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I think the only thing I'd ever care about is white! Beyond that, I don't care what they wear! :)
i love colors so just for funsies i'd rather everyone be in color. but i would never be mad about it. i would be a little annoyed if they wore white though.
One of my wedding colors were black, so I didn't mind at all that people wore black.. As for people wearing the same colors as the wedding party, growing up, that's what I always hear was the right thing to do. I learned this from my mom who was raised in the South, so I'm wondering if it was a southern thing.
i really don't even care if anyone wears white, because no one will be wearing my wedding gown, my accessories and have my husband on their arm. that's all i care about!
I voted that I don't care about any colour. I had a couple guests that wore ivory dresses that would never be mistaken for a wedding dress and was fine with it. However, if someone wore a white dress that looked like a wedding dress... then I would care.
I think people spend waaaay too much time worrying about the color of their attire! Wear whatever you want! Feel fabulous! Dance the night away at my wedding with me!
whenever i'm planning on wearing black to a wedding, i like to check with the bride first just because some people might be offended. i just like to play it safe, but i wouldn't care as long as you don't wear white/offwhite.
I'd rather people not wear white bridal dresses or the exact color of the wedding party.
I don't care about any other colors.
I think the only color that would bother me a bit is white/ivory. But then again, it wouldn't ruin my day because (as SapphireSun stated) it probably won't be mistaken for a wedding gown.
The only thing I don't understand about brides that would be upset if a guest showed up in the same color as the wedding party is this: how do ALL guest's know what the wedding party is wearing prior to the wedding? The only people who know in my case really are the bridesmaids and close family. I don't necessarily think it's each guest's duty to call ahead and check with the bride on this...I've never done it, and I don't believe any of my friends or family have ever done so.
This is all just my personal opinion of course. Maybe it's one of those cultural/regional things, but I have never heard of colors you should avoid wearing to a wedding...EXCEPT the obvious white/ivory for completely legitimate reasons. Other than that, and unless the bride/groom are requesting certain colors for their wedding, anything is game!
I voted anything would be fine - The only way I'd be frustrated would be floor length white or ivory in a wedding or flowing style that could be considered bridal.
Although (I can't remember who posted it) someone showed a photo of their Mom's dress that was ivory lace and I recall thinking it was gorgeous!
I love WeddingBee but this is one topic that I keep seeing again and again that I think is WAY overrated. Seriously ladies, who cares?! Just relax and enjoy your day, you're not in a competion with anyone.
I don't care what anyone wears to my wedding as long as it's not white (or looks like white) lol
Eh, I dont really care. No one else is going to show up in a floor-length ballgown... so I think i'm safe.
I'd be annoyed at full-on white/ivory. If my BM dresses were a less neutral color (they are navy), I might be peeved by that too...if the guest knew in advance of course. Otherwise it'd just be funny ("Oh, Aunt Martha, you fit right in with my bridesmaids!"). Black is a perfectly fine color and since our wedding is formal, I expect to see a lot of it. I don't even wear black to funerals, frankly. And red...well it depends. If it were sexpot vavavoom cherry red skimpy tight dress, then hell yes I'd be annoyed. It it were just some random red skirt, top, or dress...whatever! It really all depends on whether the guest seems to actually be TRYING to call attention to herself or be distracting.
I would never wear solid white or ivory (but a dress that has white, black, and/or some other color and is not primarily white is fine), and if I know the bridesmaid dress colors, I won't wear that color, but honestly, at my wedding, I wouldn't care what color they wear. Hopefully they would follow those rules, but if they don't, darn, but oh well. I would probably just have my photographer try not to shoot a guest in white when possible so it isn't in my all of my pictures forever and then forget about it.
My concern is trying to get a cohesive dress code without being a bridezilla. Our wedding will be an evening cocktail type reception, and my FI's family is SUPER casual, so as long as no one wears jeans (and I *know* there WILL be atleast one), I will be so excited :) I adore them, but the last family wedding I attended, this actually happened and now I'm nervous. I've delegated FI to spreading the word about the no jeans rule when the time comes! They are the complete opposite spectrum from my family who are ridiculously formal, so I'm hoping I can get everyone to meet in the middle. Would it be rude to send his family invitations that said "Black Tie Optional" so they know to actually dress up (believe me, none of them would wear a tux even if it said that) and just not label a dress on my family's invites? Haha, I kid...sort of.
I'm fine with anyone wearing whatever they want. when I really think about it, guests in white/ivory/champagne won't even bother me. In fact, I just learned that me 3 aunts all seperately bought navy blue dresses. The bridal party is wearing lt. blue with navy accents and they knew our wedding colors were blue and blue. It's not that they tried to match the bridal party but they also didn't want to clash and aparently navy is a very popular color in stores these days. My mom is wearing a royal blue so at least she is different. I kind of like the idea of several people in blue though, it will either add to the overall look or look silly. As long as everyone is comfortable in their clothes and happy.
Yeah I dont mind what the guests wear, but to be honest an ivory, white, champagne colour dress would be out of order!
