Rehearsal Dinner - What to wear?

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Originally Posted by adpiucf

I'm annoyed. Help.

I received an invite for my cousin's rehearsal-- paper stock and design were not very expensive and it was printed on a crappy ink jet at someone's home. It says "casual attire." I planned to wear a fabulous sweater, great shoes and some dark skinny jeans. My mother informed me today that my cousin's mother told her, "Oh no. It's DRESSY casual. No one will be wearing jeans." WTF? Why would you send me an el-cheapo homemade invite that says "Casual" and not expect me to wear jeans?

What the heck is dressy casual? I am not wearing black pants. This isn't 1998.

What about skinny black pants? They're not really my style but if you can pull off skinny jeans then they'd probably work on you.