Hi!
I will be the guest of my boyfriend to a June outdoor wedding held upstate in June. The invitation says the attire is garden formal with hats encouraged. I'm ok with the hat idea. In fact, I'm kinda excited. But the dress situation is freaking me out. I am "that girl" who only wears black.
What the hell does a girl like me wear to a wedding advertising "lawn games" after the catholic ceremony?? I'm not opposed to floral or lace for a wedding, but I dont have the slightest idea where to begin.
Please please help.
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GARDEN FORMAL? WITH LAWN GAMES??
Jesus H.
I think you should wear this Cynthia Vincent (so Stealing Beauty, right?) with a wrap to throw around your shoulders inside the church, and a wide brim hat by my friend Gladys Tamez.
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Great, great suggestion ESB. I was obsessed with Stealing Beauty as a middle school girl.
ReplyDeletenailed it. i want to go to a fancy garden party just so i could wear this look.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a better suggestion, but I really hate that dress - it mirrors the dress my mother wore to my First Communion...
ReplyDeletefer realz. ugly.
DeleteGarden formal=casual semi-formal. It basically means, just because we're playing lawn games doesn't mean this isn't a wedding. So, I think that dress might be a wee fancy?
ReplyDeletei think shoulders are a-ok in a catholic church, especially in a dress that gorg. nailed it, esb.
ReplyDeleteShoulders are actually not okay in a Catholic Church. Definitely have a wrap or cardigan with that dress.
DeleteIt's weird. I've always heard that shoulders aren't okay in a Catholic church, but the last Catholic weddings I attended, the bride and all her attendants had bare shoulders. Soooooo....I don't really know what to make of that.
DeleteActually, this goes for the last TWO Catholic weddings I've attended.
Deletethey've been alright in any church service/wedding my both roman & irish catholic extended family has drug us through.
Delete*shrug* ....a gesture- not a suggestion ;)
yeahhhhhhhhhhh only my grandmom would say they're not okay in church anymore....
DeleteI think it varies a lot from church to church. Technically it is frowned upon, I would play it safe and have a cardigan/wrap on hand. However I think at weddings, where many of the guests are not Catholics, they are more lenient.
DeleteThey're not going to excommunicate you, but people will be tut-tutting behind your back. Besides, isn't it better to err on the side of being respectful?
Deletei dunno- weighing in as a catholic, i think our policy is act first, do some hail mary's later & you're GOOD!
DeleteAre you going to this wedding?
ReplyDeleteThis dress is similar but reads a little more modern to me. Still wide brim hat, but you probably dont need a shawl if it's warm. I'm not sure if it's dressy enough, but probably a lot of people will be pretty confused about what to wear with that direction, so there will almost definitely be a variety of levels of dressed up-ness in the crowd.
ReplyDeleteThat one looks like lingerie to me...
DeleteLove it. Except the price. Because this was going to be my (almost exact) question to esb, except I'm a broke grad student scraping together the money for the plane ticket - anyone have any budget thoughts?
ReplyDeleteHow about this ? But on second thought, I'm thinking it's too short.
DeleteI also like this one which isn't floral per se, but still seems like it would work.
Too literal?
Thanks! Great choices - love the second one.
DeleteI NEED THAT HAT ESB. for my trip to mexico next week. can you make it happen?
ReplyDeleteYOU can make it happen. Call her.
DeleteThis is pretty much the dress code for all English weddings at the moment - which means the UK high street is usually awash with affordable girly, florally, floaty, summery, boho-y crap. Try Warehouse, Oasis or ASOS, Martha? They all deliver to the US.
ReplyDeleteThis little Band of Outsiders number (on clearance!) could be cute, with a fun hat, and some cheerful shoes. Too morbid?
ReplyDeleteThis one is ON THE MONEY.
ReplyDeleteStupid question... How do you hyperlink? I know how to do it in Word and Gmail, but can't seem to do it here. I want to post something but don't want it to be a giant comment! Help anyone?
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