All white or ivory?

brita7869

I found a dress I absolutely love. It fits the castle/botanical garden theme we are having. The problem is that the dress comes in both all-white and in ivory. The ivory is NOT deep such as a champagne, but the nice part is that you really notice all of the details. The all-white is a beautiful wedding gown and the "stereotypical white." I am torn because I love both colors, they both work my complexion and hair color, so any input or thoughts?

monkeysip

If both go well with your complexion, this is purely an aesthetic question.  There's nothing inherently better about white than ivory.  And with most ivories, there's not a drastic difference between it and white.  Just go with what you like more, and it sounds like you think ivory shows the detail more.

JoanE2012

Does the ivory seem a "softer" version of the white?  My dress was ivory, but you'd never know it unless I told you.  If it shows the detailing better, I'd go with the ivory.  Can you post both colors?

csweaney

What color flowers are you going with? Since I'm using primarily white flowers I decided to go with white for my dress just becase I didn't want my flowers to make my dress look "dingy"

JoanE2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_attire-accessories_all-white-or-ivory?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:15Discussion:25a7cb7f-3f2e-4141-a9df-70c9ad9cd1e6Post:88e6c684-f577-4b93-af53-03fccb1a14fb">Re: All white or ivory?</a>:
[QUOTE]What color flowers are you going with? Since I'm using primarily white flowers I decided to go with white for my dress just becase I didn't want my flowers to make my dress look "dingy"
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</div><div>Oh my, not another white vs ivory and the dingy factor.  </div><div>
</div><div>A bride should NOT pick a white dress because she is picking white flowers.  White does not look good on most people.  Most wedding dresses sold are ivory, diamond white, off white, whatever.....but most are not true paper white because it doesn't look good on most.  </div><div>
</div><div>One should pick the color dress that looks best with their complexion, not one that matches their flowers.</div><div>
</div><div>OP - I had an ivory dress (which really looked white, I didn't know it wasn't true white until the consulatant told me) and white flowers.  I assure you nothing about my dress looked "dingy".

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QueerFemme

Ivory looks better on almost all complexions. And white flowers would not make an ivory dress look dingy. Most "white" flowers are offwhite anyway.