is this dress appropriate for catholic ceremony?

Re: is this dress appropriate for catholic ceremony?

• girl2bewed

  

  April 2010

  I agree with PP, the dress is stunning, very gorgeous but some Catholic churches do require a lot more cover up.

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• jennylove810 member

  

  April 2010

  Eh, I don't think you'd get tossed out of the church, but if you have to ask if it's appropriate, it probably isn't.

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• unplainjane member

  

  April 2010

  thanks for the advice ladies. is it just the top part that is inappropriate? i can certainly get something to cover my shoulders for the ceremony. i was actually more concerend about the skirt part and if that was okay. since the slit is not that traditional.

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• mbcdefg member

  

  April 2010

  You need to talk to your priest about his church's rules on formality and modesty. Every church, and priest, is different.
  
  I think it depends on where the slit actually ends. Is this something that would possibly give people a peep show once you sat down? Does it show a little leg, or a lot of leg? Is your church a place that frowns upon women wearing shorts to Sunday Mass?
  
  I can't imagine that a Catholic church would turn someone away over their outfit being too formal or too simple (unless someone showed up looking like a hot mess). Both of my grandmothers were married in the church - pre-Vatican II, no less, when things were stricter - and they wore simple dressy knee-length suits in pastel colors. Plenty of women marry in the church in knee-length bridal dresses, nice dresses that are not bridal gowns, colorful or black dresses, or pants. A fancy white dress isn't a requirement for a Catholic wedding.
  
  I know lots of women who've had to cover their shoulders in church. Meanwhile, I wore a strapless dress and it was fine. My priest also said that it was A-O.K. for my one bridesmaid to have a visible tattoo. He basically said that he was fine with whatever dresses we each wore, as long as nobody's boobies were hanging out :P
  
  Talk to your priest before you buy this. Also, have you tried it on yet? If it doesn't look good on you, it might be a moot point anyway (I fell in love with several dresses online that looked awful once I actually put them on).

  

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• MsBunny312 member

  

  April 2010

  I don't think there is any problem with the skirt of the dress by itself or the bare shoulders by itself. But the combo might be a little tiny bit too much. I think if you cover your shoulders with a shrug, bolero, or cardigan it will take care of the issue.

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• Minimax052910 member

  

  April 2010

  Definitely ask your priest.
  
  I've been to many catholic weddings, in catholic churches, and all of the brides wore strapless dresses.
  
  I'm getting married in a catholic church. My priest said there was no rule about what I can or cannot wear. So I don't know what other girls are talking about with the bare shoulders. Must depend on the location.

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