May 2012 Weddings
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Wedding Attire

MIL's BFF's daughter, who is SIL's BFF and close to H while growing up is getting married. It was planned for 2015, but they decided to move the wedding up, and now it's October 12th. The rumor mill is running crazy with thoughts as to why they are all of a sudden pulling a shot gun wedding. We haven't received our invitations, but MIL said that the bride forgot to include postage for the reply envelopes.

Anyways I was planning on wearing a red dress that I wore in my BFFs wedding last summer, but the BMs dresses are red. I was also thinking a black dress, but then I just learned that the MOH's (SIL) dress is black.

Would it be wrong to wear either one of those colors to the wedding Or is that a snarky thing to do? How many people attend a wedding wearing whatever they chose without knowing the wedding colors, or BMs dress colors? 
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Re: Wedding Attire

  • This may just be me but I don't find that snarky at all. I don't think I've ever thought about that when I was picking out an outfit to wear to a wedding. Now if you went and bought the exact red dress that the bridesmaids are wearing, that would be a different story....
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  • I don't find it snarky. I mean our colors were pink and black and if I got mad at everyone who wore one of those colors then almost every guy there would have heard something from me. I agree if you were wearing the same dress as the bridesmaids I would maybe flip. However I will say I have always heard wearing solid black to a wedding was bad luck but that could just be me.
  • black is hard to make people not wear because its a very common color...I had a 15 dollar black dress I wore once to a wedding that had the same dress but they got it at a bridal shop, I kinda felt bad but I had no idea what the dress looked like for the BMs but its black not white so...I think you are fine
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  • I don't usually take the wedding colors into consideration when dressing for a wedding. Then again I usually wear black or mostly black. I would just wear what you want. It's not going to be the same style and (for the red) will probably even be a different shade.

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  • I agree with PPs... wear whatever color you want.

    I've gone to weddings having no idea what their colors were, so it's not something I've ever taken into consideration when picking a dress.

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  • I say wear the black not the red :)

     

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  • I wouldn't take colors into consideration. As long as the red dress isn't the same as the BMs. Plus accessories and shoes will set you off from them. I wouldn't be concerned.
  • Wear the black dress and add a colorful accessory like a scarf or fun shoes.
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  • kushie77 said:
    Wear the black dress and add a colorful accessory like a scarf or fun shoes.

    That's what I'd do too.

    Maybe I'm weird but if we're going to a wedding, I go out of my way to find out the color of the BMs dresses so that I don't wear the same color! I know it wouldn't be the same dress, but I'd still feel weird about matching the wedding party.

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