‘The cutouts show too much skin for a wedding,’ people say guest’s $200 black tie dress ‘has stripper vibes’
A WEDDING guest shared the dress she was thinking of wearing on Reddit.
She received backlash thanks to several cutouts that some felt were too revealing for a black tie ceremony.
Posting to the Reddit group in which people ask approval for their wedding attire, a woman shared photos of her options.
She revealed that the Dillard’s dress, which comes in several different colors, costs $200 – so she wanted to be sure it was right before swiping her card.
The colors she tried included light blue, tan, black, and yellow.
“The bride put on her website that she’d love for the ladies to wear spring colors, but it wasn’t required,” she explained in the post.
Still, she didn’t know if that was the right choice for her.
“I’m apprehensive about spending $200 on a dress I can only wear one season, so I’m leaning towards black, but I wanted to see what y’all thought.”
The dress was floor length, featured spaghetti straps at the top and ruffles on the skirt, and had two cutouts in her midriff area.
That last bit is another aspect she was worried about.
“Are the cutouts too much for black tie? Thanks everyone!”
She noted that the venue is a clubhouse set inside a retirement community by a lake, and that there would be a wide age range of guests.
Most viewers thought she should ditch the look.
“The cutouts are too much skin for a wedding, but it is a nice dress,” one wrote, with another echoing, “I don’t think it’s 100% appropriate for a clubhouse with the cut outs.”
A third said it reminded them of “stripper vibes,” and another said it would give the “old geezers at the retirement homes a heart attack.”
One reader, however, said the guest can make it work: “This is gorgeous on you… I don’t think it’s too much for a wedding, especially if you can accessorize with a silk pashmina or something like that, and stick with relatively simple heels and jewelry.”