Another ‘is this too white’ one…!

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I’ve got it already - just arrived and fits a treat, I really like it! It’s a very pale blue but in dimmer light looks white, is it too white? I didn’t think so at first but now worrying it’s a bit little girl bridesmaidy. I would probably wear it with a navy jacket or cardigan but if v hot would like to be able to wear it as is. It also comes in navy with white spots which is a bit boring, but maybe more sensible?

It's a lovely dress, and l think very suitable especially with blue accessories and maybe a short blue jacket?

It’s blue and navy so I don’t think it can come under the white banner, normally things actually have to be white for that to happen,

If you style it with navy accessories it will be lovely

It’s completely fine op.

It’s completely fine. It’s covered in darker polka dots!

Looks fine to me with navy accessories

I think it is too pale. In bright light and on photos, it will look white.

I think it's too light and looks too white, at least on the site. Why not just get it in pink?

It’s perfectly suitable. It’s pale blue and not a wedding dress. There is no rule, tradition or etiquette ruling out pastels for wedding guests just in case someone thinks it might look white in certain lighting conditions. It’s a completely made up thing.

Which despite a few people desperately trying to claim is problematic actually isn't.

Why people are so keen to make wedding guests stressed and uncomfortable by making up rules to satisfy hypothetical narcissistic brides is beyond me.

This dress screams wedding guest to me. It's not attention seeking at all.

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It doesn’t look like a wedding dress but it is a bit too close to being white, even with the spots.
Just find another dress! I can’t believe it’s that hard to find a dress to wear to a wedding that doesn’t look white!

The style is hardly bridal so no one will think you're the bride.
Wearing with electric blue shoes will remove any comparison.
If you're brave, red also goes well with paler blue and white, you'll just need to find the right tone for the blue of the dress.

I think it’s lovely and completely fine.

However, I have never understood the obsession with not wearing white. My mum and mother-in-law both wore white to my wedding and they both looked fabulous. There may have been other guests in white, I don’t know because I wasn’t looking out for it and wouldn’t have been bothered. Nobody is going to get confused about who the bride is!

This. Made up 'rule' indeed. Don't fall for it.

That dress is absolutely gorgeous! I would wear it to a wedding with navy accessories. It is clearly not white.

Quite a few women wore completely white and ivory outfits at my wedding and there was no drama about that from me!

Weddings these days baffle me.

There are so many lovely colours of dress to wear. It baffles me why a guest simply has to wear a white dress or a white-seeming dress. Is that not the true narcissistic behaviour?! The bride probably won’t notice but the other guests will and it will show in the photos. So strange.

It’s beautiful and absolutely fine for a wedding

If anybody mistakes you for the bride in that dress, they shouldn’t be allowed out in public.

it’s a lovely dress and I usually hate all dresses linked to on here. Wear it.

That dress is fine. Same as pretty much every other dress where this question has been asked! Nothing wrong with pale colours at weddings - look at Kate Middleton if she is someone you rate in the style stakes.

The dress is fine imo.

and no, I don’t say this to every „is this too white“ question. The dress is blue and covered in navy dots (or small flowers?). It isn’t white, it isn’t even remotely bridal and it perfectly acceptable wedding guest attire.

I really like the fil-coupé fabric btw!

I'm wondering who you are, I would never think that dress was too white/too bridey or anything else inappropriate!

Looks fine to me.

OP, if you're stressing, get another dress so you're happy and confident on the day.

They don't have to but there is no reason not to or even to spend any time pondering the question "is this too white". It won't draw attention in real life or in photos unless someone is determined to go looking for issues.

We always get this... people who think everyone who is aware of the decades-long etiquette just "made it up". I don't know why they think this, but after years of this rubbish on here, I think they're embarrassed that they didn't know about it and now feel a bit gauche, so they need to convince themselves it's not real. Perhaps they now realise they wore something inappropriate in the past and now want to try to stop it being a thing to retrospectively validate it. And of course, by guiding people to something they know for sure will be fine without any worry, we are trying to make them stressed, because we dedicate our energy to fabricating rules to ruin weddings. Mwa ha ha.

This one even comes in pink, couldn't be easier. Just wear that.