Black mother of the bride dress?

I think it depends on how you feel about it. I'm not against wearing a black dress. My gma on the other hand fully called my cousin out AT A WEDDING for wearing a black dress saying it was inappropriate, bad luck etc. If I know gma will be there, I pick a different color!

My mom was planning on wearing a black dress. It's a flattering color to wear but fmil was against it because it means death in her culture. Switched dress colors so no biggie. My best friend recently went to an Indian wedding where guests were asked not to wear black or white. So I guess it depends on how big of cultural or superstition it is for your wedding. My wedding is in the evening at a hotel so I expect some guests will wear black.

Congrats on the new job!! I think that dress is really pretty and elegant. I don't see anything wrong with wearing black to a wedding anymore - it's stylish, and I think we should only get to veto one dress color (white), lol.

Congrats in the new job and raise. I think years ago it was taboo but now very acceptable. Black is very elegant and hides some of those love handles.

Congrats! And my mom is wearing black!

Natalie: The *tradition* of not wearing black to a wedding is just for women-- of course it doesn't apply to men. And I'd like to clarify that it's a tradition, not an opinion, that black=disapproval.

I'd never heard black was a traditional disapproval color. Interesting.

I have no issues with it. I may balk at it because that may be the color I'm wearing- and if everyone's in black it's going to look totally like a funeral and the place won't have good lighting- but otherwise- don't care.

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Black is the go-to color for formal events and hasn't been exclusive to funerals only in a few decades. The color is flattering on most. Plus, men's formalwear is black by default. I wouldn't worry about it.