Is it okay to wear whatever you have to a color coordinated wedding

[Anonymous]

I’d wear beige.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If invite asks to wear couple of colors you don’t have, is it okay to just avoid bride’s color but wear whatever you have instead of mandatory colors?

It’s against the law

[Anonymous]

I’d probably decline the invite.

[Anonymous]

I’d wear the lightest shade of taupe possible so it would get confused with white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is an Indian wedding in NJ and requested colors are taupe and gray. She wants to stand out in a crowd dressed in drab.

This is one of the rudest requests I've ever heard. How many people own taupe or gray dresses other than workwear??? I would wear anything I wanted with a trench coat over it and park myself at the bar.

I own a gray work dress so I would wear that with metallic heels and clutch to dress it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d wear the lightest shade of taupe possible so it would get confused with white.

If it's an Indian wedding, the bride is most definitely not wearing white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is an Indian wedding in NJ and requested colors are taupe and gray. She wants to stand out in a crowd dressed in drab.

This is such a rude request I would go out of my way to find something totally glam in a sari or lehenga and deliberately stick it to the bride.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is an Indian wedding in NJ and requested colors are taupe and gray. She wants to stand out in a crowd dressed in drab.

This is such a rude request I would go out of my way to find something totally glam in a sari or lehenga and deliberately stick it to the bride.

I see no point in being rude or annoying.

[Anonymous]

As most people order their traditional Indian attire online from Indian designers, not everyone has festive dresses hanging in their closet in all random colors. If she asked for common colors like red, green, yellow, pink or blue, most people would’ve those handy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d wear beige.

I'd go nude, I mean, wear nude.

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Anonymous wrote:It is becoming a big thing to have dress codes at weddings. There are wedding subreddits on Reddit and it is very common now.

Can confirm. I have a few wedding subreddits in my feed (likely because i've googled something like "why are weddings so dumb today" then gotten sucked into reddit responses). And there are so many discussions about wedding guest colors. There may even be a subreddit dedicated to wedding dress codes.

Also, lots of subreddits on destination weddings.

These poor women are in such an echo chamber (it is the internet after all) where they really are just hearing all positive feedback from other brides equally in the thick of things. So no one is telling them reality. You've got a thousand starry eyes 26 year old idiot young ladies who are each telling other that these weddings ideas are amazing. Someone will post something like "I was going to have a "Peacocks in Winter in Sicily" dress theme, but my sister in law told me that everyone is too confused and no one likes the idea. Have any of you heard anything about people not liking this kind of dress code? Do you think i should reconsider??" and then like 100 responses "no way! That's an amazing dress code! I am doing "Black tie business casual pink and blue blast" theme, and all my guests have told me they're so excited to buy clothes on point for our destination wedding on a wednesday in Christchurch NZ!" or "i did the same theme, and everyone loved it! I didn't hear any negative feedback!"

People post their dress code wording for feedback, and no sh*t the descriptions are often a paragraph long.

I saw a recent one that was something about dressy casual beach something or other, and it went on to say "What does this look like? Well, for the ladies it means XYZ, and for the men it means a tan suit". That one must have tagged outside the algorithm because a bunch of non-wedding people responded that if a dude had to buy a new suit, in an unflattering color to boot, they'd decline.

[Anonymous]

I googled too, about this latest trend. Brides doing this are showing color palettes with 3-15 color choices on their wedding website.

One couple requested guests wear black and grey and if they didn't, they planned on photoshopping the bright outfits to grey scale for the printed pictures.

Ooh, the last one below offers a prize to the best dressed guest!

This is just insanity! But it's hilarious to read about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I googled too, about this latest trend. Brides doing this are showing color palettes with 3-15 color choices on their wedding website.

One couple requested guests wear black and grey and if they didn't, they planned on photoshopping the bright outfits to grey scale for the printed pictures.

Ooh, the last one below offers a prize to the best dressed guest!

This is just insanity! But it's hilarious to read about.

Jesus Christ.

[Anonymous]

There is a prize? Is this a wedding or a festival? Fun idea though.

[Anonymous]

I’m trying to picture a room full of people in taupe and gray, and it looks like a creepy cult in my head.