This dress for Spring wedding with "wedding chic" dress code?

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Would love your thoughts on this dress for a Spring wedding at a nice hotel just outside of London, with a "wedding chic" dress code please.

I've tried it on and it fits very well and is flattering and can be styled dressier with some jewellery and nice heels. Is it occasion-appropriate?

hopeandivy.co.uk/collections/wedding-guest/products/the-kyra

Very nice. Only thing I might be slightly concerned about is the thigh length split.

It’s lovley and appropriate. My only concern would be the material is polyester. If it’s a hot day you will be sweltering in it.

Oh I'd have made it simple 'decline invitation'

whst a rude invitation. As much as U don't like it. I can void with 'please wear free' or please don't wear 'grey' or whatever. I'll eye roll buy comply.

telling me to dress 'wedding chic' RUDE.

but ti answer your actual question, I think it's a nice dress, but I wouldn't call it chic. But chic is just a matter of opinion. How well do you know the bride & her interpretation of chic?

I think its lovely and if it fits you well go for it x
Enjoy the wedding

@ILoveDaffodillsi know the bride very well and never thought about this as being a rude invitation.

What an odd and negative way to interpret an invitation!

What's wedding chic? What happens if you're not chic, or can't afford something designer etc? I've never been chic in my life!

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if you know the bride SO well, why don't you know if she would consider it 'chic' or ask her instead of randoms on here

I’m interpreting wedding chic as not evening gowns, but a put-together look you feel good in for an event /party.

I think it's lovely and perfect for a spring wedding.

Imagine taking offence at the word 'chic'. It's not an order to wear expensive designer clothes, you can define your own version of the word according to your own means and style.

Thanks, I thought the same.

Why such an overreaction to the invitation ?

Is the back open? In one of the pictures it looks open and in another not, so I’m confused 🤔
It’s a nice dress (though I’m not mad about the yellow flower). I’d say it would fit the bill.

I’d also be a bit disconcerted by an invitation instructing me to be chic, mostly because I find that difficult to achieve.

It implies that unless people are told to dress up they'll turn up scruffy & I do think it implies expensive clothes you won't otherwise wear, otherwise it's an entirely pointless request.

I hadn’t spotted this, it’s not open backed - yet it is in one of the pictures. That’s weird, and I quite liked the look of the open back.

And you needed to be told that? Or are you actually an adult that could dress appropriately for a wedding without being told 'wedding chic' ??

It's not an over reaction. It's a reaction to being told how to dress appropriately to attend a wedding. As an adult I don't need 'guidance' on how to dress appropriately.

Yes, I needed to know if it was an evening dress occasion or not.
I hope you’re okay, you seem quite unsettled by a request for thoughts on a dress on a style forum.

I think it's a nice dress. Because it's for a wedding I'm not sure about the open back though.

Thanks, the actual dress doesn’t have an open back, I think it’s a mistake in that one photo.

Gorgeous dress, looks ideal - and I can't see anything wrong with the invitation either

I wouldn’t say a thigh high split is chic.
Chic to me is French style, simple and tailored?

The dress is lovely!
I don't like the invitation phrasing either. It's not exactly offensive, it's just unhelpful and pointless.

Agree that the yellow flower is a design flaw. It draws the eye in an odd way.

It's just a word to portray a sense of occasion! I once went to a games industry event and the dress code was 'developer chic' do you think that meant everyone had to turn up in Parisian couture? 😂