Church Brides

My Church Doesn't "Require" Me To Cover My Shoulders. I Originally Wanted A Dress With A Cap Sleeve Or Cover, But The Dress I Found Is So Perfect And Still Very Conservative For A Strapless

My dress was so long or should I say I am so short there was enough fabric for a full jacket...

I'm getting married in a church and I'm wearing a strapless dress.

Wow Ms. Tina, I didn't realize your jacket was made from the extra fabric from your dress! It looks beautiful!

With my church it's not a rule per we, but traditionally your shoulders should be covered.

I have never heard of this, didn't know the church put a rule on what you can wear.

My church doesn't have that rule, unless there's something I don't know - my dress is strapless and my bridesmaids will have bare shoulders too.

My church doesn't have that rule. My dress has one strap and 2 of my BMs have strapless dresses.

I don't know if it is a "rule" per se, but an old fashioned custom to not have exposed shoulders in church.

No clue. I guess it's a good thing I have capped sleeves huh??

My church is more liberal and allows strapless...the only rules are that I can't have a dress that's too backless, or shows too much cleavage, or is more than 2 inches above my knee.

Oh goodness...I have no idea if my (well...FH's) church allows that.

getting married in a church just seems like more and more of a bad idea as time goes on...

My church allows strapless, they just warn you, "keep in mind, this is God's house... so wear something tasteful"

I think it depends on how traditional the church is. I have never worn anything strapless or even sleeveless to church and would never do that out of respect for the place. In terms of dresses, I hate the look of strapless dresses personally and am hoping for some nice lace sleeves or at least cap sleeves. The best thing to do in your case would be to just ask sometime at the specific church you're getting married in.

@FMWhitaker -- you're the one getting married in a Baptist church, correct? I would double and triple check before you buy as I have never heard of strapless being allowed in a Baptist church (I'm sure there are some, just not in my area)

I'm not required to cover up, but I personally didn't feel comfortable going strapless in church, so I bought a dress with sleeves. It's a shame there aren't more non-matronly sleeved dresses available out there!

It wasn't required, however it was strongly suggested. And personally I was NOT comfortable wearing a strapless gown in the church so I kept that in mind when I was hunting for dress. I ended up with this Vera Wang gown which came with a removable top. My guests loved it and it was almost like having two dresses without the hassle of changing.

Sorry I didn't mean to cause a panic lol. I also wasn't asking for advice on the subject since I'm sure my church will mention it when I talk to them to finalize everything, if not I would have sense enough to ask them. I just wanted to see what people were doing if their church did require it.

My church doesn't have any specific rules about it, but covering my shoulders just felt right to me.