Help! Not sure about my black outfit to "emotional" wedding??

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Help. A very dear friend of mine is having a civil partnership with his boyfriend this weekend. Sadly the context of the celebration is that his boyfriend has cancer and is not responding well to treatment.

It is so important to me to make an effort to look the part. There will be lots of flamboyant people there looking fabulous and I want to look great for my friend. Trouble is, I don't have access to great shops living out in the sticks with a pre-schooler. I got an outfit on Friday but now I think it's inappropriate as it's mainly black.

Feedback welcome please as I'll need to dash to shops again if necessary.

It's a beautiful designer black wool skirt with purple and metallic bronze embroidery round the bottom. Teamed with a fitted jumper with tie bow at one shoulder. I've got metallic scarf and bronze beaded sequined bag and a mirrored butterfly headband.

My only smart winter coat is black velvet. Am I going to look to funereal? Specially in the sad circumstances?

My DH will prob go ape if I say I'm buying more stuff but I think I might have to. What you think?
Ta

I wouldn't. It's more of a time to celebrate their love to each other, can't you wear something with some colour and wear a cardigan?

Ordinarily I'd say that black is fine for a wedding but in this scenario I'd be tempted to say go for different outfit.

What colour is the jumper?

SOunds OK to me. I doubt you will be the only one in black-with-sparkles anyway as so many people wear black-with-sparkles for festive occasions these days. Will you be able to take the coat off once you get there so everyone gets to see all the sparklies? Or is it an outdoor wedding (I know some people do this, in my celebrant role I often try to talk them out of it unless it's in the garden of a building we can all scoot into should it piss down)?

it will be fine, your friends will so pleased you have made an effort.

Your outfit does sound fine to me because it's not sombre plain black it has detailing and your accessories sound shiny glitzy and also I agree it is a celebration of love. I would probably not wear the black velvet coat through as that will make your outfit look heavy, instead how about a colourful wrap?

Thanks everyone. Yeah maybe I can alter the top half. The jumper is - you guessed it black! I could look for an alternative and / or coloured wrap. Thanks x

why not go for purple jumper and wrap - to tie in with purple embroidery on skirt? Purple is still everywhere so you should be able to get something.