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Dress code at Polish weddings

Colors or combinations to be avoided

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sunny
going to a polish wedding next week and was wondering if there are any colors I should avoid wearing.
For example, last year I went to a wedding in Sweden and the bride said not to wear a black or white dress.

In this case I don't know the bride and dont want to bug her with w/ questions about attire.

Any polish people with advice on this? thanks
timezoner
Don’t know about clothes but I would advise you to take a spare liver
Deccie
This dress would probably send out the wrong image in Poland I would imagine.
sunny
Don’t know about clothes but I would advise you to take a spare liver
yep, I'm pretty prepared on the drinking front. Been training on that for 20 years.
Rawsheen
I would have thought not wearing a black/white dress was pretty obvious - black is considered unlucky at a wedding, white - well there's only room for one bride!
lilplatinum
Be sure to arrive in a stolen car.
Renia
Not sure about colours, but I know Chrysanthemums are only for funerals, so don`t bring any of those (a useful tip for Mothers Day too)!
sunny
I would have thought not wearing a black/white dress was pretty obvious - black is considered unlucky at a wedding, white - well there's only room for one bride!
actually not that obvious. it is acceptable to wear black to weddings in the US and also in Germany (from what I've seen up in Berlin and Hamburg).
sunny
I have refined my question a bit...

I want to wear a white silk top and a black pencil skirt. If any Polish people (or lovers of Poland with intimate knowledge of their customs) think this is a problem, raise your hand.

lilplatinum & renia: what if I arrive in a stolen, souped up mercedes with chrysanthemums attached to it?
Rawsheen
actually not that obvious. it is acceptable to wear black to weddings in the US and also in Germany (from what I've seen up in Berlin and Hamburg).
May be its just an old superstition then...
mlovett
I want to wear a white silk top and a black pencil skirt. If any Polish people (or lovers of Poland with intimate knowledge of their customs) think this is a problem, raise your hand.
Perhaps a different shade of blouse... the "no white" rule is fairly universal.

And I agree that black is ok to wear to weddings, particularly if at night.

I let my brother wear a Hawaiian shirt to my wedding. some folks were appalled... whatever!
sunny
darn, really? I'm having trouble coming up with another shirt & I dont feel like shopping for a new one.
mlovett
Well, I don't want to be one to push around what is appropriate at weddings, since mine didn't follow all the traditional rules... but the whole not wearing white thing, I am somewhat a stickler for that rule. Can you just wear a nice sweater over it so that you're not looking so "white" on top?
UrbanAngel
Google is a wonderful thing.

There are two colours a girl is not supposed to wear to another girl's wedding. White - as it's reserved for the bride, and black - as it's reserved for the dead.
Dresscode for guests at Polish weddings.

Another dresscode discussion.

One tip - apparently there is 2 days of dancing and dining, so take comfy shoes. Also, one of the threads says that red is considered too racy for weddings.
Katrina
I went to a Polish wedding years back - very dressy affairs!
So unless that skirt and top are very ornate, hmmm, otherwise I fear you may look like serving personnel... sorry.
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