Wedding guest dress ettiquette

Redpunto

Hi there

Is it ok for a wedding guest to wear a full length dress to a wedding or could you be mistaken for a bridesmaid? Cheers

Lia_lia

Best thing to do is try and find out what colour the bridesmaid dresses are, and avoid that colour!

Jamaican Me Crazy

Something like a maxi dress with lots of colour would be fine I'm sure but as above, just avoid the colour the bridesmaids are in and cream or white

A girl came to my sisters wedding in a cream floor length dress and my sister said she was going to wear her wedding dress to that girls wedding Joking obviously.

MrWalsh

It really depends on the type and colour of the dress.

I was at a wedding where a guest wore a very bridal type dress and she just came off as an ignorant fool.

convert

I wore this maxi dress to a wedding last summer, on one of the real summer days we had. It worked well in that it couldn't be mistaken for a Bridesmaid's dress, yet was formal enough for the event.

Had you a specific dress in mind, OP?

Redpunto

convert wrote: »

I wore this maxi dress to a wedding last summer, on one of the real summer days we had. It worked well in that it couldn't be mistaken for a Bridesmaid's dress, yet was formal enough for the event.

Had you a specific dress in mind, OP?

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That's a gorgeous dress - where did u get it. I saw an orange/red floor length dress on Asos, my inkling is that its too much like a bridesmaid style as its only one colour with no design.

convert

Redpunto wrote: »

That's a gorgeous dress - where did u get it. I saw an orange/red floor length dress on Asos, my inkling is that its too much like a bridesmaid style as its only one colour with no design.

Thanks, I got it in Oasis last summer.

Toto Wolfcastle

Very much depends on the dress. I was at a wedding where two girls wore long red dresses. When they walked into the church I thought the bridesmaids had arrived. They looked a bit silly tbh.

Redpunto

Thanks for the advice guys -

definitely not gonna go with the dress I saw,

http://www.asos.com/ASOS/ASOS-Pleated-Crop-Top-Maxi-Dress/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=5224203&cid=8799&Rf-400=53&Rf-200=7&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=36&sort=-1&clr=Orange&totalstyles=15&gridsize=3

just looks too much like a bridesmaid dress

dee_mc

Redpunto wrote: »

Thanks for the advice guys -

definitely not gonna go with the dress I saw,

http://www.asos.com/ASOS/ASOS-Pleated-Crop-Top-Maxi-Dress/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=5224203&cid=8799&Rf-400=53&Rf-200=7&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=36&sort=-1&clr=Orange&totalstyles=15&gridsize=3

just looks too much like a bridesmaid dress

I don't think that's remotely bridesmaid-ey. In the unlikely event that the bridesmaids are wearing orange you might get one or two double takes on the day, but if I were you I'd just go for it!