Need your advice on my invitation: Attire & Capitalization

I put 'Formal Attire Requested' on the reception card and my guests have really appreciated it. It depends on your crowd. Some people think it's rude to put it, but I did because I was getting a ton of questions on what to wear before invitations went out. When guests RSVP, they thank us for being clear on the dress code. Or they will end up asking me directly anyway.

Unless you are having a Black Tie Affair, stating what your guests should wear is not needed. Put it on your wedding website if lots of people ask.

Seriously though, most adults can figure out what to wear on their own.

I would add the attire on the wedding website and the insert. I added it to my map card insert.

For what to capitalize, you could do Two Thousand and Fifteen and at three o'clock in the afternoon all lower case. For your date have you considered writing it as "Saturday, the tenth of October"

Firstly, leave attire off your invitations completely unless you are having a Black Tie or White Tie affair. Your guests are adults and hopefully can dress themselves.

Secondly, the date needs to be on one line: Saturday October Tenth, Two Thousand and Fifteen at Three o'clock in the afternoon. Lose all the commas, there only needs to be the one between the day and the year.

I can only comment on the attire, 1) festive attire isn't a real thing and will only confuse rather than help 2)don't tell adults how to dress. IF someone thinks jeans are an appropriate choice for a wedding, saying "semi-formal" won't change that, they will just wear nicer jeans.

FWIW I had a semi-formal/formal wedding, no one asked what to wear and everyone showed up dressed in semi-formal/formal wear. You indicate it with the tone of your invitations/venue/time of day etc.

The attire also depends on your crowd. Where I am from people think it is okay to wear flip flops, shorts, and tank tops or fishing shirts to church (doesn't matter which religion either, seen it at so many!).

Spelling out the year is more formal, I would write out 'Saturday, the tenth of October' to match. I personally would use lower case for 'at three o'clock...", but i don't think it's a big deal. Otherwise the format looks good. The date does not need to be all on one line, the way you have it is the way most people do it.

For attire, insert and website are enough, it doesn't need to go on the invitation itself. as you can see, some would argue that it shouldn't be mentioned at all.

Thanks all! I'm going to take some of these recommendations and send the wording to my invite designer.

As for the attire, I wasn't going to put it on the invites, but my BMs kept saying to put it on the invites. My MOH who has been in lots of weddings (way more than me) sent me several examples of wedding invites that she's received which had the attire on the actual invite which I found odd lol. So being confused, I turned to the lovely ladies on WW

I do have concerns about the FMIL's new husband who told me point blank that he wears jeans, sneakers, and a "nice" tee shirt to weddings and funerals. FMIL said she'd take care of it, but suggested giving her something to point to as proof positive of the standard of attire for the wedding... Until that was told to me, I wasn't going to add it to the inserts either but just the wedding website in a FAQ section. However, after that comment, I figured adding it on the inserts might not be a terrible idea. But honestly, when it comes down to it, I'm not too concerned with what people wear because I doubt it will bother either the FH or me at the end of the day.

Oh... one last question!

Should I put the zip code? I was reading

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http://www.theamericanwedding.com/wedding-invitations-guide/commonmistakes/

and here-->http://www.bellinvito.com/blog/modern-wedding-invitation-etiquette-line-by-line/

And both said "no zip codes". I have the zip code currently on the invitation, but I guess I should remove? Thanks!

ETA: One more question (lol... sorry I lied)... Should I spell out the state "Kentucky" or abbreviate?

"Feast and merriment"

my favorite part of the invitation! sorry, no other comments.

Spell out the state name. I had a zip code since most guests are out of town and I don't think people will know the etiquette on that matter.

@JCC to JCB me too! I asked my BMs for their advice and said the one thing I wouldn't change was the "feast and merriment" part!

@Katherine Thanks! I'll spell out the state. It just made the city, state, zip longer than the address, but I think the designer will be able to center everything so it looks correct