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Is it still considered a faux pas to wear black to a wedding, or is that chic these days?

The wedding in question is a Vietnamese banquet-type deal, in LA (if that matters). This weekend, though I hadn't gotten around to thinking about what I'd wear until yesterday evening. The dress is a lovely halter top dealy. Does it help if I add a pretty colored shawl?

I suppose I could wear the royal blue cheongsam from laura_md and cybersattva's wedding as well, but am looking for something I can avoid having to iron after a flight.

Or internets, tell me what I should wear.

Date: 2008-01-04 02:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sanj.livejournal.com
If it's an evening event (and it sounds like it is if you're considering your cheongsam), your Little Black Dress is totally, totally appropriate.

Shoes: wear strappy sandals, if you have them. Red pumps would also be fine, or very impractical black ones. Eschew stockings if weather and the state of your leg hair permit.

A lovely colored shawl would be very good, or sparkly jewelry. Lipstick, if you stretch to such an extreme.

Basically, look like you plan to have fun, and the black will be elegant and awesome rather than funereal.

Date: 2008-01-04 11:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rissymonster.livejournal.com
Yar. I'm switching over to the BCBG wrap dress, which is also black, but with a pattern, and is the most easily packable dress I own, which is good for the small bag carry-on-only flying style.

Strappy black peekaboo toe sandals (with a slight heel, no less!) are a go, as is lipstick. My shawl is a little less than exciting, but should do, and I might see if I can pick up a little costume jewelry on the way out of here.

Now, if the rains will let up long enough for me to fly out of here, we should be more or less set. Thanks, fashion maven!

Date: 2008-01-04 02:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bobsquatch.livejournal.com
I read: but am looking for something I can avoid having to iron after a fight.

Which, I suppose, would be appropriate for a shindig with an asskicking bride.

Have fun!

Date: 2008-01-04 03:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ellinor.livejournal.com
I try to avoid all-black, but only out of paranoia, rather than a belief that it's actually a faux pas. And with a pretty colored shawl I think there is no problem.

Date: 2008-01-04 02:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cybersattva.livejournal.com
I've seen lots of ladies in black at evening weddings/receptions these days (where "these days" was 3-4 years ago (!!!)), so I think the faux pas is a thing of the past. But you know better than to listen to anything I say with regard to the wide world of fashion, right?

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