“I hear wedding bells!!”
Last year I went to my very first wedding. As it was my first one I had no idea what to wear? I have never been a particularly girly girl and therefore haven’t paid much attention to what the dress code is. Luckily I had my sister on hand who said what was appropriate and what wasn’t. I ended up with a beautiful multi-coloured silkish dress from H&M, which came just above the knee. On the day of the wedding I popped the dress on, tried to make my hair wavey, grabbed a large purple bangle and hunted around my parents’ house for some decent shoes. I found a pair of black flip flops. They had little plastic jewels on them so I thought they’d be fancy enough. My sister looked horrified! She and her friends were in grand cocktail dresses with huge heels, sticking boob tape everywhere and glitter on there faces (i’m not a fan of make-up I just wear eyeliner and mascara and that’s only because I’m trying to take the focus from my huge nose!).
I am nearly 5ft 9, my sister and her friends are 5ft 5ish so if i popped on heels I would look like a giant in photos. In fact I’ve never worn heels; my friends are all around that height so I try to avoid looking like a giant. Plus the fact weddings, I heard, were long occasions and for a girl that doesn’t wear heels everyday I thought the whole thing would have been a nightmare! After lots of reasoning I was allowed the flip flops and we all trundled off to the wedding, which was quite fun actually.
This year I have my second wedding. I think I’m getting to the age where I’ll be going to one a year, which is definitely manageable. One of my cousins has 3 weddings in one day…god knows how she’ll do that!
I have found this dress, which may be a little too short and a little too white. I didn’t know that you’re not supposed to wear white until my sister said so. I’ve googled the matter and found that wearing white means you will detract attention away from the bride as she should be the only one in white. The dress, which I have not only just found but now bought, is lace and has a thin silk dress underneath. It has three-quarter length sleeves and falls just a bit above mid-way down my thigh (I have weirdly long thighs?!). I am not that close to the bride, the groom is my cousin, so can’t just pop a message on facebook being like “oh by the way can I wear white to your wedding” and I don’t want to just turn up and upset the bride…how awful would that be!
Belle Crazy Corsage Cross Body Bag (£25.00, Accessorize)
I could and would wear colourful accessories and maybe a coloured jacket and just wait for the bride to get tipsy before I take it off. I asked the cousin, whose wedding it was last year, if I could wear white and she had a feeling that the bride was wearing pink…but no one knows for sure.
Fuchsia Fiber Decoupage Technique Necklace ($30.00, tetabina @ Etsy.com)
The bride told me last week that she had back-up dresses! I am so confused.
Also how short are wedding guests dresses allowed to be?? I thought nobody really cared what people other than the bride and groom looked like and maybe I’m flattering myself thinking that I’d create such a fuss. I’m going to carry on asking around and then maybe pm the bride with a casual message asking if there was anything specific that she didn’t want her guests wearing. I’m guessing if I look clean it’ll be fine.
I bought a dress and it is a bit too fancy to wear whilst just chilling around the streets of Cardiff, so hopefully if all goes well I will wear it and I’ll make myself look like a little hippie with flowers in my hair and maybe a 2-inch heel or something. Oooo how exciting!!
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