Dress for a Wedding
 

I need to find a dress for a wedding...

Hubby is in a wedding this summer and I need a new dress. These are the details I have on the wedding.

It is a Casual Elegant wedding at 7:00pm in New Orleans. I know some of it is contradictory so, help....

BTW, I wear a 6 or an 8...

Do you want something long or short?

ETA: How do you insert pictures?

I have no idea what casual elegant is... but i have been looking at this dress for a trip to hawaii this summer for nights out.

http://www.gap.com/assets/product/ma...40083-03p1.jpg






BTW, XOMichelle, the code for that image looks like this minus the spaces. Just open a picture in a new window and copy the link.
[img] http://www.gap.com/assets/product/ma...40083-03p1.jpg [/img]

http://www.bananarepublic.com/browse...ategory=201902
This would be super cute in pink (or black for that matter!) As a general rule, at Southern weddings it's nicer to wear at least to the knee or below. Especially for an evening wedding. Good luck finding something!

I can't get it to work :(

Check out Chadwick's for nice, inexpensive, southern-wedding-appropriate dresses....
:)
Roses to you,
Silver

Those are both really cute dresses. I'll have to go try them on :)

Silver, thanks for the suggestion I'll go take a look...

My biggest concern is that usually a Southern Wedding that takes place at 7:00 pm is a formal wedding, and I don't want to be underdressed (or overdressed for that matter) :(

Brandi, I'm having the same issue. I have a bazillion weddings this summer and I don't want to wear the same dress over and over.

Is it still bad taste to wear a black dress to a wedding? What if it's a cute black dress? With pink detailing?

Black is becoming more common. I gave some thought to it for this wedding, but realized that whatever dress I get black will automatically make it more formal. Since this is supposed to be "casual elegant" I nixed it.

BTW, I just found out I have to attend a wedding the week before too, so I probably will wear the same dress (none of the same people will be at the weddings....)

So I'm apparently going to a wedding with a friend of mine in two weeks...I've only been to three weddings in my life. One I was eight and wore a lovely dress that matched my mom's, one I was dating a groomsman and wore a cocktail-type black&white dress, and the other I was a bridesmaid. The wedding is in St. Cloud, Minnesota - WTF am I supposed to wear?

Bless dresses at southern weddings
 

Black dresses are becoming more common at southern weddings. However, depending on how traditional the town/place of wedding is, a black dress could be a major faux pas. I feel that a black dress with an accent color is a better choice, such as pink or white.
Roses,
Silver

Also, black is more appropriate for night than day. If I were going to a daytime wedding I'd try to stay predominately colorful. Pink is a good choice.

chideltjen - I tried on the gap dress this weekend. Very, very cute but unfortunately I fall between the 6 & 8 (and I will not pay to have it altered...) so I will have to find something else <*sigh*>.

me, too!
 

I am also in need of a dress to wear - wedding is a day event over Memorial Day in San Antonio, Texas. Anyone have perspective on Texas wedding attire?

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OK I know you're not supposed to wear white to weddings. I know this. But I found a cutesy poo dress to wear to my friend's wedding next month, and it's mostly white. There are thin black stripes and black trim on it, and I plan on carrying a black bag and wearing black shoes. I might even get a black shawl or something. So is this kosher?

I think it's alright to wear it.

I remember my mother worse a white dress to my cousin's wedding a few years ago. Well it was actually more cream than white, but it hade black trim and she work black shoes and carried a black bag with it.

It was fine. Besides, and I don't mean to be rude, no one is going to be looking at you...they're all going to be focusing on the bride (or how ugly the bridesmaids dresses are :D )

I think the dress you described would be fine. I would just stay away from wearing an all white dress.

That's exactly why you're not supposed to wear white to weddings. You don't want to look like you're trying to steal the bride's spotlight.

The important question is how would your friend, the bride, feel about you in white?? You don't want to offend her! With the black accents, it should be just fine, though.

Before my wedding, I made it known I wanted to be the only one in white!!! Came the wedding day and I really didn't care who was in white. What happened?? My wedding was 6 weeks after 9/11. Watching the towers fall from my office window, wondering if my sister-in-law-to-be had safely evacuated her office in time, that gave me a new perspective on what is important at a wedding.

Hannah, can you post a pic?

I also need some wedding dress help. I am going to my boyfriend's brother's wedding on July 3rd in Washington. The wedding is at 6:00 and the invitations say semiformal attire. Lately all the wedding I have gone to I have worn some kind of black cocktail type dress. I was hoping to get an opinion from someone who lives in Washington or on the West coast because I definitely don't want to stand out as the Southern girl who wore the wrong color dress. And yes, I know that everyone will be focusing on the bride and not me but since this is my first time meeting his family I want to make a good impression.

I tried finding a pic online but I couldn't...I considered drawing one in MS Paint (I am not kidding you) because I don't want to be the tacky wedding guest and I'm looking high and low for opinions!

