I was going through one of the social media outlets this morning and came across a post about Chance the rapper getting married. There were multiple pictures attached to this one post and one of them was on some of his high profile guests…namely Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West. I went on to the comments section and one comment caught my eye and got me thinking. It said in not so many words, ”why don’t Kim and Kanye dress appropriately for people’s wedding?” While I found the comment quite funny it really got me asking myself what exactly is appropriate dressing in a wedding? I then reflected back on the wedding culture in Kenya (with regards to fashion). It has definitely grown in leaps and bounds.( at this point however let me just leave this disclaimer here that I am in no way or form a fashion expert -I can’t even speak to my own fashion from time to time lol)..so I write this cautiously..
The definition of appropriate as per our friend google is … ”suitable or proper in the circumstances.” Unlike days in the past i can confidently say that guests, both men and women have put a lot of thought into what they wear to a wedding function. While still in that space I continued to read through many of the comments on that social media post and I had to agree with so many of them. Let me sum it up as follows: give thought to the weather, give thought to the location…give thought to the type of wedding (is it a themed wedding)..add some color to your outfit…(it’s a beautiful function let’s add some color to it), keep it classy, not tacky(how high is that slit, how low is that cleavage, how short is that dress? keep in mind it is a family function with children and the elderly, a little respect to the family will not cost you anything..and lastly I am just going to throw in a general list of things that I would deem as “not appropriate”.. (jeans, baseball hats, slippers/flip flops,sweats, t-shirts just to mention a few.
Some weddings have a dress code…if so obey that as much as you can but if not please remember the bride and groom have put effort into planning their big day and granted there are some things that are well out of their reach ( your outfit being one of them) but this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t put your best foot forward on the day and look your absolute best for them.
What attire is your definition of inappropriate at a wedding? Comment below 🙂