In the last two years I must have been to at least 20 weddings excluding my own. Each time the dilemma of what should I wear comes up. These days weddings are not all as formal as they used to be, and not every wedding is an all day affair. Plus what do you do if Ita a friend or even family but you are not part of the wedding party, but could be featured in pictures?! So many variables that it gets a little tiring deciding wether to wear something old, something borrowed, or even something blue. But I've given it some thought and here are a few things that may help if you find yourself in a similar situation.
1: What kind of wedding is it?
If you know the bride and groom well you'll hopefully know what style they'll expect from their guests, i.e. Very formal, afternoon tea, themed, urban, hipster and so on. This should help if they don't say on the invitation what the dress code is.
2: Take notice of the invitation.
What information can you see on your invitation about the whole style of the wedding? Have you been invited to just the ceremony, the evening or the whole day? What does the invite look like, have they gone to town on making it look good, or is it very simple? These may seem like very simple things but actually they tell you alot.
3: Colour scheme
Try to avoid wearin the colours of the wedding, unless you happen to be part of the wedding partys. It's not a great feeling, either as a gueat or someone part of the wedding, when somebody is dressed in the wedding colours who shouldn't be. Now there are occasions when people make mistakes and expect that. But if there is a clear indication about the colour scheme, try to avoid these.
There's possibly more I could say on the subject but I think I've mentioned the most important things.
Enjoy ur day.
