Wedding guest dress options

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Need help! Which of these dresses do you think is most appropriate to wear as a guest to a wedding in France. I love the first one but my daughter has said she thinks it’s too white (& therefore to be avoided in the tradition of only brides wear white). Would value any views. It’s going to be hot so I can’t add a coloured jacket. Many thanks!

But did they forget to tell the Princess of Wales about this incredibly important rule?

@NeverDropYourMooncup What was wrong the the PofW? She looked amazing as usual! Just chic and a style that suits her.

I wouldn't be rushing out to buy anything Beulah TBH. And the POW didn't get the memo of all clones to Beulah Land. 😊

@santamole They didn’t all wear Beulah! I guess you don’t get invited anywhere to need the dresses but if anyone does, they make a lot of sense regarding style for a formal day wedding. Easy enough to find similar for less money.

Relax @MeetMeOnTheCorner it's only a lighthearted wedding discussion. Very civilised it is too, so far.

Dresses are not mandatory for every event either. You are insulting me now and that's not very nice.

Oh yes, I think it was a very nice outfit. The off-white/cream colour of it really suited her.

Shame that she was apparently committing a heinous sin as a wedding guest.

@NeverDropYourMooncup So was it too “white”? Ha! Didn’t look like the bride’s dress to me!

Those dresses look very.... event-appropriate! Perfect for a royal wedding in sure, but they'd look quite out of place at any of the weddings I've been to.

Going by the many, many threads about how terrible it is to even have a scrap of a pale colour, never mind cream with a slight peach tint (although that could be the way my laptop renders colour) to a hat, it does seem to be the greatest W-LMC offence a woman can commit, over and above all of the following

Green
Red
Bright colours
Pastels
Black
Dark colours
Clashing with the bridal party colours
Toning with the bridal party colours
A dress
Trousers
Satin
Silk
Lace
Leather
Velvet
Bare shoulders
Covered shoulders
Short sleeves
Long sleeves
Something long
Something short
Something mid
A full skirt
A narrow skirt
Trousers
A jumpsuit
Sequins
Embroidery
Stripes
Florals
Spots
Block colour
Casual
Smart
Low cut
High cut
A hat
A fascinator
A hair band
A hair clip
Shawl
Pashmina
Cardigan
Jewellery

Not entirely sure what's left if we leave out the 'we got married in jeans and t-shirts for 50p with a buffet thrown in and everybody said it was the best wedding ever' ones, but whatever there is, somebody will say it's awful to wear it to a wedding.

These are very casual dresses, I’d rethink

The devil works hard but when it comes to trying to wipe Phase 8 off the high st, @PhaedraTwo works harder 😂

Unless it's a very casual, out in the garden event then I don't think any of them are appropriate. They look like simple summer dresses.

What sort of event is it re formality?

I think those dresses would be ok for walking around in the sunshine but if you are going to the effort of getting hair & makeup done they would look a bit odd. You could find something much fancier.

@NeverDropYourMooncup You have nailed it there. It’s very odd when some very smart people wear very suitable clothes they are torn apart on these threads. It’s bizarre.

That's just what I thought.

@msmolli French weddings are really quite casual, think men in shorts and a shirt for example, or trousers and shirt but no tie or jacket. Not all French weddings of course, but the majority will be much more casual than a UK wedding.

Pink.

This is very much not what I’ve seen, it was all very smart dark suits

Maybe a different part of France then? I am French but from the non-fancy bit of the south. For us summer weddings are relaxed, funerals too incidentally, you’d rarely see anyone in a suit.

@CaptainCalm my husbands from Brittany and it’s v casual there also. We live near Annecy and the weddings I have seen in town are very dressy then you have the type in the mountains that are very casual.