Are there exceptions to the "don't wear white to a wedding" rule?

Re: Are there exceptions to the "don't wear white to a wedding" rule?

• HisGirlFriday13 member

  

  October 2013

  Wait, so let me get this straight.

  
  

  You're expected to wear appropriate church attire for their wedding.

  
  

  Then there is a THREE-HOUR GAP, during which you are expected to change into a Hallowe'en costume.

  
  

  Not all of the guests were invited with their SOs.

  
  

  And you're worried about wearing white?

  
  

  This is such a damn train wreck that guests wearing white is the least of the problems the bride and groom should be worried about.

  
  

  Wear the Cleopatra costume and have done with it.

  

  
  

  
  

  I'm gonna go with 'not my circus, not my monkeys.'

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• phira member

  

  October 2013

  @Maggie0829 Honestly, as long as guests aren't turned away at the door if they don't come in costume, I don't see it as a problem. It would be more appropriate to phrase it as a request, though.

  
  

  Aaaaand wow I'm gonna stay away from the rest of the hot mess this wedding sounds like.

  

  now with ~* INCREASED SASSINESS *~
  
  

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• AddieCake member

  

  October 2013

  I see no problem with it. It's a Cleopatra costume at a costume reception. It's not like it's a wedding dress.

  What did you think would happen if you walked up to a group of internet strangers and told them to get shoehorned by their lady doc?~StageManager14

  

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• PrettyGirlLost member

  

  October 2013

  I say wear whatever damn costume you want, as long as it isn't a bridal costume.
  
  Yes, yes I know that out of respect to the bride you shouldn't wear white to a wedding, but honestly, short of running buck naked down the aisle in front of her, nothing anyone wears is going to take attention away from the bride.
  

  
  "Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends time and space."
  
  

  
  

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• Vivandiere8 member

  

  October 2013

  phira said

  
  

  Aaaaand wow I'm gonna stay away from the rest of the hot mess this wedding sounds like.

  
  Haha! This reminds me of a costume wedding my sister and her husband went to. The mother of the bride was either a minister or judge so she was the officiant. Well everyone was wearing their costumes to the wedding ceremony and the mother of the bride was dresses as a belly dancer.
  
  I hear there was definitely an undercurrent of awkwardness felt in the room. 
  

  
  

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• KickAssMOH member

  

  October 2013

  This costume wedding ended up being absolutely wonderful! The bride and 3 others (including myself) wore cleopatra outfits, which we of course took a group photo of. Luckily, she was the only one in white I'm SOOOO soooo glad I wore a black dress with a cleopatra headpiece. I would've been miserable in white.  

  Their 3-hour gap wasn't as "unhosted" as I envisioned it being. Following the ceremony, they served refreshments, and then allowed just enough time for their guests to return to their homes/hotel rooms, change into costume, and head to the reception. I have to hand it to them - they did great on a really low budget. Was this the most convenient wedding to attend? Hell no. But, for a costume party / low-budg wedding, I think they really did the best they could.

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