Dress Listed as Ivory---but It's not Ivory

Bridal ivory looks white to the naked eye. I’ve never seen an ivory wedding dress look yellow. And myself and everyone I know wore an ivory dress.

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Exactly this. Most wedding dresses are ivory now and do not look yellow at all. "Bridal ivory" looks white but it is softer and looks better on most people than true white. My dress and veil were ivory.

I saw so many different shades of "ivory" in the salon I lost count. My dress is "ivory" and it's basically white too. I would sweat it.

Would not sweat it*

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Hmm, I'm not sure about that. I've seen some "yellow" ivory wedding dress samples (albiet, that was several years ago... when my mom was getting married!). They aren't butter cup yellow mind you *LOL* but you can definitely tell the difference! I found this picture that has different shades of white line up together, thought it was pretty cool!

Found some more O_OThis one... all the fabrics would look white to me if they weren't held up together honestly

View Quoted Comment I’ve never seen an ivory dress look that yellow. When I was shopping for dresses a lot of dresses didn’t even come in true white because it doesn’t look good on most people’s skin tones and almost no one buys true white anymore. My dress was Martina Liana which is the essence of Australia line of dresses.

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I think you're right Kelly. The bridal salon told me that my dress wasn't even made in white so that makes sense. Maybe I'm really just over thinking it?? Your dress looks stunning by the way!

I've seen some ivory dresses look straight up brown like they were tea stained or placed in storage. I consider ivory a bit lighter than a nude you'd see for a bra. But there's really no consistency in dress colors.

View Quoted Comment Thank you! It makes sense that you’re used to ivory being more of an eggshell color in real life but wedding dresses are very different I think. Try not to overthink it and trust the bridal salon!

View Quoted Comment Same. Ivory photographs as white. It should not be yellowy at all.

Same here girl my dress is ivory and nude. I think in most lights it is white. My bridal shop said Allure ivory is a softer white

My Martina Liana dress wasn't offered in true white. The lightest color was "Ivory" It looks white but has a warm hue instead of being blue-ish.

View Quoted Comment Fabric samples of linings and satins and zippers and trim, most often show what is here listed as light ivory, as ivory, and what is here called ivory, as cream or creamy ivory. . . . In quilting "whites" family, threads and fabrics will have 6-10 shades, calling what here is called ivory, as bone. . Quilting, it makes me nuts. Threads have different designations. Seamstresses labeling their things have difficulty matching names with a field of shade names that vary from one manufacturer to another, and from thread to fabric to beads, where what a computer scanner will match as the same color , will be called an off white thread, a bone lining, a creamy ivory satin and a pearly white ribbon or bead. The problem is not you or the veil seller, it is the industry.

My dress is "ivory" but looks totally white to me. I ordered a soft ivory veil that looked fine with it but ended up giving it to my cousin for her wedding because it didn't look good with my dress. I want to get a really shear raw edge veil now but debating on ordering white or ivory for this reason... I'm thinking about just going with white.

When I bought my dress, the salon owner told me it was two different colors, ivory and white, but they look exactly the same color to me.

I have an EOA dress that is technically ivory, but looks white. I bought a diamond white veil and I think they look fine

My dress was also "ivory." Ivory is basically what most people will refer to as WHITE. Generally any dress ordered in "white" is a very true, stark white. Ivory is white...just with a warmth, really. Diamond white is also something I've heard referred to as ivory-ish, but just in general, if you hear "ivory," and you're talking bridal...you're hearing "white, but not WHITE WHITE!"

As all the others have said, bridal ivory looks white unless it’s put up next to something that is truly white. I’ve never seen a bridal ivory that was yellow. Here’s my ivory Essence of Australia dress and it definitely looks white.

View Quoted Comment That "true white" almost looks purple in comparison!