28-06-2025
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- Scottish Sun
My sister wants to wear a Bridgerton-style dress to my wedding – I think it's ‘too white', others say I'm overreacting
'Is she trying to look like she lives in 1800's London?'
AISLE SAY My sister wants to wear a Bridgerton-style dress to my wedding – I think it's 'too white', others say I'm overreacting
YOUR wedding day is meant to be one of the biggest and happiest days of your life.
But things were left up in the air for one bride-to-be after her sister shared the dress she planned on wearing to the celebration.
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The bridesmaid dress looked too white for the bride's liking
Credit: Reddit
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The Bride was concerned by the gown's colour, but Reddit users had other worries
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Posting on Reddit, the bride explained that she had asked the female members of her family to wear blue, so they could collectively be her 'something blue'.
But when her 19-year-old sister wanted to wear a pastel blue dress she wasn't sure what to make of it.
"Am I being a bridezilla for thinking this is too bridal/not on the mark?" She asked fellow Reddit users after showing a picture of the garment.
Although the dress was pale blue, it could easily look white under certain light.
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Not only that, but the dress featured a white strip down the front, which many thought pushed the boundaries.
"I thought this was a wedding dress at first," one person commented on the post.
A second agreed: "It looks more white than blue. I would suggest a better colour, material, and style. The material looks heavy too."
"That's nuts, it's obviously bridal, put your foot down," a third wrote.
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Another comment read: "Is she a Bridgerton? Yeah, I can see why you don't like it is is very pale." And someone replied with a reference to the hit Netflix show: "Scrolled way too far for this haha. Immediately when I saw it, in my head I heard 'DAPHEEEEE, YOU MUST MAKE HASTE!'
Meanwhile, others were more concerned by the style of the dress than the colour, as some slammed the dress as "matronly."
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One joked: "Is she trying to look like she lives in 1800's London?"
"It looks like a set piece from Downton Abbey or Bridgerton," a second slammed.
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"Tell her she can wear that dress on the prairie when she helps John-Boy with the potato crop," someone else chimed in.
But others thought the dress was even worse than that.
"I think it looks like a panty liner, with the absorbent strip down the centre. What an unfortunate dress," one said.
Wedding Guest Outfit Etiquette
If you're struggling to decided on a dress to see you through wedding season, here's a few rules on what not to wear so you don't get in trouble. Folklore says that wearing red at a wedding means you slept with the groom.
Casual attire like jeans and flip flops should always be avoided.
Any colour that could be picked up as white or cream - even if it's not.
Most would agree that your cleavage needs to be covered.
Wearing white is a massive no-no if you're not the bride.
And another thought it looked more like toilet paper as they commented: "I'm sorry but that's the ugliest dress I've ever seen. It looks like crumpled up toilet paper. Tell her no."
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After the responses, the bride decided to confront her sister over the dress, and luckily she agreed to ditch it.
"I told her it would likely photograph super light during the day and offered to pay for another dress she would like to wear," she explained.
The bride was praised for putting her foot down by many of the Reddit users.
One said: "Good for you, it's your day and you shouldn't have to compromise."
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"There are so many better dresses, help her pick something," another suggested.