black at weddings -views please

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ok or not? what if black pattern or if you try and wear something coloured with it.

got wedding next week and don't really want to splash out on new outfit (all my coloured things are a bit summery for now) as 1. will have dd 8 months with me so anyting I wear will get baby customised (hence reluctance to buy something that is likely to be dry clean only) 2 have a few suitable things but they are black - dont really want to buy something if I can help it.

thoughts please (and I am not bothering with a hat/fascinator either... that would be just too tempting for dd )

I personally don't like it but lots of people do wear black at weddings so you won't be the only one there. I went to a wedding a few weeks ago and almost half of the women were in black.

Can't you wear one of your colourful summery things and just make it warmer with tights/wrap/jacket or something?

You will have a scrummy 8 month old baby with you. You could go in a shell suit and no one would notice.

Just kidding - i personally would wear black to a wedding - even in summer . Perhaps a colourful scarf and earrings - from accessorize or similar.

I think we really helped there Rosa .

You will really have to wear something coloured with black - so either a really nice cardi or a wrap so that it breaks the black up. If you are a sling wearer, then pick up one of the lovely silk ring slings second hand and you accomplish two things in one

black is fine, and something all frou frou for the baby please

Its fine, we married in October and quite a few people wore black/grey or dresses with black on. Nobody looked funerally or depressing.

My mum wore black and cream and looked gorgeous!

I wore black to my db wedding last october and bought a teal shrug it worked

My Mum wore black to my wedding and looked very smart! She was a bit worried that this was not suitable for mother of the bride but I got married in winter and she found that there were very few outfits available at that time of year.(Or they were rather frumpy!) It was a black suit but had a small white flower motif on the jacket lapel, and she wore it with a black and white hat.

So I say go for it!

I have worn Black and white to a wedding before (black skirt and black and white top)

as long as it looks like a wedding outfit and not a funeral outfit I am sure you will be fine.

thanks this is all really helpful - its not really funeral type black stuff. And I know full well that no one will look at me .. have spent far more fun time planning dd's outfit hence why sudden thought about mine

off to check out websites for accessories now.

Glam black is totally fine imho. I've worn black and cream to a few weddings, I think it's pretty timeless and also easy to accessorize with shoes and bags!

I am wearing black to a wedding on Friday-mine

As long as you don't wear white when the bride is, I think any colour is fine.

I have no problems with black at weddings. I wore a black dress with a little bit of cream on it, to the last wedding I was guest at. I also got married recently and reckon about 70% of the guests wore black "based" outfits

I would wear black in a pattern with cream or something but not on its own unless it was an evening/black tie type do.

I was a bridesmaid at my sister's wedding and I wore black - she wanted a black and white theme so all bridesmaids were in black dresses, and all the table decorations, flowers, etc were black, white and silver. I was worried it might look a bit funereal but it actually looked lovely. Don't think people stick to 'traditional' colours/outfits at weddings so much nowadays so think black would be fine.