hi guys, my friend just bought a dress for a wedding. its white with big turquoise/green flowers all over the dress. its mainly white in a silky material. we went out shopping for shoes yesterday and she bought a pair of white leather peep toe shoes. i know the leather sounds funny with the silky texture of the dress but it doesnt look bad at all. i need to help her find a clutch/bag to go with the dress but she doesnt want white b/c it might be too matchy, matchy. she also doesnt want to spend too much, preferably under fifty and something she can use again. any suggestions...? sorry for the lack of a picture...its not my dress..thanks
Please warn your friend.. One should never wear a WHITE dress to a wedding. You never want to be the girl upstaging the bride. I almost bought a white dress and everyone said that was just NOT ok! I would advise her to return it and get a blue, pink, green, red... any other color besides white! Seriously!
i have to disagree with lollipop -- while i don't think you should wear an all white dress to a wedding, if it's a print with a white background, i think it's okay for the most part. i just depends on the bride -- if one thinks the bride is uber-traditional, then maybe not, but if the bride won't mind, then i would say it's perfectly fine.
i wouldn't care if someone wore white to my wedding, nor would i care if someone wore black. (as long as they look good in it ) i feel that "traditional" etiquitte rules don't apply across the board anymore.
the dress kinda looks like that....but with less flowers, more white and a cross over front and the flowers are more turquoise/light green
ok, see how that dress has olive too? if this other dress does, I would consider that color in a small bag or clutch. I think a bag in turquoise or green would work too, but since I can't really see the dress it's hard to determine what would look best. I mean, what if there's yellow in there - it could be cute to do a yellow clutch to pick that up. I would go to TJ Maxx or Marshalls with the dress in a bag (with her receipt, of course) and see if she can find anything to go with it.
side note: white is a huge trend right now, so white shoes are fairly common. I think the rule about wearing white to a wedding is wearing ALL white - I don't think the rule is absolutely no white in an outfit. A floral pattern with a white field should be fine and non-offensive.
silver could be an interesting choice with it too (this one is leather and marked down to $25):
this clutch is $10 on clearance
-- Edited by detroit at 07:57, 2006-05-12
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