New Loud Sari Fabric skirt and how rude is it to wear white to a wedding??

[Gierma]

I made this skirt. I'ts rather loud. I rarely wear prints, or embroidered stuff so it's really a new thing for me to wear.

Anyway, I was going to wear it to a wedding. Just realising that I would have to wear a white top, otherwise I think it would be to much colour for me.

So...hence the question. I know the rules for what you can wear as a guest to a wedding is differetnt in different countries. I'm attending a wedding in australia, my boyfriend says you can wear a white top.
Whereas where I'm from you would not wear any white, at all, under any circumstance. Nor would you wear black ( it means wishing bad luck and horrible things to the couple) or red (it's hinting that you've slept with the groom).


So, 1 please feedback on the skirt. Is it wearable, 2. can you wear with a white top to a wedding??

skirt:



close up of fab fabric:



thanks//Maria

[hayz]

u can wear it with a white top
just never wear all white (ie white dress) to a wedding...its just wrong.
unless ur the bride of course!

[jz lyk D]

um..this may sound daft, but i actually read "new loud SAFARI fabric skirt...." and expected some leapord prints..haha.. 

maybe if youre a little concious of wearing a white top, you could go with baby blue?

[Ayn]

Hi Gierma -- from what I can see of you in that pic I'll tell you this -- you're so pretty that *I* would not not want you to wear THAT to MY weddding .... nope you'd have to jump into a big full-length heavy bag (any color) & tie it up real tight over your head .... lolol ......

no no but seriously now , you didn't ask about the style only the color ... but I did want to mention something ...

Is the top in the picture the one you plan to wear with the skirt?  Is it a tube top? or is what you plan to wear that revealing?

If so --- well truly I can't speak for Australia since I'm American (USA that is) --- but in many places here an outfit like that miiight possibly be considered much too casual for most church weddings, especially the formal/ traditional kind.
At most of the casual daytime / outdoor type weddings I've ever been to though, I think it would be fine [[again that's just here, honestly wouldn't know about Australia]].

As for wedding-guest colors, those "implications" you mentioned about wearing red or black where you come from were just wonderful!!
What would be the meaning or implication if a wedding guest wore white, though?
[[[ and where 'are' you from, if you don't mind my asking? ]]]

When I was young -- which admittedly was a long time ago -- in most areas of the US any female guest wearing red, black, or white to a wedding would probably have been turned away at the door.

White was considered some sort of attempt to 'compete' with the bride (all brides simply 'had' to wear white, unless it was not the woman's first marriage) ....
Red was considered too loud, like a bid for attention (distracting from the bride who was supposed to be the center of attention) ...
And black was considered much too grim, since back then it was 'the' major accepted funeral-guest color.

Well these days the "brides themselves" are quite often wearing black or red instead of white ... so who cares *what* color the "mere guests" wear ... lolol!

[ViolinRomance]

I would suggest maybe some sort of long-sleeved button-up top/blouse. In white. I'm in Australia and I dont see anything wrong with this.. although I'm not overly exposed to the whole wedding scene. I don't think that you should wear blue with it.. that would be too much. The only other colour i could suggest you wear it with is gold.. but that seems fairly.. ostentatious 

I think a nice white top and heels would make you look just formal enough in a sassy kinda way

Oh, and a cool hat of some kind.. like 50's style that you would wear to the races.. white with a blue band and white feathers! (hehe sorry)


It's a beautiful skirt by-the-way, very pretty material.. I would wear it

um..this may sound daft, but i actually read "new loud SAFARI fabric skirt...." and expected some leapord prints..haha..

(although i too did a double take sari/safari... i think its because people ie; me, tend to not read complete words all the time, and the F in fabric threw me off!)

[EmilyFlew]

I think in general the rules around what you can wear to a wedding are getting pretty loose. I was at a very traditional afternoon church wedding recently and at least half the people there were wearing black. Shocking! I figure as long as you're at the right level of casualness/formality color doesn't matter too much anymore. Wear the skirt and a pretty top! Lovely!

[pamplemousse]

I really love your skirt and I think you should wear it with pride. When my boyfriend was in high school he annoyed his cousin by wearing "dressy" jeans to her wedding. I don't think his family even remembers that anymore because it was such a fun day. Your white top is cute with the skirt and if you and your boyfriend like it, go ahead and wear it!

[Gierma]

Thanks for all the nice commments

Ayn: I was planning to wear a more pretty top, more formal, sort of a camisole silky type of top. Of course not showing my tummy ( I would not think would be the "done thing" to wear to a wedding, and I hate showing tummy) and probably some type of shrug/cardigan/schal thingi for the actual ceremony. And heels.

The actual ceremony is to be set in the rainforest, so it's not a church and therefore I think slightly less formal.

I'm from Sweden by the way, and I think it's funny when I go to weddings where in the UK ( where I live now) and people where black. I would just not be accepted in my family/area/culture. Not even as a accent colour, if my friends would where a black bag or something if I was getting married my Nan would chase out of the church I think :-) she is feisty lady :-).

[booglass]

I love the skirt and think it is appropriate for wedding guest wear.  I would suggest considering something aside from a white shirt.  I can understand your reluctance to color BUT a soft complimentary color could really make this outfi.............t he first think I would suggest is a metallic shoe.  A flat gold sandal would look amazing espeically if you were to wear a fitted tunic top.  You could make it in a sheer-ish turquiose or tan-ish fabric.  

You could wear heels to, in which case I would wear a simple fitted tee or sweater but again I would go with the same colors for a top.  

But those are just suggestions.  Whatever you choose have a great time!

[thebink]

first of all, i too read the word SAFARI and was expecting some hideous lion/jeep/giraffe print. 

secondly, that skirt is gorgeous.  i love the fabric and it looks really good on you.

finally, i definitely think that you can get away with wearing that to a wedding - no problem.  it's all about how you carry yourself.  if it's afternoon/springish wedding, the rules are looser anyways...

awesome job,
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