How to State Dress Code Attired on Invitation???

Don't put it on the invite itself, but you can include an enclosure card with information that sends your guests to your wedding website (or has it on the enclosure card itself for older guests who aren't good with technology.)

It sounds like your wedding is semi-formal (cocktail dress or dark suit) to formal (floor-length dress or tux/dark suit).

This is semi-formal.. put on your wedding website or details card. Not the physical invite.

Don't put it on your invite. We put it in the "FAQ" section of our website. Most people will know how to dress for a wedding

Hi there!

Congratulations! This is such as exciting time! I was faced with the same dilemma. My gown is a vintage and formal style. My girls are wearing long dresses of various styles (all the same colour) in various fabrications. BUT my FH is wearing a non-traditional tux; it is gray with the slightest satin trim on coat and stripe down the pants, and no bowtie. The groomsman and or Fathers are wearing gray suits. So what should verbiage should I use on the invitation to describe the dress code?!

I couldn't call it "Black Tie" or even "Black Tie Optional" because the guys in the bridal party aren't wearing tuxes! But we wanted our guests to know that the dress code warranted suits for the men and long dresses for the women (or at the very least more formal short dresses.) So we went with "Formal Attire."

I'm my opinion, even though your bridesmaids are wearing short dresses, you dress code should state "Formal Attire." I hope this was helpful! Good luck 😊

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Thank you!

This definitely helps I have some family members that would interpret semiformal to their own measure but I was leaning more towards "formal attire" since our reception is in a ballroom.

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Agreed! Lol

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Thank you!

If I was told formal, I would think I need to wear a gown. If that's what you're going for, cool! But from what you're describing, I would interpret that as semi-formal -- short dresses or flowy long dresses that aren't gown-like.

That's why dress codes are so complicated -- it's so hard to come to a common ground. You could always just say "Our reception is in a ballroom -- dress for the occasion!"

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That is a great idea! Yeah, I don't know why I am so stuck on this subject... :/

On your wedding website or details cars, put "Semi Formal attire requested'

Your wedding invite may yield some clues: A very formal invite with elegant cursive that has 8 parts to it will be interpreted differently than my Seal and Send invite! I will spread the word though: please no jeans, lol! I am not doing a wedding website.

If I was told the wedding was formal, I would likely be renting a formal gown from Rent the Runway. Your wedding sounds semi-formal to me, but I would spread that by word of mouth and post it on the wedding website.

People are going to dress they way they want. Based on the location and the invitation and word of mouth they will decide. We had a very casual wedding in a park my now husband was wearing jeans I told my parents and my brother and sister in law(the only guests) to dress casual wear jeans. Not one of them wore jeans. I think my husband felt a little under dressed at his own wedding.