Fancy Dress Wedding?

Sassie · 11-03-2010 11:58PM #1

Has anyone ever been to a fancy dress wedding party of any description? Do you think it would be fun? Would guests like it? Would you like it?
Would love to get some feedback or views.

Thanks in advance.

iguana · 12-03-2010 12:11AM

My uncle had a fancy dress wedding on Oct 31st some years back and it was really good fun, definitely more memorable than the average wedding. I think that if you are doing a fancy dress wedding you have to think certain things through.

Are you thinking of general fancy dress or do you have a specific theme in mind? If you are thinking of a specific theme is it one which will cost guests a fortune to get costumes for? For example if you were going with "Tudor court" or something guests would have to hire gowns/special dress and that is pretty expensive. But if you are going with a general theme or a theme like "cartoon characters" or "80's" where people can root around the back of their wardrobes, charity shops and pound shops and put together a decent costume for a few quid, imo, it's more acceptable.

Also what would you do about people who just really, really hate wearing fancy dress? Strange and all as those weirdos are (;)) there will be some people who think it's a terrible idea. So I think it would be a good idea to ask people to dress in fancy dress on the invite and say you hope people will get in the spirit but that it is optional. Ime, most people will dress up in those circumstances and people won't feel under pressure.

Sassie · 12-03-2010 12:15AM

Thanks for your reply.

I hadnt really thought too much about the theme element. Was at a fancy dress recently and thought that it was such fun and everyone really enjoyed it. I would have been one of those who hated the idea initally so would understand some people's apprehension about it.
However, I do love the idea of something different and think it might be a good one to consider for a small- ish marquee wedding party at home.

tony1kenobi · 12-03-2010 12:21AM

I went to a mates wedding a couple of years ago and it was Medieval themed.....felt like a complete ar*e on arrival tarted up like a knight but it was huge fune...stocks,meade.....no knives and forks........one couple didn't show up in costume and made it clear they thought it was a farce.....they had a crap day....everyone else loved it!!

whatdoicare · 12-03-2010 01:44AM

Depends on your families, really, if they're the fun loving kind then it'll be great.

Just from experience my friend had a fancy dress Hen night (where you'd expect a bit of dressing up) and bar herself, the bridesmaids, another girl and me noone else dressed up. Her families and in-laws just weren't into it.
On the other hand I have a halloween party every year and my family go mad for it and love to mess about with costumes- my OH has a collection of hats and costumes at this stage!

I'd test the waters a bit beforehand, if I were you, maybe half mention it to family members and gauge their reactions to it?

afkasurfjunkie · 12-03-2010 07:00PM

eek! i doent even do fancy dress parties. getting an outfit for an ordinary wedding is bad enough without throwing that into the mix. is it a church wedding?

hazeler · 12-03-2010 07:14PM

I LOVE this idea!!

We were at my goddaughters Christening in England, tiny village so we were all booked into this holiday park place.

There was another group in there from Scotland who were attending a fancy dress wedding (see the relevance

) they had to wear wedding clothes for the church part but were all back in the park getting changed into costumes for the afters party. They looked like they were having a ball and everyone we saw was dressed up. Its was a small marquee style wedding on the grounds of a country house restaurant. It looked great, no theme and people put in effort. The christening, tbh, wasn't have as fun as the wedding looked!:D

check out www.offbeatbride.com for people who have done fancy dress weddings... you'll get loads of ideas there too!

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