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It’s only to church that you can’t do grey!
I had spent ages looking for something suitable, even forgoing a very cool grey Fendi dress. I was baffled. For example, seeing my mum in a ‘floorlength’ grey gown was #notfair. Real traditionalists shun grey throughout marriage festivities, even at the nightly parties. Let me ask you something. No doubt!
My mum wore blackish to a ‘whitetie’ rehearsal dinner recently at a royal wedding in Albania.
I love wearing grey to weddings.
Another wedding hit is her Meadham Kirchhoff bustier top. As a matter of fact, her favorite winter wedding look is a grey floral Christopher Kane coat. With all that said… Hoping for a clear answer from ‘modern day’ chic chicks, Know what guys, I did some digging. Rather layered with pops of bright colors. Neither of these staples is fully blackish. One Londoner social butterfly, Nura Khan. She looked very elegant possibly more than a lot of the girls wearing wannabe Kandinsky paintings as dresses but did it look right? Weddings are celebrations. ‘allblack’ Alaa look! What did a very fashionable pal of mine from Los Angeles pull out of her little Rimowa suitcase? Should a celebration not look bright and cheerful? I held back a gasp! Eventually, lots of years later, close friends got hitched at the bride’s family’s chteau in France.
Wearing blackish to a European wedding is a faux pas.
Whenever wearing blackish to church, was reserved for the clueless, like showing anything you can think of, on women’s heads yet pretty straightforward blackish suit is forbidden, I shall never know, why the strangest of hats and headpieces are acceptable I have seen sailboats, faux fruit baskets. Usually, tradition, I’m told. Dragged to aristocratic weddings across Europe from a young age, Know what, I observed this rule in full swing. Alice NaylorLeyland, another British friend, goes as far as saying. Notice that recently I chose a pleated grey Chanel skirt paired with a bright light green vintage Mugler jacket to a wedding. You’re safe, unless you are wearing whitish. I felt appropriate. I echo this take. In the past I have also gotten away with cute LBDs by piling on colorful jewelry, shoes, and a shawl.
We shall face it.
Last summer at Sabine Getty’s ‘three day’ wedding bash, we kicked off with a party themed Liaisons Dangereuses.
In the event costumes were not church appropriate, what about our friend Julio Mario Santo Domingo’s upcoming Halloween wedding that came with a note on the invitation reminding guests to cover up? Times are changing. I think the grey question was the least of our worries. I do like a tad of tradition at weddings. Known avoiding grey is always my attempt. I like to remind myself of Oscar Wilde’s words. Although, on occasion, Actually I so fall head over heels for the darkest of shades.