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I've never heard of telling guests what they DON"T have to wear...that would be like writing, "Tuxes not required," lol. I think you're okay to leave it off, and either let guests know by word of mouth that it's casual, or let them get that idea from the invitation/venue. If the reception is outdoor/on grass, I might put "outdoor reception to follow" on the invitation/reception card, just so people know it's outdoor and women know not to wear spiky heels.
My mother thinks it'll be a courtesy for the guests. I don't know, I guess I think it's unnecessary. Maybe I'll put it on the website but I doubt anyone will even read the website.
I think people will dress for your wedding as they see fit. If they want to wear a jacket to an outdoor wedding, then so be it. If you don't care what people wear (ie: if they are more casual or more formal) then I wouldn't worry about it.
I think your venue will dictate the dress.
I voted not to put it, it depends on how cold people get. I know people who wear jackets even in mildly warm weather (myself included!). Maybe put something on the website about what the weather should be like?
If anything, I would say something along the lines of "Casual attire" rather than specifying no jackets are required.
if it was a formal event I would say make sure everyone know that, same with casual... that all I would tell them people can dress themsevles lol
I wouldn't say "causal" as people interpret casual in all sorts of ways. We had friends who did this and the brother of the groom showed up in jeans and a t-shirt. Yeah. and not nice dressy jeans and a nice shirt, but more like, I just finished mowing the lawn and rolled on into your reception jeans (in fairness, they were clean). Any guy wearing a jacket will just take the cue from the groomsman and take there's off (any excuse if it's hot outside!) Good luck!
Mr. Snow desperately wanted to include, "In the eternal words of Phil Collins, No Jacket Required." on our invite but I vetoed and re-vetoed.
I will say, in retrospect, our guests have been crazy insecure about the what-to-wear issue after we assumed they'd think, "Hmm... 5:00 wedding on Sat. with dinner and dancing on farm" and use their best judgement (and we so don't care what they wear), and thus, left off any dress code suggestions. I'd recommend something re: dress code. Even "dressy casual attire suggested" or something.
I just put a blurb about the dress on our blog since the FIL was freaking out about what people were going to wear. He desperately wanted us to try to get 40 people to "match" our wedding colors. o_O Aside from FI, I don't expect anyone else to be in a tux and we can care less what people wear. All we care about is they're THERE.
This is what I wrote:
Suggested Dress: All that we ask is you come clothed in more than underwear and red pants (yes, we know who you are…all of you) ! What you come clothed in is up to you and your other half!
I think you should include a statement about jackets not being required on the invte. Many people will feel uncomfortable if they show up overdressed for your event (just as they would if obviously underdressed). And yes, they can take the jacket off but then they have to carry it around, drap it over a chair (so that it is wrinkled and then must be dry cleaned), etc. People would rather be informed so that they arrive in the proper attire.
People will want to know what to wear. I'm not sure that "no jacket" will help them figure it out any better though. I'm with Miss Snow--I think "Dressy casual attire" or something similar would be better.
I think most men will dress appropriately (jacket-less) because of the temperature outside since you're getting married in May in a garden. I don't think you need to mention it because like previous posters have said - people can interpret casual very differently. Plus jackets are removeable - they could dump them in their cars between the ceremony and reception, it's not like telling women to come in formal wear but really meaning cocktail attire.
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Our wedding is in a botanical garden. I'm wearing low-heeled shoes, my bridesmaids are wearing mismatched dresses, the boy is wearing a suit and his groomsmen are just wearing pants, shirts and ties. It is a casual outdoor wedding, and I don't care what our guests wear.
Yesterday, my mother told me that I should put "no jacket required" on the wedding invitations. I don't want to take up valuable design space for that statement. Maybe I'll put it on the website, but I don't think I need to put it anywhere. Honestly, if a guy shows up in a jacket, he can just take it off. Right? What do you think?