Bride left furious after sister-in-law wears 'wedding dress' to her big day
Taking to the popular Reddit forum Wedding Shaming', an outraged guest shared photos of the woman in question, revealing a white, floor-length gown with floral detailing.
Looking uncomfortably like a bride, the rebellious attendee claimed she was wearing a sage green dress in accordance with the dress code, which was 'pastel chic'.
But the disgruntled bride was not happy, especially as her mother-in-law had already put in a request to wear white, which was denied.
The poster wrote: 'The dress code was summer pastel chic, so think Easter colours.
'The girlfriend of the groom's brother wore a sage green (wedding) dress that in no way, shape or form appeared to be sage green, or any other colour.
'The veil she's carrying was the flower girl's (her daughter). This was after the mother-in-law had asked the bride if she could wear a white jumpsuit to the wedding, to which the bride obviously said no.'
Aside from the colour, the design of the dress appeared obviously bridal - complete with off-the-shoulder sleeves and a romantic, figure-hugging silhouette.
To further undermine the claim that the dress was 'sage green', the sister-in-law is pictured wearing sage green shoes, with which the white dress starkly contrasts.
The post racked up thousands of comments and sparked a fiery debate, with many shocked on behalf of the bride.
One commenter wrote, simply: 'Wow, that's very bridal,' to which another incredulous user responded: 'Yeah this is straight up a wedding dress.'
Another comment dished out some seemingly obvious wedding guest advice, writing: 'To be safe, you should never wear any white dress to a wedding that is not yours.
'That being said, not all white dresses are wedding dresses. This is absolutely a wedding dress.'
At first glance, the images tripped many commenters up before they realised what they were looking at. One said: 'I was like "Cool, so what does the sister-in-law look like?"'
Another chimed in: 'Exactly what I was going to say. The poster clearly included pictures of the actual bride for comparison then forgot to add pictures of the offending sister-in-law… nope.'
A third felt the same, saying: 'My thought before I read the title was, "wow what a beautiful detail shot of the bride and the tablescape"... some people are insane.'
Although the rule of avoiding white on someone else's special day seems obvious enough, it is often broken.
'To be safer, as a bride, bring a paintball gun to your wedding,' advised one person. 'No white dresses but the bride.
'This policy will be enforced by the bride via paintball gun. If you do not wish to be painted, please do not wear a fresh white canvas.'
Some eagle-eyed followers were quick to spot the difference between the sage green shoes and the supposedly green dress.
'I like how her SHOE was sage green,' said one. 'Like, she had a perfect example of what the color is supposed to look like.
'Instead she went about as white as you can go on the color wheel. Wtf. Who thinks this is appropriate?'
A second joked: 'The dress looks like the smell of the color sage from another room.'
While holding the flower girl's veil, the sister-in-law's nuptial look goes even further.
The poster wrote: 'The flower girl is her daughter, but as a cherry on top: the daughter was also the ring bearer and was too nervous to walk down the aisle so guess who walked down with her? Mommy dearest.'
The majority of commenters could not believe the 'insane' decision to wear 'a full on wedding gown,' but others sided with the guest.
'"Summer Pastel chic" is simply asking for trouble,' wrote one.
'Honestly yes,' another agreed. 'So many pastels photograph white or look white under some lighting.'
A third shared their own story, writing: 'I wore a bright yellow floaty pleated dress with a belt to a friend's wedding. It was so clearly bright yellow, I thought it was a safe choice. Nope!
'A lot of the evening photos were black and white. My dress looked like a wedding dress.'
While the memo could be to blame, the comment section is unanimous in their belief that there is no lighting that could redeem the sister-in-law's poor outfit choice.
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