Do posh wedding guests have any more clue than we do?

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Looking at the coverage of Peter Phillips’ wedding I’m amazed by some of the outfits. Clearly a lot of these people have money but it really doesn’t show - some of the choices look very unstylish to me. Creased dresses, raffia wedges, mismatched accessories. I appreciate it was a rubbish day weather-wise so may have needed a few last minute rethinks but what hope is there for the rest of us when even those with access to the best designers and a presumably healthy budget look pretty average at best.

Oh no I didn’t realise I’d inadvertently tempted people over to the dark side!

I wonder if we’re so accustomed to the very polished ‘done’ looks we see on social media and that’s why this bunch of fairly normal looking people don’t come across as perhaps I’d expected. Obviously there’s no reason why they should and as a PP said it’s nicer to see than the sea of fake boobs, fake lips and fake tan that seems to be common at other summer events but I’m glad I’m not the only one who was a bit surprised.

I clicked on this with interest because I do think it is a bit odd that Kate often wears very pale outfits to weddings https://www.dailymail.com/news/royals/article-15883517/Kate-Middleton-white-wedding-dress-Peter-Phillips.html

The article offers no insight and basically says she wears pale colours because they are summery.

I thought Kate looked lovely at the wedding last weekend. But I personally would not wear something that could photograph as white to a wedding. It feels safer to go with a colour. I have worn black to a wedding a few times and I know some people consider that a no no.

The no pale dresses rule does seem a bit silly. I don’t think anyone would look at Camilla or Kate at the weekend and think they were trying to upstage the bride.

My best friend’s mother in law wore white to her wedding though and that did feel like a ‘choice’

lol at “ultra pale lemon” which is the description of one of her coat dresses.

@SlayTheJAway

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with any of those very pale wedding outfits Kate has worn.

But imagine if she was a MNer and had posted them for opinions - she’d be told that they were entirely unsuitable.

Yep, which just goes to show how daft those opinions about unsuitability are.

Bad bras.

Poor posture
ungainly walking gaits
black tights with black shoes and pastel dress absolutely dreadful

espadrilles always in style with
jeans and a bateau neck Breton or other classic style shirt. Not wedding attire

As a lover of vintage I frequently wear very old clothes to weddings - had no idea I was being disrespectful! I've also had my go to wedding handbag for nearly 20 years - didn't realise this was subtly conveying my disapproval of my friends and relatives' marriages...

Will stick my neck on the line here and say some sections of society turn up to weddings either dressed totally inappropriately, dressed as though they are heading to a nightclub in short dress with either no straps or very thin straps and 4 inch heels for a church wedding or looking like an over decorated Christmas tree.

I think there's a tendency to compare the guests here to celebrities on the red carpet or similar. Of course people look a bit crumpled and imperfect by that measure- they are actually at a wedding, will have been sitting in a pew for an hour etc. It's not really fair to compare them with people who have dressed specifically for the photographs and have a stylist and make up artist etc standing a few feet away to adjust things.

Sorry I’ve completely forgotten what I have said on this thread 🤣 why did you tag me?

I'm with you.

If I'm completely honest I agree too, I know it's a cliche but many English people (and I include myself in that) dont always dress very well especially for occasions - I dont think we're comfortable with it. Yes it's subjective and yes there are lots of badly dressed French/Italian women etc etc but we do dressing badly particularly well 🤣

I put this down to weather. We surely have some of the most unpredictable weather - a summer wedding could be either 30c or hailstones (we have had both in the last two weeks!) So it is really hard to throw yourself into a summer outfit with that amount of uncertainty 😆

That’s very true. Our weather is so changeable it is hard to know how to dress for an outdoor summer event