Recently a friend of mine had a black and white wedding, where the guests had to wear black and white.
One friend turned up in a short white dress and it just looked out of order and out of place on the pictures.
Most quests i would imagine would know not to pick this type of colour for a wedding.
As for black, I am wearing black to my fiances brothers wedding in October.
I think its a really nice colour to wear for formal.
In terms of the bridal parties, I agree if you know the wedding colours not to turn up as a guest in the bridesmaids colour especially if you are going to be in alot of official pictures.
I originally purchased a gorgeous purple gown for this october wedding but after being told my the bride that she was having purple bridesmaids, so out of respect to her I took it back.
She has now got black bridesmaids dress, which obviously I am now wearing.
But will most likely be a popular colour and Im not returning a second dress lol!
People can wear anything they want, seriously. No one is going to forget I'm the bride. The groom is going to be wearing black/white like every other groomsman (and half the guys there) and no one is worried about not knowing who he is! lol. Honestly even if someone wore an actual wedding dress I think I'd just laugh it off bc holy crap how crazy would that be? :)
I would only mind if somebody in the bridal party wore white. Guests can wear whatever colour they like.
I didn't even think about this at my wedding...I don't think I would have cared if anyone else wore white or any other specific color. I would have definitely minded if someone wore something just plain inappropriate, like a wedding dress!
The only color that I'd be offended by anyone wearing is solid or predominately WHITE!
That's a NO-NO for me, black tends to be some people's evening or conservative color, so I have no problem with it...plus, our colors will include black.
I'm usually a pretty laid back person, but I wasn't exactly pleased (although I got over it) when one of my guests (a girlfriend of a friend of my husband's) showed up late, waring an off-white satin dress (cocktail length), that could have easily been a bride's reception dress. Granted I didn't change dresses, but my wedding dress was an offwhite, satin gown. Like I said, I quickly got over it, but thought it was quite ballsy of her to wear that to a wedding. Am I wrong???
The only thing that would bother me would be if someone wore white/ivory.
@meliss: I think that's a valid point, but clearly there are bees on here that are bothered by this subject...and one of the main reasons to come to weddingbee is to relate to others who have our same wedding concerns.
No offense to anyone, but I think it's stupid to get upset over what guests wear. If someone wears white or ivory, they will be the one looking dumb--not the bride.
That being said...I'm wearing a green wedding dress. Does that give me license to get pissed if someone shows up in green? ;)
I'm surprised people wouldn't want guests to be in the same color as the bridal party. Most of my guests won't know what color the bridal party will be wearing so I could never hold that against them! I'm with CorgiTales - my guests can wear whatever... We all know I'm the bride!
I'm with Pixelpretty on this- I'd rather people didn't wear white or the same EXACT color as the bridal party.
I think the wearing white to a wedding rule is pretty well known. I can't imagine someone going to a wedding in a full length white/ivory gown and feel comfortable...
i honestly dont care if someone showed up in a white gown complete with veil. they would only be drawing bad attention to themselves and everyone would shun them. its my day and i will have the spotlight regardless what anyone else wears.
As long as someone doesn't show up in a floor length white or ivory gown, I'm cool. I was more concerned about Mike's relatives showing up in jeans and a deer blood-stained flannel.
Just wondering, why is red on the poll? Is the connotation associated with it that it's too sexy or something? Not knocking the poll, just genuinely curious.
Also, I voted white/ivory... anyone who wears a bridal-type dress to a wedding is only going to make themselves look ridiculous. No problem with black (it's formal and flattering on everyone), and I wouldn't expect the guests to know what color the wedding party is wearing and therefore know to avoid wearing it themselves.
ditt @cardigan:, id only care if someone wore 100% white....
I don't care what anyone wears and fully expect to see a full array (from gowns to jeans) since my family and the grooms family have some folks from all walks of life and a few that have no clue when it comes to dressing themselves (i mean my one uncle shows up to Xmas with a holey tshirt on!) so...i had to let go any stress about that kind of thing long ago....but...if someone showed up in a white gown...i'd be pissed. lol.
Just as if I went to a friend's wedding and someone else wore my exact same dress, that's how I would feel at my wedding. Wear whatever you want to wear as long as it's not my 'as yet unpurchased' wedding dress. That's all I care about. If you like, wear a JCrew long wedding gown looking dress, I don't care. *No one can rain on my paaarrraaaaddddeeee* :)
I voted that I didn't care since two women wore white/ivory dresses to my wedding adn I didn't even notice until people pointed it out to me in pictures afterwards!
I did actually notice one guest dressed very provatively and flamboyantly (feather headpiece and sexy tight cleavage dress). It still didn't really bother me but I remember thinking "Can't you wear that to some OTHER occasion?"
Yeah, I really only care about people not wearing white or ivory. But if it happens... whatev. It's not the end of the world! There are more important things in the world to worry about.
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Inspired by this poll...
As a bride, would you mind if a guest wore black to your wedding? Any other colors you'd object to?
You can choose more than one option on the poll, so pick as many as you'd like!