Can I wear this to a wedding?

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Hi,

Just want some advice please about the attached dress in the pic would it be ok to wear to a wedding or is it encroaching on being too bridesmaidey? I checked with the bride if it was ok to wear lilac/light purple colours and she said it was fine (in her words she said lilac would fit in well with the theme of the wedding and to go for it!)
but I'm more worried about the style than the colour I guess?? I don't want to accidentally upset anyone

Tia for your help

Don’t wear it. Weddings are daywear. That’s not day wear.

Its a beautiful dress but I think you may end up looking like you wanted to be a bridesmaid and didn't get asked.

I think it's too much, sorry

Tacky bridesmaid. No.

It's not really a wedding guest dress, no.

I agree, it is more suitable for a dinner dance

A beautiful dress but OTT for a daytime wedding as a guest, I think.

God no! I assumed you meant as the bride! Massive no.

Absolutely not! It’s almost bridal.

She probably said lilac is fine but did you describe the dress to her? She might think you're wearing a lilac suit not an evening dress! The dress would be fine if was a black tie/evening wear wedding, but not for a day wedding, no way

You will look like you wanted to be the bridesmaid. Or even the bride.

There are so many lovely dresses out there, why choose something so bridal? How about a day time maxi dress in a bolder colour?

You’ll look like a wanna be bridesmaid!

Way too bridesmaidy.

Hell no.

Thanks for the feedback every one, I was originally only invited to the evening do and bought the dress with MIL who said it would be fine just the evening, but now I'm going to the whole wedding so guess I'll have to buy a new dress, bleh!

It's lovely. Wear it with flats tho and dress it down a bit

My other option is to wear a knee length black dress I already own but I'm worried you're not meant to wear black to weddings even though people say its ok these days!! Even though it has large pink flowers on it so isn't all black...?

Forgive me for being so terrible with fashion I just dont want to upset anyone!!

I think with being that length it is a bit much 😬 I'm not a fan of black for weddings, but black with a pattern is probably ok. Do you have a picture?

Very similar to this but in black and flowers instead of blue and flowers

That's lovely.

That's much better, it's a pretty dress. I think people wouldn't view a black dress as harshly as a bridesmaid esque dress, and black with flowers is completely fine!

The long dress is not wedding attire.
The short flowery black dress might well be if it is reasonably modest and the flowers are significant.

Phew thank you

Inappropriate. Tarty.

Don't wear the long one, it's really inappropriate for a wedding guest (even for evening only, I think). The short one is fine, especially with accessories that pick up the colours of the flowers