Should You Ever Wear White to a Wedding?
Traditionally speaking, wearing white to a wedding that isn’t yours is a huge etiquette faux pas. As a guest, your choice to wear white would be seen as an attempt to upstage the bride on her big day. Despite the majority of people erring on the side of caution and wearing anything but white, I’ve seen a couple of big weddings where this rule has been trampled upon.
Actress Lindsay Lohan wore a white gown to Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries’ Saturday evening nuptials. Supermodel Naomi Campbell also wore white, in the form of Givenchy Couture, to Prince Albert of Monaco’s royal wedding a few months back. Tacky, if you ask me.
On the other hand, I’ve seen a recent trend towards white bridesmaids’ dresses. The first one I noticed was Pippa Middleton’s stunning Alexander McQueen gown that she wore to her sister, Duchess Catherine’s, British royal wedding in April. Also, Kourtney Kardashian was seen wearing a white Vera Wang gown yesterday as part of her sister Kim’s bridal party.
What do you think? Is wearing white to a wedding ever okay?
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The Bridal party wearing white isnt a new trend. It actually goes back hundreds of years so i dont mind the bridesmaids doing it. Guests, well yea thats awkward. Kim Kardashian made it weird for her guests when she placed on her invites to wear black or white…so its like what do u do? look like ur going to a fancy funeral or wear white and stand out???…terrible choice for guest dress code color in my opinion..
Yeah. I can almost give a free pass to the bridesmaids, but I agree with you when you say that Kim placed her guests in a weird predicament. I just saw some wedding highlight video and it looks like even Kris Jenner was wearing white. I think Kim was definitely overshadowed, but that was her choice…
If the bride is wearing white, then no one else should be wearing white. Period. It’s like at your birthday celebration, no one should look better than you. It’s just wrong.
I agree. I think the bride should stand out and not blend into the crowd. I’ll stick with tradition, personally.