Could I wear this dress to a friend's wedding?

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  • mrs_schultz2012
    mrs_schultz2012 Posts: 395 Member
    It looks very bridal. Gorgeous though. Why not show the picture to your friend and say "I found this dress and I was thinking of wearing it to your wedding but I wanted to get your opinion on it. If you think it's going to overshadow your dress then I'll wear something else. I just didn't want to buy it, wear it and have you be upset over it."

    Not even this. Because the bride will feel like the "bad guy" if she says no.......and it's clearly too bridal.

    Don't ask, just pick something in a different color than white or ivory.

    exactly, don't ask her, just don't wear it. It's gorgeous, but choose something else to wear to someone else's wedding
  • akrnrunner
    akrnrunner Posts: 117 Member
    Its a beautiful dress but big faux pas to wear white to a wedding unless otherwise specified... i think it would just make you seem rude and ignorant of common courtesy. Let your friend have her day choose a non white/off white/ champagne/ cream color.
  • sgv0918
    sgv0918 Posts: 851 Member
    any color but this
  • westcoastgrl21
    westcoastgrl21 Posts: 172 Member
    If you had to ask, you already knew the answer. That looks like a wedding dress, it's not appropriate to wear to someone else's wedding. It is beautiful though!
  • MiniMichelle
    MiniMichelle Posts: 801 Member
    No. Go with a different dress and a different color.
  • 30ismyyear
    30ismyyear Posts: 145 Member
    It looks too bride-like to me. I've seen many brides with a similar style. I think you can pull off any color but white/ivory colors (although it's also nice to not wear the same color of the bridesmaids if you know what they are wearing).
  • PopCorn_Said
    PopCorn_Said Posts: 119
    You could, but every atendee would comment on how you should never wear white/ivory to a wedding that is not your own... Have you gone to the store and made sure they don't have that dress in another color?
  • ChloeRoseLejeune
    ChloeRoseLejeune Posts: 488
    don't wear a full length gown, and especially not in white... :grumble:
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    I'd hate to think that deep colors are my only option. It would be nice to wear something glamorous like this. But to where?

    I don't go to top level benefit dinners, but I do go to plenty of weddings.

    It would be nice to go all out and look gorgeous after loosing some weight.


    You have an entire rainbow of colors to choose from with the exception of white and ivory. To be honest, you kind of sound a little selfish. It's not your day, it's hers.

    ETA: It's not just the color. It looks like a wedding dress.
  • SunKissed1989
    SunKissed1989 Posts: 1,314 Member
    Too close to white. Beautiful, but too close.

    ETA - What about this one? Same price. It is a neutral ivy, but not bridal white.

    http://www1.bloomingdales.com/shop/product/sue-wong-lace-dress-three-quarter-sleeve-v-neck?ID=654422&PseudoCat=se-xx-xx-xx.esn_results

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    This is also beautiful:

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    http://www1.bloomingdales.com/shop/product/sue-wong-v-neck-dress-short-open-back?ID=680368&PseudoCat=se-xx-xx-xx.esn_results[

    I like the second one of these two :smile:
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    Beautiful dress, but too bridal to wear to a wedding. I could imagine it in a gorgeous sea-green though; then I'd wear it.
  • pobalita
    pobalita Posts: 741 Member
    if someone wore that to mine i'd be mad, its beautiful but anything near white shouldn't be worn by anyone except the bride.

    ^this^^
  • tinad120
    tinad120 Posts: 267 Member
    http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/xscape-embellished-metallic-chiffon-gown/3433134?origin=category&contextualcategoryid=0&fashionColor=&resultback=0

    http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/sean-collection-sequin-chiffon-gown-online-exclusive/3440081?origin=category&contextualcategoryid=0&fashionColor=&resultback=0

    These might be good alternatives.
  • sylvuz323
    sylvuz323 Posts: 468 Member
    That looks like something a bride would wear I wouldn't wear it. The second set of photos I'd lean more towards if you want a light colored dress.
  • BeccaBollons
    BeccaBollons Posts: 652 Member
    I love that first dress! I wouldn't have been offended if someone wore it to my wedding. But I seem to be swimming against the tide, if the general consensus is no, best not to risk any offence.
    I didn't find the second dress as attractive, but I don't think anyone could be offended with it. Maybe team with bright accessories for a completely un-bridal look?
  • da_bears10089
    da_bears10089 Posts: 1,791 Member
    gorgeous dress, but not for someone else's wedding. a super classy night out... definitely

    edit: if you are questioning if it's appropriate, it's most likely not.
  • Christizzzle
    Christizzzle Posts: 454 Member
    It would work if it were pink.
  • triciab79
    triciab79 Posts: 1,713 Member
    Beautiful dress but no. You cannot wear that. Even if you do not offend the bride you will offend other guests.
  • slroggemann
    slroggemann Posts: 168 Member
    definitely too bridal to wear to a wedding. I wore a silver dress to my cousin's wedding in the spring.
  • Ramberta
    Ramberta Posts: 1,312 Member
    Can you get it in a different color? The style is gorgeous, perhaps try a baby blue, pink, orangey-cream, gold, or a teal...? If not, I'd have to agree that it would seem too "similar" to a wedding dress.
  • SoViLicious
    SoViLicious Posts: 2,633 Member
    No
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    I love that first dress! I wouldn't have been offended if someone wore it to my wedding. But I seem to be swimming against the tide, if the general consensus is no, best not to risk any offence.
    I didn't find the second dress as attractive, but I don't think anyone could be offended with it. Maybe team with bright accessories for a completely un-bridal look?

    I wouldn't be offended either. But then again I didn't have a traditional wedding and I can wear my "wedding" dress over and over and over again. :)
  • hearthemelody
    hearthemelody Posts: 1,025 Member
    No no no. Just no.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    I'm In the uk and I'd be very surprised by a wedding guest wearing a full length gown. It might be different where you are, though.
  • whitleynoel
    whitleynoel Posts: 198 Member
    I have to say no too... white/ivory should only be worn by the bride at a wedding.
  • BL_Coleman
    BL_Coleman Posts: 324 Member
    lovely..to bridal..do they make it in lavender?
  • inskydiamonds
    inskydiamonds Posts: 2,519 Member
    That's a gorgeous dress. But it actually looks exactly like what I would want to wear at my own wedding - I think you need to find something less bridal.
  • bannedword
    bannedword Posts: 299 Member
    I think it's gorgeous and you should wear it.

    Of course, my entire bridal party wore white at my wedding, including my mom and my mother-in-law...
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    If you wear a dress like that in white or off-white (bridal dress colors) people are going to think that you were actively trying to be disrespectful to the bride and the whole wedding. Sometimes people never forget things like that. You will make a bad impression. As others said, there is a whole rainbow of colors to choose from. A whole combination of attractive, beautiful styles that do not look like wedding gowns.
  • danika2point0
    danika2point0 Posts: 197 Member
    Not at all appropriate I'd think.

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