poppy-print-maxi-dress-bordeaux-red-multi?glCountry=GB&glCurrency=GBP&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20163636442&gbraid=0AAAAADtaHAK5vp_DxJv8UARW14-8W2BOJ&gclid=CjwKCAjw687NBhB4EiwAQ645dvEeP_Rx44NQrYcdxibA3GIUkVYIy-8z6HpyXvLdGO0keIB1g3GlFBoCFLIQAvD_BwE

It’s not a question of whether people like it or would wear it. It’s a question of is it dated. Yes, it is. Not everyone cares about whether an item is dated or not, but OP does. It has been answered now.

Agreed. That Roman outfit is another one I'd refuse to leave the house in.

Honestly OP, it looks like something fairly cheap from say New Look, that my friends and I might have worn to an 'occasion' in the mid-2000s when we were 18-21. The base colour is also white, which most people avoid for a wedding.

It's a hard no from me, it looks very dated, sorry.

Tbh I think the OP"s dress is less dated than the Roman one and the salsa polka dot (I'm in Scotland if that matters)

Roman is not really somewhere I’m going for the latest fashions…. And the salsa one looks cheap and unsuitable, not sure what the point is in comparing two other unsuitable recommendations to the OP’s choice?