Bride's gown is off-white/formal. Wedding is at 6:30 p.m., most likely in a church. Groom and groomsmen will wear tuxes. Reception is in tent pavillion at golf course (wedding also, outdoors, if church for some reason unavailable). Reception is sit-down, elegant-looking china, silverware, cloth napkins, tableclothes, but food is served buffet/ food station style. Are tea-length dresses appropriate, which my daughter prefers for her bridesmaids? Would my daughter's upcoming wedding/reception in Sept. be considered formal , a semi-formal, or an informal?
My daughter's roommate is being married this summer and my daughter is a bridesmaid and she is also having an evening wedding with many similarities (formal bridal gown/tuxes, church ceremony) except that the reception is being held at the Hyatt Regency. The bridesmaid's dresses are also tea-length. I told my daughter, I thought the dresses should be formal length since to me it looked like a formal wedding otherwise. Of course, this is California, so maybe along with the times, there is no set protocol any longer?
If it is an evening wedding, and bridesmaid dresses are tea-length, does this also mean that my dress as mother of the bride should be tea-length and that formal attire for guests (long dresses/tuxes) would be inappropriate, or just not required? Thank you.
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May 3, 2007, 11:00 AM
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Re: [brides'mom] Tea-length dresses with tuxes, formal/informal?
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Dear Brides'mom,
You have a lot of questions here that you may want to post somewhere else. So, let's just work on just two. Semi-formal is so difficult to define. Your daughters wedding is formal, but not 'very' formal. Tea length dresses would be fine as long as they appear in the same formality as the wedding gown--quality material. Ten length can appear formal. No worries.
Tea-length dresses with tuxes, formal/informal?