And First and Finest - My friend is the groom, not the bride
:)

Know anyone with a digital camera? I'm sure the dress will be fine but you should post a pic for us to see if you are really that worried about it.

:o
Lil'Hannah-

I gotta stop the speed reading! Now that I *carefully* re-read your post, I'll chime in again: I think the black accents will make this an outfit that no bride would balk at!

I will pay good money to see your MS Paint rendition of the dress. Seriously, that is some good shit.

We have a wedding coming up that I think will be on the casual side and I want to wear this because I think it's the greatest thing EVER and it's inexpensive. This doesn't really show the top of the dress, which is just a simple white tank.

http://pic12.picturetrail.com/VOL433...4/55978717.jpg

You want it sista, you got it!

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/awierzbi/r.bmp

ETA: You can't really tell in my artist's rendering, but the skirt is knee length and it's a full circle skirt sort of dealy.

since i was just at a wedding Saturday you'd think i could help you but alas i am a male and my tux was picked out for me by the Bride. which reminds me I should get those pictures on here so people can see how darn hot i am... i mean so people will actually trust me when i say i clean up nicely.

That is awesome! I think you should make valkyrie pay up! :)

Seriously, I think that will be fine for a wedding. How about post some pics after the wedding so we can see how nice you looked? :)

alrighty, I need some help! I just told a guy friend I would go with him to a wedding this Sat. (April 23). 5:30 wedding in Raleigh. Anyone have any suggestions on what I should be looking for. I have plenty of black dresses (strappless, shot sleeve, etc.) but I would like something new. The weather is suppose to be in the 70's during the day and 50's at night...I hate this weather!

Steer me in the right direction before I do a mad shopping trip Friday night!

Ok, so I have a wedding in a couple of weeks and here's my dilemma:

My sister's a bridesmaid, and she's wearing a demin skirt. I want to look cute, because you never know who I'll run into ;) but don't want to upstage the bridal party. I'm not sure what the bride is wearing. Plus, I think it's in poor taste to not dress up for a wedding. The wedding is in a church, and the reception is in the social hall, so I'm guessing no alcohol.

What should I wear???

PS-I didn't get my own invitation to this wedding either, but I'm ok with that.

:eek: dang, only in PA.

I would say wear dressy pants (like the kind of pants you could wear to work and then go to a club in and not look stupid) and a cute top. The only way you could not upstage the bridal party is sweats or pajamas.

Haha I saw her post about the denim skirt and I was like :confused: :eek:, that's so crazy I can't imagine a wedding with bridesmaids wearing denim skirts. But hey, it's the bride's special day and if she wants denim skirts then more power to her. :)

I've got 5 weddings so far this summer. No idea what to wear.
I'm singing in one of them, but I don't have to wear anything specific.....any ideas?
Some are night weddings, others are afternoons.....

I was going to suggest that you not wear a denim skirt, but 33girl has a good point there!!

Wear whatever looks flattering and feels comfortable - because ya never know who you might meet!;)

It sounds like a casual wedding, so really-- anything's going to go. If you want to dress up, wear a dress you'd wear on a slightly dressier date out.

~ Mel
(who's currently planning her own wedding and pulling her hair out)

Ann Taylor Loft has a ton of great dresses and skirts on sale, I've been going crazy in there. :)

Also, for the GC ladies who are plus-sized, I just bought my mom a really cute skirt at an Elizabeth (Liz Claiborne) store in Minnesota - the stuff in their stores is SO much cuter than the stuff in department stores!

MUST GO FOR WORK CLOTHES!

I wish you were in the ATL to go shopping with me, Kath. (c:

Buy me a plane ticket, working girl! :)

Right-o, I'll just go ahead and do that on my six-figure copy editor salary. ;)

Silly me, I was going to say Only in West Virginia! Jess_pom, you have GOT to post some photos of this wedding - I've never heard of denim in a "real" wedding (I'm not counting the Harley wedding about which I was told!)!!!

Here's my dilemma: The wedding I'm going to is going to be at the country club, no church/temple first, and even though I've asked a gazillion times, I've gotten NO hint as to whether it's formal/informal, or whatever. I will know the bride & her father (and mr. honeychile, who will know only me), but I know I'm being counted upon to make a decent appearance.

My hints that it's somewhat formal are: the choice of menu (filet mignon & lobster OR "chicken frambroise"), the elegance of the invitation, and of course, the club. The hint that it's informal is that the bride has "elegant-informal" on all of her bridal registeries for her style.

I'm thinking classic linen dress with nice jacket? What say the fashion gurus of GreekChat?

I hate linen because of the way it wrinkles! I'm sure you can pull it off, though...

I think if it were me I'd be tempted to wear a solid-colored sheath dress with one of the little fitted jackets that are everywhere lately.