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Since when has it become appropriate to wear black to weddings?

I'm sorry - I may be way out of touch, but I thought it was very poor etiquette for women to wear black to weddings, but seems at every one I've seen in the last few years most of the women are wearing black. Is this inappropriate or am I just old fashioned?

Public Comments

1. Nowadays people just wear whatever they want. Times have changed a lot in 2 generations.
2. it's not good to wear black dress to weddings but nowadays people are doing everything in the name of fashion
3. l personally can not see anything wrong with black. lt always looks fashionable...and with black you can accessorize it with any colour. Plus it is always good to wear what you feel good in.
4. Black is usually the color of funerals, which is why it is rude to wear to weddings. However, it's become more acceptable, especially at evening weddings. Several friends wore black to mine, and I don't think they meant to be rude. It did make me do a double-take though. I personally would never wear solid black, solid white, or a loud color to someone else's special day!
5. Almost anything goes these days for weddings. It's also appropriate though for the bride to request that female guests don't wear black if she wants.
6. It became socially acceptable as soon as my generation lost its manners. I, however, was raised properly and I would never wear black to anyone's wedding. - Pepper.
7. I dont think it really makes sence, black is for mourning Have you seen thet movie, cant remeber what its called but its got Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson and they are both getting married...Soooo many people are wearing black, IDK, I thought it was weird.
8. I personally think it is inappropriate.Black is for funerals! White and other nice colors are good to wear,but wearing black to a wedding,is not necessary.Sure black is nice to wear on some occasions,but not a wedding.
9. It depends on the person's culture. In some places, WHITE is actually the colour of mourning and death. For an evening wedding, as was already mentioned, I think it is more appropriate than a bright, daylight wedding.
10. Things have changed... There are no more traditions and rules, that's why our society has one foot in the grave and another one on a banana peel.
11. It's really up to the people getting married as to what colors they have any issue with. Some different cultural backgrounds also have never had any problem with black because they have different color associations. Also most women already have a basic black dress to wear for many occasions. I don't blame them for not wanting to spend $$ in this economy on a new dress that they're only going to wear for the occasional wedding. If women can't wear black then men shouldn't either. It sounds like a silly double standard.
12. It depends on your culture and how you were brought up. In China white is the colour of mourning while red and black as considered good luck. I had many people at my wedding wear black at my request and no, I'm not a goth. I see black as respectful and mystical while I find florals to be deeply offensive. So while some may see it as inappropriate, I think you have to take the special couple's circumstances into consideration before jumping on someone for their dress sense.
13. You've just made me appreciate my family's culture even more. Our weddings don't nix any particular color - the only requirement is SPARKLE on top of your color! :) If you're talking about the traditional white wedding; I kind of see your point, but at the same time, if they wore elegant black dresses, wouldn't that make the bride stand out more? I've even heard of brides choosing black as part of their wedding colors.
14. As already mentioned, to each their own. I had friends wear Hawaiian shirts and shorts and tie-dyed soccer socks to my wedding. They asked my permission first and I said they could as long as they did the hokey-pokey and chicken dance (which they did). It was fun. My sister wants black as one of the colors for her wedding and I think it's classy and elegant. Also, in my family, we celebrate someone's life at their funeral and we don't wear black to funerals so black isn't a color of mourning for us. I might be going to a wedding soon and will probably wear a black dress. I plan on wearing some black wedges which have some tan on the heel and wearing pearl jewelry with it.
15. i wore black the other day to a wedding... the colors were black and red. not my taste, but whatever.