Woman asks the internet to help her with wedding outfit dilemma

"Is this dress too white to wear to a wedding?"

You've probably heard the above style dilemma more than a few times because upstaging the bride isn't the done thing. However, I must point out that this usually applies to dresses that are actually white and not patterned as the dress in this piece is. This Reddit user was obviously being overly cautious about her choice of outfit and for that, she can only be commended. Taking to the website, she asked people if the dress pictured below was appropriate for a wedding and she got a number of varying responses. Spotted on Mail Online, many were of the opinion that the outfit, available to purchase on Modcloth, was grand as it was patterned and therefore not too white.

"I think it's fine. There is still a lot of color and the pattern is very busy. Very cute for a summer/spring wedding. "That's a floral dress, not a white dress. I think you're totally fine with that. However, at every wedding I've been to in the last two years, someone has shown up in an entirely white/ivory dress/outfit. I don't mean a patterned dress, I mean a purely white outfit. It always seems incredibly rude to me".

However, some responses had a different approach and said that if you have to ask, the outfit is probably the wrong choice.

"I always say if you have to ask then yes its too short, too white, too tight, etc".

"I agree, if you have to ask if it's okay, it's not. Better safe than to be, "that person who wore white to my wedding".

Interestingly, a couple of people were unimpressed by the idea that you should avoid cream/white/ivory/similar shades so as not to annoy the bride. One person wrote:

"Not at all. This whole "no white, not even a thread" thing is so out of hand. Its like people are inventing shit to get upset about. It's really silly. That dress is appropriate unless the event is black tie".

Another said:

"I agree. I once wore cream color short sheath with giant yellow flowers on it and I know if I posted it, I'd get crucified. "It's expanded from "no white" to "avoid cream, champagne, blush, white, off-white, patterns with white, black and white..." and so on. Brides need to take a chill pill if they're giving a dress like this side-eye all night, sorry".

What do you think about this dress? If you have any wedding style tales to share, drop me a line at cathy.donohue@her.ie