Change outfits between a noon wedding and a 5:30 reception?
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Anonymous
| We are invited to a May wedding in the midwest where there will be church wedding at noon and then a 5:30 reception at a botanical garden. Both events are close in enough that we can go back to our hotel in between. I would be inclined to wear a church dress to the wedding and a cocktail dress to the reception. Do people usually change clothes in between events like this? |
Anonymous
| No, but you do you. |
Anonymous
| I would. |
Anonymous
| I wouldn't go. That time lag is egregious. |
Anonymous
| I wouldn’t but it’s fine if you do. I don’t think there is really such thing as a “church dress” that cannot also be worn to a botanical garden or vice versa. Just put a shawl over it in church if you think it is too low cut. |
Anonymous
| I'm sure the DCUM elites will drag me for this, but this was the norm in my Midwestern Catholic community. You wore daytime attire to the church and cocktail attire to the reception (if you were local and had time to change). |
Anonymous
| No. Once I was in a wedding like that with a long time lag and we went bowling in between, including the bride and groom, all in our fancy dress. It was super fun! |
Anonymous
| There will be a lot of people that will miss the actual ceremony. The 5 hour lag time is too much. |
Anonymous
| I would. You have a lot of down time in between. |
Anonymous
The norm if Catholic |
Anonymous
| If I were going to the hotel in between, I would definitely change bc in the hotel room I would have to take off the first outfit to relax anyway. |
Anonymous
OP: This is a midwestern Catholic wedding so I appreciate this response. |
Anonymous
| I would, if I had access to my home or a hotel room in the interim. |
Anonymous
| absolutely. |
Anonymous
| Annoying logistics |