Guest wears white wedding dress

Nothing. IMO it's not really a big deal, everyone knows who the bride is.

I wouldn't say a word.

Why would I let a guest(whom I don't even know) upset me on my wedding day?

There are worse things to be upset about.

I truly and honestly wouldn’t care. If it were a legit wedding gown they would look a little crazy, but that’s on them not me. Other than that, it’s just a color

I honestly do not care what anyone wears as long as they are comfortable. I understand I can't control attire and am leaving it at that. I also do believe there is much that would take away from all eyes on the bride either.

Wait the guest wore an actual wedding dress? That's a little insane if so - white or not.

I personally would be a little annoyed if someone wore white because its bad etiquette but I wouldn't let it ruin my day. No one is going to mistake someone in a white sun dress for the bride.

I'd think she's a rude witch, but I wouldn't do anything. I'd also be pretty sure that most other guests are looking at her and saying, "what the heck?".

What did it look like? How did you know it was a wedding dress? That bit is strange but just someone wearing white wouldn't bother me.

My niece keeps telling me she is going to wear her prom dress!! I keep telling her she better have a change of clothes in the car If she wants to come back in after she's escorted out.

I honestly think it’s such an outdated rule. I wouldn’t do it, because I wouldn’t want to upset anyone, but it seems silly to reserve a whole color.

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Agreed. So many brides don't even wear white these days. So silly to me.

My dress is champagne so if another guest wore white, it honestly wouldn't bother me. Now if she was in an actual wedding gown, I'd probably be thinking wtf.... but not a big enough deal for me to lose my mind over. They are the ones that look silly lol.

Dating back to the "known by all" rule - I still perceive it to be pretty rude. I'd ignore it, however, and let them get all the dirty looks lol

I'd probably side-eye but there's really nothing you can do. The petty in me would laugh because probably some guest will say something and you don't have to be the bad guy. If she was truly just a +1, it's not like she'll even be in the pictures, so just let it go.

While it's a really awful breach of etiquette, there's not really something you can or should "do" in this situation - just as it was rude for her to wear a white dress, it'd also be rude to act anything less than a gracious hostess in light of a guest's faux-pas. I'm sure someone else at the wedding would say something to her - let her be embarrassed by her own mistake, but don't lash out, just focus on the fact that you're the main attraction, not her!

I will offer this story - while I don't think I'd ever make this mistake at a wedding, to this day I'm mortified about something I accidentally did. My sister's bridal shower was in the summer, and the dress I had been planning to wear got ruined about 5 minutes before it was time to leave, and I still had to round up a few last-minute items we needed for games and such. I threw on the one weather-appropriate dress that was in arms reach, and sprinted downstairs. It wasn't until I got to the restaurant and another bridesmaid said "um...a white dress?" that I realized my mistake. I offered to go home and change, but would've missed half the shower I was supposed to be running, and my sister said it was fine as she was wearing blue anyway. But I still felt like a huge jerk and still cringe at the pictures.

So long story short, accidents can happen to the best of us, and it may have been a similar mistake; maybe the date was asked to go at the last minute and had trouble finding a dress and just didn't think. I don't think many girls would want to suffer the humiliation of making this etiquette blunder on purpose, and unless she's the type that really meant to steal the spotlight and was being really obvious, I wouldn't try to confront her or draw attention to the issue.

View Quoted Comment It looks like most lace wedding gowns! It was stunning! It wasn’t a mermaid or trumpet, just straight down, but it is like many lace gowns I’ve seen brides wear as a wedding planner. I can’t figure out how to post a damn picture! This website has changed.

I'm surprised how many people wouldn't be bothered by this
So my unpopular opinion
I would definitely be bothered by it, it's rude, and they know it. How could someone seriously think that's Ok? Id probably have someone ask them to leave they can come back when shes dressed appropriately.

Honestly we don't know what we would do. But I hope I wouldn't let it bother me or ruin my wedding. But that person is very rude.

I wore this dress to my brother’s wedding in Bermuda. No one said anything to me about it, then again it’s not straight white.

I honestly probably wouldn’t care.

I would be annoyed but probably wouldn’t say anything.

I would not care - and my dress is white with lace on top! But I would be like - whatever. I am sure I have a few friends and relatives who would say "What were you thinking?"