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Black tie wedding?

  • 12-01-2014 4:19pm
    #1
    perri winkles
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    I've been invited to a black tie wedding but I have no clue what to wear! I've never been to a wedding, let alone a black tie one. Do girls usually wear full length gowns to these? Or cocktail dresses? The bride has suggested my debs dress from a few years ago, which I think is too formal?? DO people really wear full length to a wedding these days? Any help appreciated!


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  • #2
    D3PO
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    was at a black tie wedding two weeks ago.

    There was pretty much a 50/50 mix of long and knee length dresses worn by the women there.


  • #3
    Gatica
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    I think either is appropriate as log as it looks elegant/format enough. The debs dress you think would be too much is actually exactly the kind of thing that would suit the occasion. If you already have something then you're probably one of the lucky few who won't have to fork out to attend a formal attire event.


  • #4
    smallerthanyou
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    Was at one a few weeks ago. Fifty fifty as to what style dresses. Some long some knee length. Debs dress I think would be too formal!


  • #5
    Mountain girl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 ✭Mountain girl


    The fact the bride suggested a long dress means she is expecting you to dress up. It's always better to be fabulously over dressed than embarrassed you didn't make an effort when you arrive and everyone looks like they going to the Oscars and you're in a knee length dress.


  • #6
    perri winkles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 489 ✭✭perri winkles


    Thanks guys for the help! Will suss out what other women are wearing and then make the judgement call


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  • #7
    v638sg7k1a92bx
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    Wear whatever the bride has asked you to wear.

    Next time I get an invite to a black tie wedding, I sending a NO on the RSVP. Seriously, black tie weddings just smack of pretension all the while trying to impress people who you don't like and won't see again for a very long time.

    Last BT wedding I went to the Groom was a Scobie and the Bride was a Dolly Bird, they were friends from when I was a kid and somehow we remained friends. Anyway, the majority of the people there hadn't worn black tie since their debs and after the meal jackets, ties and women's shoes all came off which doesn't exactly turn it into a classy affair achieving the exact opposite of having a black tie wedding in the first place.


  • #8
    Moonbeam
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    If the bride suggested your debs dress then she obviously expects people to really dress us. I was only ever at one and my dress was embarrassingly similar to the bridesmaids one.


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