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Just Said Yes November 2024

Advising guests where to buy clothes to for a stricter dress code?

Anonymous, on November 5, 2023 at 5:08 PM Posted in Wedding Attire 0 8
We are having a black tie/ultra formal autumn wedding. It will be between 100 to 200 people, and won't be having the traditional bridal parties (bridesmaids/groomsen). For our dress code, we ask that everyone wears black tie attire, and shows up dressed in/incorporating our wedding colors which we listed on the wedding website. . .should we also recommend some places that they may be able to find such attire? Or is that just overstepping? Please help lol

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Latest activity by Michelle, on November 7, 2023 at 11:02 PM
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    CM ·
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    If this is real and not pot stirring, please do not commit the faux pas of treating your guests like props as opposed to adults who can and should be allowed to dress themselves. If your wedding is truly a black tie affair, then you'd indicate "Black tie" on your invitations, but that is the extent of it. Beyond that you have absolutely no business telling people what color to wear or where to buy clothes. That's overstepping in a big way.

    The fact that you are not having a bridal party has nothing to do with it.

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    Amy ·
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    Yikes - that is all a big no.

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  • Hanna
    VIP June 2019
    Hanna ·
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    You're already overstepping by asking guests to dress in your wedding colors. Black tie itself is enough of an imposition on guests. Asking guests to also dress in your wedding colors is way over the top and presumptuous. Just say black tie and be done with it.

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  • Cece
    Rockstar October 2023
    Cece ·
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    Hosting a black tie event does not include a specific color(s) of attire for guests. You would simply indicate black tie on the invitation, and guests will take it from there. There should be no mention of specific colors, and certainly no mention of where they should acquire their attire.
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    Rockstar June 2018
    Rae ·
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    Telling people what color to wear is overstepping, telling them wear to shop is beyond overstepping. Simply list "Black Tie" on the invite and let people handle themselves. You can only do this if you are hosting a true black tie wedding with a top shelf open bar, live band, evening ceremony, etc.

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  • LM
    Super December 2022
    LM ·
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    I'm used to black tie events, and receiving a list of expected colors and preferred shops would make me think the host was amateur. You also risk alienating your guests expecting them to buy new clothes to enter your event. Just list black tie and expect adults can dress themselves.

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  • Jacks
    Rockstar November 2054
    Jacks ·
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    “Black tie” and “colour requirements” do not go together. You’re already overstepping.


    If you’re planning a formal wedding I would not specify colour choices.
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  • Michelle
    Rockstar December 2022
    Michelle ·
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    You can ask for black tie attire, but never colors for any dress code unless they are your bridesmaids and groomsmen only. Guests are not props. Guests also are not so unintelligent, because they have been dressing themselves their entire lives, that they cannot figure out where to shop for appropriate clothing.
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