HELP!

[kmazzy]

ok, what is everyone (who is going) wearing to Chris & Ash's wedding?

how formal is it? how do we balance formal wedding with ceilidh? suits? shirt and trousers? dress? skirt and top? jeans and hiking boots? :)

argh? i have no idea what to wear!!

Comments

[randomchris]

Any of the above apart from jeans and hiking boots will be fine for the wedding. For the ceilidh, the dress code is "whatever you'll enjoy dancing in" - that could include jeans and hiking boots, though you might feel a little out of place.

If in doubt, consider whether it would shock elderly relatives: if so, don't wear it. But neither of our families are at all posh or image-conscious.

[kmazzy]

it is so hard to get the balance between wedding formal and suitable for ceilidh. we don't want to be doing a clothing change - although some people might be doing that i guess.

hmmmm. effort! all my wedding outfits are summery ones and i would not want to be walking round edinburgh in march in them!!

oh i am so excited! i can't wait to see you both. it will be top cool.

[stsquad]

Depends on how long the day is? I usually go for a clothes change at weddings 'cause I can't stay in a suit for that long and I like drunken dancing at receptions ;-)

[kmazzy]

hmmm. but then you have to CARRY EXTRA CLOTHES.

and that = effort. and drunken likelihood of forgetting to take your smart clothes home with you. (since reception is right after the wedding in this case.)

[cimness]

(who is going)

seems unnecessarily discriminatory to me!

i was going to wear cat fur-covered sweatpants and stay here.

[kmazzy]

ok, well different question for you. what kind of thing do you think i should wear? be as extravagant as you like!

[cimness]

a men's oxford shirt and a tie. with, um, i don't know. a knee-length skirt?

[kmazzy]

mmmmm purple.

i am mainly having problems with the thing to wear on the top half.

[libellum]

I'm probably going to get changed before the ceilidh. At the very least I'll be taking my corset off, and I'll probably change my skirt as well.

[kmazzy]

hmmm. you are less lazy than me then!

i am irky cos the skirt i was going to wear i put on last night and found it had burn holes in from LARP. but i doubt anyone would see unless they were specifically looking... but hmmmm.

effort!!!

[taimatsu]

I am trying to avoid wearing black and so far failing. I will be weaing only one outfit, which I'll try to make suitable for both the wedding and the dance. I will definitely be weaing flat black pumps with straps (good for dancing and fairly smart). I have completely failed to find a skirt that is full enough to suit my taste without being tiered (which is a currently trendy style but would look BAD on me) so I am about to go and make a circle skirt, mostly out of the crimson muslin base tunic I wore for my Roman outfit (the thing I stripped down to for curling on the bed!). With it I will wear either beige or red vest-top and brown beaded cardigan, or black top and long black velvet jacket.

This may all go horribly wrong, in which case it's the dustbin bag with holes in.

[kmazzy]

i want to do one outfit if i can get away with it. it's such a shame my big full skirt has burn holes. grrr. shoes are going to be a problem i think. oh the pain.

ps, i hope my email didn't offend you or something...