What is CASUAL wedding attire?

0Paris0 · July 2014

All you can do is tell people what your wedding is going to be like and hope for the best. I am having a very small (10 guest) wedding and due to the photos I asked everyone to wear the wedding colors and to dress casual . My FMIL bitched about wanting to dress up so I told her she was free to do as she liked, after thinking about it she changed her mind and didn't want to stick out in the. But with us having such a small wedding it is a bit different.

southernbelle0915 · July 2014

0Paris0 said:

All you can do is tell people what your wedding is going to be like and hope for the best. I am having a very small (10 guest) wedding and due to the photos I asked everyone to wear the wedding colors and to dress casual . My FMIL bitched about wanting to dress up so I told her she was free to do as she liked, after thinking about it she changed her mind and didn't want to stick out in the. But with us having such a small wedding it is a bit different.

The highlighted is against etiquette. It doesn't matter what the size of your wedding is - the etiquette is the same for a 10 person wedding and a 500 person wedding.

Your uncle could be in a baseball hat with a Hawaiian shirt while the MOG is wearing a formal beaded cocktail dress. It literally does not matter - the key etiquette point is that you shouldn't tell guests what to wear. Like at all.

0Paris0 · July 2014

And we all know we must follow wedding etiquette at all times right? Your family and friends may feel that way my family doesn't my FI family other then his mother doesn't we are all different and come from different families so you and I can do thing different. My FMIL is a drama queen!! Not joking this is what my FI calls her she finds things wrong in everything, she was pissed when I gave her a grandson and went on to tell us that she someone gives her a granddaughter she will be happy and spoil it rotten . All I'm saying is to many people are worried about what is wedding etiquette when in truth there are many people that don't see anything rude in half the stuff that is called rude on the knot. To each their own I say do your wedding your way and enjoy your day!

Maggie0829 · July 2014

0Paris0 said:

All you can do is tell people what your wedding is going to be like and hope for the best. I am having a very small (10 guest) wedding and due to the photos I asked everyone to wear the wedding colors and to dress casual . My FMIL bitched about wanting to dress up so I told her she was free to do as she liked, after thinking about it she changed her mind and didn't want to stick out in the. But with us having such a small wedding it is a bit different.

You seriously asked people to wear a certain color? That is a bit much. Unless all 10 people are in your wedding party, controlling what they wear comes off as very bridezilla type behavior. I am sure all 10 guests had a very nice eye roll and some not nice things mumble under their breath when you requested that.

southernbelle0915 · July 2014

0Paris0 said:
And we all know we must follow wedding etiquette at all times right? Your family and friends may feel that way my family doesn't my FI family other then his mother doesn't we are all different and come from different families so you and I can do thing different. My FMIL is a drama queen!! Not joking this is what my FI calls her she finds things wrong in everything, she was pissed when I gave her a grandson and went on to tell us that she someone gives her a granddaughter she will be happy and spoil it rotten . All I'm saying is to many people are worried about what is wedding etiquette when in truth there are many people that don't see anything rude in half the stuff that is called rude on the knot. To each their own I say do your wedding your way and enjoy your day!

Actually yes. You should follow etiquette. And it isn't like telling people what to wear for weddings is OK because you think your family is OK with it... Logic fail.

If I was a guest at a wedding and the bride told me to water a certain color I would laugh. I wouldn't tell her to her face she was being a 'zilla but I'd roll my eyes and wear whatever I wanted anyway.

MobKaz · July 2014

0Paris0 said:

All you can do is tell people what your wedding is going to be like and hope for the best. I am having a very small (10 guest) wedding and due to the photos I asked everyone to wear the wedding colors and to dress casual . My FMIL bitched about wanting to dress up so I told her she was free to do as she liked, after thinking about it she changed her mind and didn't want to stick out in the. But with us having such a small wedding it is a bit different.

Dictating a particular color has the very real potential for requiring guests to make a clothing purchase. I would not appreciate being told to make a purchase, especially if it is for something in a color I would never wear in the first place.

Are you telling me that the only pictures you frame or put on walls are ones in which the people are color coordinated?

AddieCake · July 2014

You think your wedding photos will look odd if your guests are not dressed in your wedding colors? Really?

Fairyjen1 · July 2014

I have come to realize that no matter how casual your wedding is, people will want to dress up for it. I went to a wedding of a college buddy last year. The invitation was informal, the time was early afternoon. It mentioned the wedding was going to be at a winery in the hills. Their website mentioned that the terrain would be rocky and it can get cold at night. They suggested flat shoes on the web site (this was their only etiquette blunder, the rest of the wedding was flawlessly hosted)

The ceremony basically took place in a field with weeds and gopher holes. There were still at least half of the female guests here in tiny cocktail dresses and stiletto's. The reception was on a paved area and there were buildings they moved into for dancing and cake (dinner was outdoors before it got cold), but those girls sure looked uncomfortable in the field in their fancy dresses and heels.

My wedding is a lunch wedding. We are going into the Disneyland parks after. I'm only having 18 guest and I have mentioned that casual dress if fine so we can be comfortalbe in the parks after. My BIL (sisters husband) and my FFIL (who sadly passed away last week) were planning to wear suits and my dad asked about a tux! I told them all "Hey, just wear what you want!". I can only give them the information about the wedding, they have to decide what they want to wear to it.

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