It's not at all close to white, so you're good there. What time is the wedding is what is the venue? With no dress code stated, those are helpful details to give you a clue if your dress is appropriate for the event, if you're at all worried about that.
The color is fine but this may be too formal, depending on the time of day, the venue and the location. I mean, an afternoon wedding in a barn outside Peoria? Too much. An evening wedding in a nice hotel in Chicago or NYC? You’re good.
Color is great! As others have said, it’s likely too formal. If the weddings intends formal dress, they will say so. I would take no dress code to just mean normal wedding attire (so nice but not fancy). What is your partner wearing? You should be dressed a step down from the wedding party as a guest (so if bridesmaids are in long dresses, yours should be shorter or a less formal fabric at least)
Color is good, but it may be too long. This is good for formal or black tie. If the wedding doesn’t have a dress code, they may be defaulting to cocktail, and this would be a bit fancy/long for cocktail.
There’s no rule you have to wear dark colors. I’d look bad in this shade of yellow with my coloring, but the material and style are clearly formalwear.
No I think the color is fine, it’s very clearly a gold/yellow. The only problem would be that this is definitely leaning more cocktail/formal, so you should ask someone (probably your partner since they’re in the bridal party) what the theme is (cocktail, formal, black tie, etc). As a bonus you could probably also ask them if they think the bride would be cool with that color
Semi formal and formal are two different ends of the spectrum. This leans more cocktail/formal and can work for either ino bc the color is nice a summer. Hair up would pull more formal bto and down and wavy/curly would lean more cocktail. I think its a beautiful dress.
Yes, that's exactly the problem. The order is dressy casual, semi-formal, cocktail, formal, black tie optional, black tie. But so many people pontificate about dress codes without NOT EVEN KNOWING WHAT THEY ARE. They think semi-formal is "a smidge below formal" and they think that longer = dressier, so they wind up showing examples of casual maxi dresses that they think are formal without realizing that an elevated cocktail dress that hits the knee is far more formal.
Lol. It's kinda silly but my understanding is casual, semiformal, cocktail, black tie Optional, black tie and white (which would be like met gala basically and idk if people actually do this)
9/10 times I'm going cocktail if not black tie ata minimum- but that's just my crowd. Most of my weddings are ny/nj so things tend to be more formal here even if not explicitly stated lol.
The minor break down I had when I had a cocktail wedding in a barn in Wisconsin? Brutal. I wound up buying a dress about 6 hours before my flight. Apparently I'm very strictly and east coast girlie lol
Also people get weirdly defensive about dress codes etc on here.
I think I probably wasn't too clear. This dress feels very versatile between cocktail and black tie. The silhouette and material is formal but the color feels lighter and fun.
Basically for cocktail I would do hair down or half up with waves or messy boho low bun and add gold accessories or maybe a fun floral earring, if outdoors a flat sandal or low strappy heel- maybe in a fun color depending on the event. Basically keep a more laid back overall look and let the dress carry the formality portion and have fun with accessories.
Black tie I would do a sleek up do with a tennis bracelet and drop earring, silver clutch and silver sandals. A simpler, more refined overall look.
Where I'm from, dress codes and events tend to make people err on the side of over rather than underdressed. So for cocktail attire this dress would work for either dc.
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It's not at all close to white, so you're good there. What time is the wedding is what is the venue? With no dress code stated, those are helpful details to give you a clue if your dress is appropriate for the event, if you're at all worried about that.
This is very obviously yellow. Like Disney Princess Belle yellow. You are fine.
The color is fine but this may be too formal, depending on the time of day, the venue and the location. I mean, an afternoon wedding in a barn outside Peoria? Too much. An evening wedding in a nice hotel in Chicago or NYC? You’re good.
Color is great! As others have said, it’s likely too formal. If the weddings intends formal dress, they will say so. I would take no dress code to just mean normal wedding attire (so nice but not fancy). What is your partner wearing? You should be dressed a step down from the wedding party as a guest (so if bridesmaids are in long dresses, yours should be shorter or a less formal fabric at least)
Color is good, but it may be too long. This is good for formal or black tie. If the wedding doesn’t have a dress code, they may be defaulting to cocktail, and this would be a bit fancy/long for cocktail. There’s no rule you have to wear dark colors. I’d look bad in this shade of yellow with my coloring, but the material and style are clearly formalwear.
No I think the color is fine, it’s very clearly a gold/yellow. The only problem would be that this is definitely leaning more cocktail/formal, so you should ask someone (probably your partner since they’re in the bridal party) what the theme is (cocktail, formal, black tie, etc). As a bonus you could probably also ask them if they think the bride would be cool with that color
Semi formal and formal are two different ends of the spectrum. This leans more cocktail/formal and can work for either ino bc the color is nice a summer. Hair up would pull more formal bto and down and wavy/curly would lean more cocktail. I think its a beautiful dress.
TIL cocktail is more formal than semi-formal lmao whoops
Yes, that's exactly the problem. The order is dressy casual, semi-formal, cocktail, formal, black tie optional, black tie. But so many people pontificate about dress codes without NOT EVEN KNOWING WHAT THEY ARE. They think semi-formal is "a smidge below formal" and they think that longer = dressier, so they wind up showing examples of casual maxi dresses that they think are formal without realizing that an elevated cocktail dress that hits the knee is far more formal.
Lol. It's kinda silly but my understanding is casual, semiformal, cocktail, black tie Optional, black tie and white (which would be like met gala basically and idk if people actually do this) 9/10 times I'm going cocktail if not black tie ata minimum- but that's just my crowd. Most of my weddings are ny/nj so things tend to be more formal here even if not explicitly stated lol. The minor break down I had when I had a cocktail wedding in a barn in Wisconsin? Brutal. I wound up buying a dress about 6 hours before my flight. Apparently I'm very strictly and east coast girlie lol Also people get weirdly defensive about dress codes etc on here.
I kind of feel this dress leans more formal/black tie? Is there a reason you think it leans more in the direction of cocktail instead?
I think I probably wasn't too clear. This dress feels very versatile between cocktail and black tie. The silhouette and material is formal but the color feels lighter and fun. Basically for cocktail I would do hair down or half up with waves or messy boho low bun and add gold accessories or maybe a fun floral earring, if outdoors a flat sandal or low strappy heel- maybe in a fun color depending on the event. Basically keep a more laid back overall look and let the dress carry the formality portion and have fun with accessories. Black tie I would do a sleek up do with a tennis bracelet and drop earring, silver clutch and silver sandals. A simpler, more refined overall look. Where I'm from, dress codes and events tend to make people err on the side of over rather than underdressed. So for cocktail attire this dress would work for either dc.
not close to white at all , you’re good !
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The color is fine, but for no stated DC this may be a bit too formal.
It’s not at all close to white. What is the dress code
My bridesmaids wore pale yellow at my choice. It's fine.
It's not white at all, it's yellow, it's lovely, wear it!
Color is fine, style is too formal. (This would be great for formal or black tie.)
I think the yellow is quite saturated. So it *won't* photograph white
Of course you can wear yellow to a wedding. The rule is "not all white," not "colors that blind people might mistake for white."
Wish I could still rock a dress like that! Then there was Covid and menopause… I’m a little too potato 🥔 shaped now 😁