{"id":1243926,"date":"2022-11-04T15:13:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T15:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/04\/absolutely-not-what-not-to-wear-to-a-wedding-as-a-guest\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T15:13:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T15:13:43","slug":"absolutely-not-what-not-to-wear-to-a-wedding-as-a-guest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/04\/absolutely-not-what-not-to-wear-to-a-wedding-as-a-guest\/","title":{"rendered":"Absolutely not! What not to wear to a wedding as a guest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/650ddb8f-98d2-5dc1-a0c3-6b9584a6c2e5&amp;operation=CROP&amp;offset=0x154&amp;resize=1920x1080\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"\/><\/p>\n<p>November through March is considered peak wedding season.<\/p>\n<p>The sun is out, which means the bridal couple can have pretty much any type of wedding they want.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s a casual beach wedding, a sunset soir\u00e9e or lunch in a vineyard, they certainly have far more options than in winter.<\/p>\n<p>Great for bride and groom, but often wedding guests are left struggling to find the perfect outfits.<\/p>\n<p>While most couples are quite specific about dress code, be it casual, formal or black tie, there are others who leave it up to the guests.<\/p>\n<p>However, this doesn\u2019t mean that you as a guest can wear anything you want.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a guide to what you CANNOT wear to a wedding.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-0872c64eb6676afdcbbb4c0cc2ce4187\">Never wear all white<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This should be an unwritten rule and a no-brainer but it seems some people still don\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n<p>You simply don\u2019t wear all-white to a wedding.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the bride\u2019s day. She wears white. Not you.<\/p>\n<p>Now of course there are exceptions. There are some brides who have a specific wedding theme in mind and would like their guests to wear white. Then and only then are you allowed to.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-b6f699928c8e7731533d831cc6512c84\">Revealing outfits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Granted cut-out dresses, crop tops and thigh-high slits are all the rage right now, but let\u2019s reserve those revealing outfits for the club, dinner dates and nights out with the girls.<\/p>\n<p>A wedding is not the place to let it all hang loose.<\/p>\n<p>Again, the wedding is about the bridal couple. Do not go out of your way to draw too much attention away from them.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"baobab-embedded-image\" src=\"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/resize\/650x65000?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/f2461c44-9d22-532b-a35e-95433c1b1bbf\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\"\/><figcaption>Never wear jeans and T-shirts no matter how casual the wedding is. Picture: Oliver Pa\/ Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-9b4b8cf93245a504dcb66e22b3f01916\">No jeans and T-shirts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a braai! Even if the wedding invitation says casual, it\u2019s never going to be THAT casual.<\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s a beach wedding, don\u2019t you dare think of wearing flip-flops, either.<\/p>\n<p>If there isn\u2019t a dress code specified on the wedding invitation, nothing prevents you from checking with the bride and groom. It might have just been an oversight on their part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/lifestyle\/style-beauty\/fashion\/absolutely-not-what-not-to-wear-to-a-wedding-as-a-guest-3418fa83-5358-4a25-8aca-67f5e33fb032\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November through March is considered peak wedding season. The sun is out, which means the bridal couple can have pretty much any type of wedding they want. Whether it\u2019s a casual beach wedding, a sunset soir\u00e9e or lunch in a vineyard, they certainly have far more options than in winter. Great for bride and groom, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1243926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1243926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1243926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1243926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1243926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}