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I think we said dressy casual, whatever that means. We don't want jeans but it's still pretty casual. I went to one that said to dress elegantly, i thought that was confusing.
Every single wedding I have attended was the default semi-formal that is an unspoken given where everyone shows up in Sunday Best attire, which might be translated as Business Casual or something similar and no one ever said anything about feeling out of place because everyone else was wearing something of the same formality (or lackthereof). I've never heard of or seen guests being told or asked what to wear and have always been told that it's actually rude to do so. I've heard of ultra formal and ultra casual weddings where guests are to dress accordingly but I have yet to actually see one in person.
The best attire code I have ever heard of is "Red Sea Rig" which makes me laugh just thinking about it! I thought it would be funny to put that on our invitations and see what people came up with!
OK, Red Sea Rig is really weird, no gonna lie. LOL
I've been invited to a wedding where we all had to wear certain colors. It was like P. Diddy's white party but not as cool.
Oh this is a good one. Our wedding is super elegant and at a truly unique venue. I would love to put Black Tie on our invites, but due to the current economy situation, I'm unsure how fair that is. So now I can't decide if it should read optional or requested....
Mine was casual. I was okay with pretty much anything except jeans, flip-flops, and shorts, and I told people as much. I can understand wanting a different attire for other kinds of weddings, though.
What killed me were two things: 1) my brother taking off his dress shirt immediately after the ceremony to reveal a t-shirt and 2) my MIL wearing sunglasses in all the photos, even when I asked her to take them off -- just for a picture! She said she had bags under her eyes.
I haven't seen anything weird in wedding dress requirements.
ours is black tie optional - so folks who own tuxes can trot them out if they wish but no one has to go rent one. but we are asking people to honor the chinese tradition of black being a color of mourning. guests are being asked not to show up head to toe in black. that's normal in asia, but i guess a little less typical here in us.
@RAllise~I don't think there is anything wrong with putting black tie or black tie optional if your wedding is that formal. People will make it work. What's your venue?
I would have liked to specify coctail attire, but I forgot to mention anything on our invitations so......oops.
@KateMW-Thanks. It's seems so silly but it's been on my mind. We're getting married our the Maritime Aquarium in CT. We wanted a very elegant & formal wedding at a crazy unique venue. I would love to see all the guests walking around in their tuxes and gowns amidsts the sharks, turtles, seals, and penguins!
It's a bit pricey but my fiance & I are paying for it ourselves. We would really like our guests to dress for the occasion and be formal with us.
I put other because I'm expecting something between cocktail and casual. The closest I came to telling guests what to wear was reminding them to wear appropriate shoes and to bring a jacket in case it cools off once the sun goes down. I know some girls will be showing up in cocktail dresses, others will wear jeans and my uncle may very well wear shorts. It's not really going to change the feel of the wedding.
As a Florida bride, we all show up in our sundresses. I was shocked to hear that a wedding I was going to (Summer, Boston, 1:30 service) was cocktail attaire! I felt scandalous wearing my cocktail dress in such a nice cathedral. For our wedding, I'm sticking to Beach Chic. I love sundresses and linen suits and I think our guests will be much more comfortable in less layers.
So funny how different regions are so different! We are from NYC but having a wedding on a farm in New England, and we are worried people will be too dressed up! I've only ever been to black tie or black tie optional weddings. For ours, we want men in suits or sport coats and women in sundresses or short cocktail dresses. I wasn't sure if I should put a dress code on the website, though. So far I haven't, but maybe I would put cocktail attire? Or dressy casual? Not sure!
We're doing cocktail attire, but I don't think we'll have to mention it on the invites. It's an evening wedding at a country club and I think everyone will get the idea.
"Festive attire" is one that always throws me off ;o)
@hotchildinthecity~ I know! When I think festive, I always think of those stupid Christmas sweaters my mom wore. With bells and ribbons! :)
@Gator~ When and what time is your wedding? We're renewing our vows at Seaside on the beach, at 5:30 in October. So, I'm thinking Cocktail Attire is fine, since the reception is on actual land and it will be a little cooler in October anyway. :) But I would be fine with sundresses and linen suits if somebody decides to go that route. I just don't want Polos and khakis.
Absolutely Cocktail Attire. I kind of want the bridal party to be the only ones in more formal tuxes/dresses. As a frequent wedding guest, I prefer cocktail attire at weddings.
Unfortunately, I did not mention the kind of dress code I would have preferred like "Cocktail Attire" so who knows what I will get. Some of my friends had asked about the attire and I just told them that they don't need to wear long gowns but dresses are appropriate.
Ours is casual. Hopefully it doesn't mean jeans, but I'd like people to be comfortable
Ours will be cocktail attire, I suppose, though we aren't formally mentioning it anywhere. It's just how weddings in our circle end up being like. People just know what's appropriate most of the time.
I want the attire for my guest to be dressy casual. I don't want t shirts and jeans. but jeans and a nice shirt would be acceptable!
Cocktail attire is what I imagine, but we did not specify on our invitations.
@Erindesmar~ if we had a normal venue, I wouldn't worry about specifying attire, but I hate when a wedding is at a "unique" venue and there is no hint as to what to wear. I find nowadays a lot of people have much more formal invitations then their event called for, so I can't go by that anymore most of the time.
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and no, I don't mean somebody is wearing white! ;)
What is everybody asking their guests to wear? Are you suggesting a certain kind of dress code? What did you call it and what do YOU think it means? If not, do you worry that people will be underdressed? Have you had any complaints? Do you care? :)
We're doing Cocktail Attire I believe. Somebody suggested Beach Chic, but that is too cutesy for me.
Oh and what's the weirdest dress code you've ever seen for a wedding?