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What do you envision guests wearing?
If I received an invitation to a lunch reception, I would probably wear a cute sun dress and my fiance would probably wear khakis and a shirt/tie. Anything at night or involving dinner I would wear a fancier dress and my fiance would wear a suit. Do you want guys to wear ties and girls to wear dresses?
@Firefighterswife2bee: Yes! (Although it's in November, so hopefully not a sundress) But I want people to feel comfortable dressing like that. No need for suits if they don't want to wear them. Me and my fiance are very casual people. I want everyone to "look their best" but don't want people dressing like it's a formal dinner.
Do you think the fact that it is lunch already indicates a more casual dress code?
I agree that the fact that it's lunch already implies a more casual feel. I would probably still wear a dress but not quite as fancy as a cocktail dress, and I would make my husband wear suit pants with a shirt and tie, but let him skip the jacket. I would probably dress more like I was attending a shower than if I was attending a formal evening wedding.
@ Moose: Perfect. I think that sounds like what we are hoping for. Maybe I will not say anything at all unless people ask me!
We indicated on our website the appropriate attire for guests to feel comfortable. We didn't put anything on the invitations. Both our STDs and our invites feature our website address prominently.
So on our website it says "casual" under the rehearsal dinner date, time, and address. And it says "cocktail attire" under the reception date, time, and address. I've had one or two people already (we're 3 months out) contact me to ask "how casual" or "would this be OK?" I think most people know what it means.
If you have room on your reception card, you could put cocktail attire there. Most people know what that means. Or on your website you could go into more detail and say "Cocktail attire: Jackets for the gents, party frocks for the ladies."
Thanks! I don't think cocktail attire is what we are going for though. That souns a little too dressy to me.
I do think that a lunch reception implies that its not as dressy and I think most people base their outfit selections on things like that. Honestly, I would probably not write anything about dress code - sometimes I think this just confuses the matter unless it is clear cut like "Black Tie." As a guest, I read attire descriptions and get stressed about whether my outfit matches that description (Is this dress too fancy? Is it too casual? etc) It ends up stressing me out! People will look nice no matter what :)
I think that "Luncheon Attire Requested" has a nice ring to it.
The extra "eon" makes it sound more dressy than "lunch", but less dressy than anything taking place at night.
I really don't think cocktail attire is that fancy. Semi-formal is when you start getting fancy and black tie is when i get annoyed :)
ok. good to know. I think I will still refrain from setting a dress code altogether and hope for the best.
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I'm having a fairly casual (As far as weddings go) lunch reception on a saturday. The wedding will take place as the first event of the reception. I don't want people to feel overdressed, so i'm wondering what to do.
I will be wearing a wedding gown, he will be wearing a black suit.
What do I do to let the guests know it's semiformal? put it on the wedding website?
EDIT: after writing this I googled "semi-formal" and I think even that seems a little TOO formal. I don't want to say it's "business casual" though, as that doesn't sound right to me for a wedding. What do I do? Let them figure it out? lol.