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

[BlueRaspberry7]

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

I think it fits the bill perfectly!

Not to be rude, but your username doesn’t really match your energy — daffodils are cheerful, this isn’t.

The written description says it’s open-backed too. Very odd 🤔

Lord, settle doon. Not everything on here has to be a battle.

Ah thanks I hadn’t thought of this.

I just found a very similar dress from the same brand that doesn’t have the yellow flower - and is half the price!

Ooh, can you post a link?

That is a beautiful dress.

Looks lovely, just right for a wedding. I don't think "wedding chic" really means anything much, apart from "turn up dressed for a wedding". I had a theme at my wedding and put it on the invite, just because people sometimes ask as they want to fit with the vibe.

It’s similar but does have the open back design, which I’m now wondering if that’s suitable fora wedding with a religious component. What do you think?
https://www.johnlewis.com/hope-ivy-the-giana-thigh-split-maxi-dress-blue-multi/p114124049?tmad=c&tmcampid=7&s_share=jlappios_Y29tLmFwcGxlLlVJS2l0LmFjdGl2aXR5LkNvcHlUb1Bhc3RlYm9hcmQ=

If it is in a church you would have something over it anyway so it wouldn't matter. Churches are chilly.

I also would raise an eyebrow at the dresscode. Unless specifically black tie, I don't think there's any need to specify dress code as wedding is a dress code itself. Notions, as we'd say in Ireland.
The dress is lovely.

You could have a wrap in the church. I think I prefer the lilac colour flowers to the red version, but that is just personal taste I guess.

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.

Exactly. Makes me think of boho chic.

I would never wear polyester though. Ugh. All natural for me.

I prefer the softer colours too tbh. Good shout on wearing a wrap.

I'm also in Ireland, but from what I've seen on mumsnet over the years it seems that in some parts of the UK weddings can be very casual? So presumably the invite wording indicates that this is intended to be a more dressy occasion, in case that's not necessarily a given in the bride and groom's social circles?

I'm not sure I would find any offence in it anyway, probably the wedding couple getting a bit over excited 😄 but I love weddings anyway!

I hope you're ok.

The written description says it has an open back. I'm not sure that I would call that dress chic, really. It's maxi, has a thigh split and an open back, which is all a shame as it does look good on the model.

I would think that the accessories are what makes any outfit chic.

Oh pish tosh.

Most people are very pleased to be given directions when it comes to what to wear for a wedding.

Irish weddings are pretty much always chic and people dress up.

I've seen many outfits worn to weddings in England (not Scotland or Wales) that wouldn't have been seen as appropriately dressy wedding attire in Ireland.

That's such an oddly tetchy response - definitely an over reaction.

There is nothing wrong with specifying a dress code for a wedding. There are lots of people whose idea of appropriate is far from appropriate.

There is a lot wrong with the assumotion that you're the only person receiving this invitation and it's meant as an insult to your normal approach to wedding attire.

I'd say wedding chic is polished and not something you'd wear to a work event or out to an ordinary dinner. Something a cut above, something a bit more special. Not in your face sexy, not too demure either.

It implies nothing of the sort.

The intent is to ensure that no guest will turn up either inappropriately dressed to the nines or in cowboy boots and a denim skirt and end up feeling uncomfortable or that they're sticking out for all the wrong reasons.

Nobody is looking down their nose at you personally or doubting your personal sartorial judgement when an invitation arrives with a suggested dress code.

The couple getting married wants their guests to all feel comfortable and that each one can feel confident in their outfits, which they probably wouldn't if they were the only guest in a cocktail dress and five inch heels at a beach wedding, for example.

But I really don’t think people would consider wearing cowboy boots and denim to a typical UK wedding anyway @mathanxiety?
Or stilettos to a wedding on a beach for that matter.

I'd say that dressy & chic are two very different things. And a good thing to aspire to both, for most weddings. The majority of guests at Irish weddings I've been to achieve the former, but not so many the latter!! (I'm Irish.)

Though the many weddings I've been to in Ireland haven't been of the OTT dressy/glitzy variety that people keep mentioning on MN. They've just been quite ... normal??!!

Oooh that’s pretty!!! I think it’s totally wedding appropriate.