"soft white" wedding dress

Re: "soft white" wedding dress

• amybride2012 member

  

  December 2011

  I would go white. I'm sure it will be undectable either way, but I've heard the general rule of thumb is to go lighter, rather than darker. I read somewhere that if you pair ivory accessories against white, you risk the ivory accessories looking "dirty".

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• gymbugmj2k member

  

  December 2011

  i agree. go lighter.  with photography flashes everything should wash out to be closer to white anyway.  if you're worried, get a swatch of the dress fabric to take with you to compare   i did that with my BM dresses. the swatch they gave me was TINY, so I took it to the paint store and picked out the exact color paint chip and used that

  
  

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• Mrs0toBe member

  

  December 2011 edited December 2011

  my DB dress is "soft white" as well.   I'm treating it as white. . I have silver shoes, silver crystal earrings.  Groom and GMs are wearing white shirts.
  
  which dress did you get?

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• gundy21 member

  

  December 2011

  My dress was diamond white (Maggie's not-so-white white).  DH wore a white jacket and shirt.  My dress was slgihtly darker than his - but the ivory for him would have been too dark / yellowish.  Looked fine in pics.
  
  

  

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• barbara1312 member

  

  December 2011 edited December 2011

  My daughter's dress was a soft white.  Her H wore a white shirt, and her shoes were white, but she did look around until she found a pair of shoes that were a more creamy white and not a bright white.
  
  I just took another peek at her pictures, and the white shirts look great.

  

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• Cinderella30 member

  

  December 2011

  I wore an ivory dress and my fiance had a white shirt under his charcoal grey suit.  His tie was white with silver stripes.  It looked great! 

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• katwed2012 member

  

  December 2011

  White... White goes well with any other colors.
  
  
  

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• jeslm member

  

  December 2011

  My dress is soft white too. My veil is ivory, and I absolutely cannot tell the color difference- the bright white veil was actually too white.  FI's shirt will be white, though.  My shoes are blue, so can't help ya there
  
  It depends on the fabric of your dress, too- my dress is all lace, no shine, so it doesn't look as stark as say, a satin dress would.

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• LisaSkier

  

  March 2013

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_attire-accessories_soft-white-wedding-dress?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:15Discussion:ccc71ec8-9828-4795-9f0f-01cd2ba02cb9Post:fe84e04b-e8b3-403d-8e74-41d764f03a4b">"soft white" wedding dress</a>:
  [QUOTE]Hi Ladies, I recently purchased a dress from davids bridal, the color is "soft white" and it's basically between a white and ivory color. I'm at a loss for how I should pair my shoes, fiances shirt color, etc with the dress... should I go with ivory or white? Anyone else puchase a dress in this color or have suggestions? Thanks!
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  </div><div>Don't try to match it at all, go with a totally different contrasting color.
  
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