Guests who wear white or ivory to a wedding. Poor etiquette or is it perfectly fine?

It used to be no white/ivory/black, but that has all gone out the window. I really don't care what people wear so long as they aren't naked.

FH called me Bridezilla for this, but I will be super irritated if someone else wears a white dress. lol I wouldn't say anything to them about it, but I would definitely remember.

Ideally I don't think people should, but a lot of times they wear it with black jackets, things like that. so it's not like they look like a bride.

for the most part, I don't think it's anything to get in a tizzy about and I don't think most people even notice.

only case where it made my Jaw drop was at my cousins wedding. the mother of the groom wore a white floor length white gown with a beaded bodice. all that woman needed was a veil and could have easily been mistaken for a bride if you didn't know- I thought that was a poor choice, but I don't think my cousin hardly noticed anyway.

it's just one of those things that aren't worth worrying about-

I was the guest that wore white to a wedding. I was young (in my early teens) and didn't know any better. If I remember right, that was the only wedding appropriate thing in my wardrobe at the time- it was a short white dress that I wore with a yellow cardigan. My younger cousin wore a long white dress as well (one of those American girl dresses). My others cousins gave us so much crap for wearing white. I still think it was NBD because clearly we weren't the ones getting married and if our parents had thought it was a problem, they would have told us to wear something else.

That being said, as a grown woman I would do everything in my power not to wear white to a wedding- that is the bride's color. I also try to be considerate enough to not wear the color the bridesmaids are wearing whenever possible. One of my go-to dresses to wear to weddings now is an off white color/tanish with a big red rose print so as long as its a print, you're probably fine. Let the bride and bridesmaids stand out as much as possible. Is it rude to wear white- probably not, but I do think there are better options and save your white dress for another occasion- a baby shower or christening or something of that nature.

I wouldn't be happy about it, but I wouldn't make it a big deal.

I arrived at a home to officiate a small wedding. Out comes a young woman in a short white beaded cocktail dress. I said, "You must be the bride!" She looked confused and said, "No, I'm her sister." Then I looked confused!

I understand that some people don't find it to be a big deal... but i do. my opinion is that's it's bad etiquette and pretty tacky. i'll be upset if someone wears white or a shade of it to my wedding. obviously, i won't let it ruin my day but it will be something i'll remember for a long time.

I went to a wedding in the fall where a guest was wearing a ivory lace cocktail dress. i would have been furious if i was the bride, especially since it was the grooms neighbor (who they were really close with). i never think a guest should wear white to a wedding.

Bad etiquette? Yes. Will guests be confused who the bride is? No. Therefore, in my opinion, it doesn't matter.