by THESTAR on April 26th, 2006
The answer depends on the circumstances.
In the case of getting married after multiple divorces, a nice, simple, off-white dress is appropriate in order to respect the friends and family who have come to support your wedding. This could actually turn out to be more fun! You don't have to deal with finding an amazing white dress and spending a fortune. You can find something you really like and look cute in, with a lot more flexability. Those who come to the wedding will have a new found respect for you since you aknowledge your past and appreciate them coming to support your new and exciting future. This can be a hard subject. But generally going with the least stressful option will make you happier!
Good luck and congratulations!
by Gold_Autumn on September 10th, 2008
Off-White or Pearl?
My aunty got married in an electric blue, skin tight mini dress! It was so hard not to laugh....
by Sheriff Raff -Answerhag on September 10th, 2008
Flesh colored... nude bride and groom... mandatory.
by PommyMommy on April 27th, 2006
At one time the traditional white wedding dress signified a first time bride. The rules have changed and there are basically no rules. Brides can and do wear whatever they want. Many second time (or more) brides choose less traditional dresses and may have very small, private ceremonies, and many more have the traditional big wedding with a white dress. It is the bride and grooms' day so whatever you choose to do will be correct for you.
I recently remarried and my husband wanted a big wedding while I wanted a JP. We negotiated and he won. He wanted me to have a traditional wedding dress, we negotiated - he won. But I chose an ivory dress with the help of my step-daughters. At the other end of the spectrum, I recently attended the wedding of a socially prominent first time bride and she wore a gorgeous, traditional style wedding dress, in silver!, and her bridesmaids wore black. That was new to me but it was stunning. Best advice I can give is: Look at the guidelines and then throw them out and do whatever will make the day special for you.
by Jenniferocious on September 12th, 2008
Whatever you want.
It's your wedding, do as you please. Wear whatever makes you feel pretty, and whatever makes you feel like a bride.
If you don't feel comfortable in white, they make some really pretty wedding dresses in colors like gold, pastel purple, silver, pink, blue, and ivory.
Or you can go with a beautiful dress in ANY color.
Just wear what YOU want. Don't pick something you don't like because other people tell you you "can't" wear what you REALLY want to wear.
by anonymous on September 11th, 2008
whatever color you want it to be.
Maybe Ivory.
by koldkanuck on September 10th, 2008
White with a red sticker 50% off.
by the VP wears a Wicked COAT on September 10th, 2008
Whatever color the bride wants. It's her wedding.
by Sheriff Raff -Answerhag on July 6th, 2007
there is no right or wrong answer, i suppose it's personal preference and not so much tradition.
if i got married again, it would not be a white dress, been there and done that. hopefully I can keep my man healthy and alive so it doesn't ever come to that.
by amanda newton on December 5th, 2006
I once told a bride helping her pick out her third wedding gown, "If he was worth it?" She was convinced since it was her 3rd wedding and she had gotten the other 2 at the same place that she wanted something simple and not as much as the first one. "Is he not as special as the first one? I would want to be as beautiful as I could and feel like a bride even if that meant buying one not like the first one, but I think I would want to make his heart skip when he seen me walking down the aisle" We went back out and she bought just about the sexist dress we had! If I was to marry again, I wouldn't want something simple just because I had already been married, I would want something I felt special in and felt like a bride. I love it now that it is more what the bride and groom want instead of what it's supposed to be. I hope that helps
by rigby on September 19th, 2008
you can wear any color you want hon
by CaptainHarley adores his life penguin on September 11th, 2008
It use to be "any color except white," but that, along with many other outmoded traditions, has gone the way of the Dodo. : )
Wear whatever makes you feel comfortable.
by Floater on September 11th, 2008
Any color BUT white !
by Anonymous on September 11th, 2008
White. There's no need to go off color and paint the bride as used material.
by Nasiswand on September 10th, 2008
Your favorite color of course! Mine was off white with purple pastel flower print all over it. I loved it!
by Anonymous on September 10th, 2008
My mother wore a white, traditonal dress for her first wedding to my dad in 1982. For her second wedding to my dad in 2002 (they divorced in 2000) she wore a pastell white and for their third wedding in 2007 she wore a pink dress with a bit of white lace.
by evia7968 on July 6th, 2007
You have some leeway here, it also depends a bit on your age at the time of your second marriage. Older women sometimes look fabulous in a cream or beige skirt-suit! Whatever your age, I would go with something not white and not a dark color, so it could be a sea green, cream, pastel pink, etc. Make sure it's a soft color, and is not as extravagant as a regular gown.
by Stewie_G on July 6th, 2007
Who cares? People should just be happy for you!
by ByzantineAngel on January 8th, 2007
Today, there are no strict guidelines or expected social codes for wedding dresses.
I know brides who have worn hot pink, lavender, black, and a grey flannel suit ( she was married in a registry office) as a colour for their first wedding dress. So, basically anything goes.
Where what you want, look great in what ever style makes you happy and be comfortable.
Good Luck.
by Theby on February 1st, 2008
Any colour but white.
by jammnwright on April 7th, 2007
the way I see it is, "Its your wedding, your one special day. You should wear what you want to wear, ignore tradition if you want too. With my wedding, I twisted every part of the tradition, just to make it fun and not boring and very suprizing, the important part of the wedding is the vows you make with your honey anyway, if you two are happy with the wedding, then thats all that really matters. Have a one of a kind wedding, its worth it. to me its all about the UNEXPECTED! LOL HAVE FUN its your life, no one elses.
by Babaloo on August 20th, 2008
anything you want
by local_lad on September 19th, 2008
Anything wrong with white....?
by starrrgazer on September 20th, 2008
Any color she chooses. If she wants to wear white or ivory, she can. If she wants to wear any other color including black, she can do that as well.
by princessemmabelle on January 10th, 2007
Some say yes, but I say no. If you are having a big formal wedding and it is your second of third time around I think you should "dress the part" and wear a formal wedding gown. I have been married before, and am planning on remarrying soon. The dress I have chosen is formal where as the dress I wore the first time was a simple white ball gown from Lord and Taylor.
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