Wearing black to a wedding.

AlabamaWorley

Is it okay?

I bought a black maxi dress for a wedding in a couple of weeks, I feel comfortable in it, I usually wear black so I really find it hard to find something I would like to wear!

Any insights?

s8n

looks poor to be honest. I'd go for full length ivory

magentis

can we see a pic of you in it?

jellybear

Black at a wedding wouldn't bother me at all but if it's something you're questioning just accessorise it with colourful shoes, belt, jewellery, bag, fascinator etc

xalot

have often worn black to weddings, would never think twice about it. As another poster mentioned just wear bright accessories if you're worried.

Malari

Wore black to the last wedding I was at, with red accessories. Thinking of wearing another black dress to the next one too. No comments about it!

username123

Why wouldn't you wear black to a wedding?

Any colour bar white/ivory is fine.

Blingy

Have worn black to many a wedding summer and winter. Definitely not a problem.

The_Morrigan

I wore black to my brothers wedding last week and had purple accessories.

dee_mc

Nothing wrong with wearing black to a wedding IMO, although if the outfit was exclusively black I would think it might look a bit austere.

I remember some old lady telling me I looked like I was on my way to a funeral when I wore a black backless dress with diamante straps (with hot pink shoes and bag) to a wedding years ago... I told her I tended to tone things down a wee bit for funerals

Dolbert

The only colours I'd steer clear of would be white or cream. Everything else is fair game IMO

jennyjoy

I haven't been to a wedding in a while and I recently went to one not knowing what I should wear what so ever. I'm into being fashionable and the dress I had was blush and the bridesmaids dresses were coral so I felt that was too similar making me lost at what other dress I should wear without buying anything new. I read a lot on wedding guest attire, time of day/night, and etc. Every fashion magazine and article said black is actually the number 1 choice in color guests SHOULD wear....I was surprised because I would associate black with funerals but I guess it's seen as formal rather than a loud, gaudy color.

So the moral of the long story (lol) is that black is perfectly fine for a wedding, and a maxi dress especially makes it stylish. Just play it up with a nice statement necklace or earrings.

Babooshka

I think black looks very chic at weddings when it is done with the right accessories.

dudara

Black in theory is fine - I'd have to see a picture of the dress itself to give an honest opinion.

AlabamaWorley

Thanks all for the replies.

I am gonna go for the black, I was just hesitant as for some reason some have a problem with it!

Unfortunately unable to upload a pic as I'm a relatively new user. If you google 'Black Maxi Dress Oasis' It's the first option but I took of the skinny brown belt and got a gold one.