Wedding Dressing
Weddings, one of the last vestiges of formality in our casual seeking culture. Casual Fridays have become the full week standard, attending the theater means pulling out the clean jeans, but attending a wedding, that calls for the fancy shoes. This is an event where the hosts have spent thousands of dollars to celebrate love. If any event calls for a killer outfit, this is it. That being said, with a dress code comes pitfalls that no one want to fall into with four inch heels.
1) Unless you are the bride, don't wear white, ever.
2) If a stripper named Candy would wear it to work, don't wear it to a wedding. Or anywhere else.
3) Jeans are not wedding appropriate, yes, even your "good" jeans.
4) Dress for the time and season of the wedding. Evening weddings are more formal than daytime, winter more than spring/summer. But an evening summer wedding still calls for a cocktail dress.
5) Dress for the location of the wedding. Outdoor weddings are more casual, an evening wedding in a ballroom calls for more formal attire.
6) The last and trickiest is to dress with discretion. You want to look fab, and you should, but this day is about the couple. You want to be careful about not one upping the bride. I'm sure you look beautiful in that floor length fully sequined red gown, but maybe you don't want to attract light like a disco ball at this particular event.
These are the rules, but there is one occurrence that trumps them all. The rule of the bride. If she wants everyone to dress in white jean cutoffs and six inch lucite platforms. Then you have permission. And you must invite me, that wedding I have got to see.
1) Unless you are the bride, don't wear white, ever.
2) If a stripper named Candy would wear it to work, don't wear it to a wedding. Or anywhere else.
3) Jeans are not wedding appropriate, yes, even your "good" jeans.
4) Dress for the time and season of the wedding. Evening weddings are more formal than daytime, winter more than spring/summer. But an evening summer wedding still calls for a cocktail dress.
5) Dress for the location of the wedding. Outdoor weddings are more casual, an evening wedding in a ballroom calls for more formal attire.
6) The last and trickiest is to dress with discretion. You want to look fab, and you should, but this day is about the couple. You want to be careful about not one upping the bride. I'm sure you look beautiful in that floor length fully sequined red gown, but maybe you don't want to attract light like a disco ball at this particular event.
These are the rules, but there is one occurrence that trumps them all. The rule of the bride. If she wants everyone to dress in white jean cutoffs and six inch lucite platforms. Then you have permission. And you must invite me, that wedding I have got to see.
posted by Vi @ 11:25 AM
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