07 June 2012

Personal Shopper: Informal/Casual Wedding Dress Code

As I said last yesterday, I've pre-scheduled some posts for while I'm visiting the Netherlands this week into next. While I'm gone, I decided to tackle many of the personal shopper questions I get, specifically about weddings.

Wedding dress codes confuse many people. What is the difference between formal and cocktail? What about white tie and black tie? And honestly, does it really matter anymore? 

In my opinion, the answer to that last question is not really, but it's a good idea to stick to the guidelines nonetheless. So we're going to start out casual and lead up to super fancy-pants, m'kay? Today, I'm going to put together a look that a guest can wear to a casual or informal wedding, maybe a daytime barn wedding, a beach affair, or something in someone's backyard.

I'd stay away from t-shirt dresses, denim dresses, overly-professional dresses and anything too revealing, but other than that, any festive-yet-casual dress will be just perfect. I paired this one with wedges, because I'm picturing a garden wedding in my head, but heels are fine, too.

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Dress $65 // Shoes $45 // Clutch $30 // Earrings $6 // Ring $4