(Closed) If you read semi-formal/cocktail attire, you would consider wearing…?

posted 8 years ago in Dress
  • poll: the LEAST fancy you would go after reading semi-formal/cocktail attire...?
    a long dress/full suit : (2 votes)
    4 %
    short/cocktail length dress/tie & dress pants : (45 votes)
    83 %
    khakis, nice shirt, dress pants, skirt : (7 votes)
    13 %
    nice jeans, nice top, polo... : (0 votes)

    54 votes

    • Post # 1
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    Buzzing bee
    • Wedding: June 2011

    My fiance and I are trying to decide if we should write semi-formal/cocktail attire on our wedding invitation..

    Post # 3
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    1371 posts
    Bumble bee
    • Wedding: August 2010

    What are you looking for people to wear?  I feel like “semi-formal” and “cocktail” imply two different things to me.

    Post # 4
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    365 posts
    Helper bee

    I feel like that implies kind of standard wedding attire, which to me would be short dress and shirt/tie.  To me, cocktail definitely implies those, while semi-formal would be a bit dressier, as in full suit but not a tux.  Definitions can be subjective though.

    Post # 5
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    Bee Keeper
    • Wedding: May 2011

    I voted for the second option, but I would prob wear a cocktail dress and Fiance would wear a suit/tie. He always wears a jacket to weddings unless we know the dress is casual.

    Post # 6
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    Buzzing bee
    • Wedding: June 2011

    Well, basically, I don’t want people showing up to my wedding in jeans/casual skirts/etc. What would you write in for that?

    Post # 7
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    365 posts
    Helper bee

    I think either one by itself would be fine.  Either “Cocktail attire” or “Semi-formal attire”.

    I think we will put our attire on the website and put website info in the invite.  It isn’t very common in my area to list attire on the invite itself.  People usually just assume cocktail if it isn’t specified in my experience.  The exception is FI’s family.  They are a bit more casual in general.

    Post # 8
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    Buzzing bee
    • Wedding: June 2011

    @Shiner: thats a good idea, I don’t know if I’ve seen it on invites, I just want to make sure people don’t show up in casual clothing…  my extended family can be weird sometimes

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