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

That is an absolutely beautiful dress! It is alittle too close to "bridal" though. I adore it!

No

don't wear a full length gown, and especially not in white... :grumble:

If the wedding is a formal evening wedding, she better wear a full length gown! (just not white or ivory)

No way... it is beautiful though. But that color is a big no, no.

nope

don't wear a full length gown, and especially not in white... :grumble:

If the wedding is a formal evening wedding, she better wear a full length gown! (just not white or ivory)

Oops, I didn't consider that it could be a 'formal evening wedding'.

Then again, it's not my style. Looks too serious for my age.

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.

People really think stuff like that? I mean, really?

I'll be honest. If I was at a wedding and I saw someone wearing that dress I'd think "Wow. Gorgeous dress!" Not "OMG! I can't believe she wore that! How DARE she! I hope she's not seated at my table because I'll just b*tch slap the crap outta her for being so disrespectful!"

And if I were the bride I'd be thinking "Wow. What a gorgeous dress!"

I'm with you.

Maybe the bride is wearing blue(my grandmother did), or a huge frou-frou ball gown.

Arbitrary "dress codes" irritate me. Not judging people by the clothing that they wear is one lesson many people still need to learn.

I don't like it personally but whatever, I wouldn't wear it because it could be a wedding dress so it's a definite no-go. Don't do that, you have thousands of other days to wear a dress like that, don't do it on some other lady's wedding day.

I have a dress very similar to this that I wore last year to the Submarine Birthday Ball (you can see a pic on my profile if you're interested). People asked us all night if we were getting married.

Maybe look for something similar in a different color.

Don't know if it is appropriate or not, since I am a dude (LOL), but DAYUM that is a HOT dress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SOOOOOOOOOO wish I could get my wife to wear something like that!

buy it for her.

PLEASE don't. My 17 yo cousing wore a long lace gown to my wedding... and I wore a long... lace... gown I really didn't notice until people started talking about... I wanted people to talk about me, not my cousin. DON'T be that person

Too bridal, I would not be happy ... But if you run it by your friend and she doesn't mind than it doesn't matter what it is. You probably should ask her, and not us.

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.

People really think stuff like that? I mean, really?

I'll be honest. If I was at a wedding and I saw someone wearing that dress I'd think "Wow. Gorgeous dress!" Not "OMG! I can't believe she wore that! How DARE she! I hope she's not seated at my table because I'll just b*tch slap the crap outta her for being so disrespectful!"

And if I were the bride I'd be thinking "Wow. What a gorgeous dress!"

I'm with you.

Maybe the bride is wearing blue(my grandmother did), or a huge frou-frou ball gown.

Arbitrary "dress codes" irritate me. Not judging people by the clothing that they wear is one lesson many people still need to learn.

I was only informing the gal of things I have heard other people say about weddings. Unless you know that the bride and her friends and family do not care, it is always best not to wear white to a western wedding (to avoid potential issues). In other countries a bride would never wear white, she wears bright colorful clothing because white is what a nun or a recent widow in mourning wears. I had two wedding ceremonies. At the first wedding my husband and I wore white and I just so happened to have another silvery white dress that I had worn to my college graduation that looked similar to this dress (only mine was tight and almost see through, so very revealing, it had been a gift) and I could change into it later to continue dancing and hanging around with my friends more comfortably (so at my wedding she would have been dressed almost identically to the bride). And at the second wedding celebration my husband and I were dressed colorfully and everyone else was wearing white. I was very young when I got married and the dress I got was very much on sale and was 8 sizes too big for me and a friend altered it to fit me, but it never really fit me perfectly, it was a bit too big. I would choose differently now that I have more fashion sense. But, it was pretty anyway.

But, I will always consider etiquette when going to another person's wedding (and I do not consider that to be an inconvenience to myself). I just thought everyone knew not to wear white to a wedding. I'm not saying I would judge people, but I am saying that people will. I personally do not remember what any of the guests were wearing to my wedding. If anyone wore white, I did not notice. The reality is that there are dress codes. You don't wear white to a wedding, you don't wear bright red to a funeral, you don't dress in a sexy slip dress when going to an office job or a parent/teacher conference. Because people "make a statement" with their clothing and people will wonder why you chose to make that statement.

And just for the record I would never think the things the first responder posted and I would never b!tch slap anyone for any reason other than as self-defense because they were attacking me. I honestly do not know where that came from or why her mind went there. B!tch slapping someone is way more disrespectful than the color of a dress. You definitely read a tone into my post that was not there.

Because you had to ask I'm assuming you already know the answer.

When I got married I'd be pretty pissed if someone else showed up in a bridal gown, and if I went to a friends wedding and someone other than the bride was wearing something that could be considered a bridal gown I would unabashed talk about them.

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.

People really think stuff like that? I mean, really?

I'll be honest. If I was at a wedding and I saw someone wearing that dress I'd think "Wow. Gorgeous dress!" Not "OMG! I can't believe she wore that! How DARE she! I hope she's not seated at my table because I'll just b*tch slap the crap outta her for being so disrespectful!"

And if I were the bride I'd be thinking "Wow. What a gorgeous dress!"

I'm with you.

Maybe the bride is wearing blue(my grandmother did), or a huge frou-frou ball gown.

Arbitrary "dress codes" irritate me. Not judging people by the clothing that they wear is one lesson many people still need to learn.

I was only informing the gal of things I have heard other people say about weddings. Unless you know that the bride and her friends and family do not care, it is always best not to wear white to a western wedding (to avoid potential issues). In other countries a bride would never wear white, she wears bright colorful clothing because white is what a nun or a recent widow in mourning wears. I had two wedding ceremonies. At the first wedding my husband and I wore white and I just so happened to have another silvery white dress that I had worn to my college graduation that looked similar to this dress (only mine was tight and almost see through, so very revealing, it had been a gift) and I could change into it later to continue dancing and hanging around with my friends more comfortably (so at my wedding she would have been dressed almost identically to the bride). And at the second wedding celebration my husband and I were dressed colorfully and everyone else was wearing white. I was very young when I got married and the dress I got was very much on sale and was 8 sizes too big for me and a friend altered it to fit me, but it never really fit me perfectly, it was a bit too big. I would choose differently now that I have more fashion sense. But, it was pretty anyway.

But, I will always consider etiquette when going to another person's wedding (and I do not consider that to be an inconvenience to myself). I just thought everyone knew not to wear white to a wedding. I'm not saying I would judge people, but I am saying that people will. I personally do not remember what any of the guests were wearing to my wedding. If anyone wore white, I did not notice. The reality is that there are dress codes. You don't wear white to a wedding, you don't wear bright red to a funeral, you don't dress in a sexy slip dress when going to an office job or a parent/teacher conference. Because people "make a statement" with their clothing and people will wonder why you chose to make that statement.

And just for the record I would never think the things the first responder posted and I would never b!tch slap anyone for any reason other than as self-defense because they were attacking me. I honestly do not know where that came from or why her mind went there. B!tch slapping someone is way more disrespectful than the color of a dress. You definitely read a tone into my post that was not there.

The reality is that traditions and etiquette are alive and well, especially surrounding weddings. You may not agree with it (not "you" the person I quoted, but "you" the people she was responding to) but someone else's wedding isn't the place to be a rebel. White/ivory is a no-no. There are tons of beautiful dresses in the world and it's the bride's day, not the OP's.

Although, OP, if you think the bride won't mind then ask her. Just be aware that even if she says it's fine there will likely be people talking about it at the wedding.

OMG the comment about b*tch slapping was a JOKE. Chill out.