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Cali_Summersunshine
Beginner June 2016

Guest wears white wedding dress

Cali_Summersunshine, on February 12, 2018 at 3:32 PM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 207

A friend of mine got married this weekend. A guest brought a date who wore a white lace wedding dress. Really!?! What would you do in this situation as the bride?
A friend of mine got married this weekend. A guest brought a date who wore a white lace wedding dress. Really!?! What would you do in this situation as the bride?

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  • O
    Master October 2017
    O ·
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    I get it. My H's family did some pretty rude things to us leading up to our wedding. I don't want to hear updates on them, etc. What I mean is, don't let others get to you, don't react in a way that will ruin your day. Don't give people the satisfaction of making you upset.
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  • Sarah
    Master June 2016
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    That dress isn’t white. In the pictures you posted it’s clearly a light green.
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  • Cali_Summersunshine
    Beginner June 2016
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    It is not green, its the lighting from the dance floor

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  • Sarah
    Master June 2016
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    The dance floor was outside with lighting? Because the two outdoor pictures you posted look green. I also wouldn’t consider that a wedding dress. It’s a floor length dress and it’s lace but I’ve seen plenty of people wear dresses like that as guests at weddings/other functions.
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  • Kaylyn
    Super May 2019
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    Then how is the brides dress still white and hers is green?
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  • Ashley
    VIP December 2018
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    I'll do my best, I will. A level head would be much better. But no promises lol. I'm glad some people understand, though.

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  • Christine
    Beginner March 2018
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    Looking at the picture of the dress, that would bother me as the bride. I wouldn't say anything but I would def wonder where her manners were. You never try to upstage a bride and that dress is attempting to do that.

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  • Cali_Summersunshine
    Beginner June 2016
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    This lighting is terrible. So, when your're there, up close, you don't see it as green. Everyone thought it was white. In any case, it just looks like she is a bride at a wedding that isn't hers. All I'm saying. Now people are going to remember that my friend's wedding as the one with 2 brides....

    She actually was very nice about it. Didn't mention it at all. She ignored it as to not cause a scene. She isn't one for drama...

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  • Cali_Summersunshine
    Beginner June 2016
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    As a wedding planner, I have seen so many brides wear dresses just like this one...

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  • Tiara
    Expert October 2018
    Tiara ·
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    Right I wanna see the dress haha
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  • Marie
    Devoted March 2018
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    Someone wrote it's rude to wear white but at one of the royal weddings the bridemaids were all in white. These WW experts kill me with the "rude" word. I think the royal family have staff that do nothing but master in etiquette. Dont worry, just enjoy your day.
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  • Tiara
    Expert October 2018
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    Omg she really wore a full bridal gown BOLD AF 😂😂😂
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  • Tiara
    Expert October 2018
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    So real because there would definitely be guests looking at that person all crazy 😂
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  • M
    Super October 2018
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    I have had several people ask if they can wear black to my wedding. I don't care - just no jeans!!! I am sure people will punch it up with color - I don't care as long as they are there for us.

    Sage/white dress - who the hell cares - too lacy for a wedding, too much like a wedding dress but that is on the guest. Let it go.

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  • Cali_Summersunshine
    Beginner June 2016
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    Similar lace wedding dressesGuest wears white wedding dress 1


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  • Heather
    VIP January 2019
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    I always hope I would approach any situation with grace and wit. I also hope that I have cultivated a group of friends who would never purposefully put me in an awkward position on such an important day. That being said, I would be very upset if someone wore that to my wedding. I can't say I know how I would react. It would depend on how well I knew the person. I also know that my siblings and I are protective of each other. If a rando calrissian wore that to my wedding, it is possible my sisters would be vocal to her before I could even focus on it. I know how I hope I would react. I also know I hope to never find out the truth.
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  • C
    Expert September 2018
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    It looks worse on them than it does on you. You have so many other things to be concerned with that day, I might be irritated, but it is what it is. There's no changing it. You could be petty and make a remark about how it was insensitive, but there's really no need unless you have an itch to school someone.

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  • DC
    Super May 2018
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    😂😂😂😂😂😂
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  • Ms. Queenie
    Savvy March 2019
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    If I were a bride wearing white, I would be pretty ticked off about it but since I'm not, I would be okay with it but I know I'm in the minority. Smiley smile

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  • Chariece & Sterling
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    Chariece & Sterling ·
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    I would wear black to a wedding also. Me and my FH are invited to a wedding in may he told me it was an all white wedding. I didnt find this odd because some couples actually request their guest to wear all white. My FH is a groomsmen and he got clarity on the colors this weekend. We live in different states and if I would have taken my white dress I would have been in panic mood. Shopping for a different dress. FH would have been upset with me because if I couldn't find an alternative dress I would not attend because I know I would have felt so stupid!!!
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