Unlucky wedding guest Taylor Fogarty ( @taylorfogartyy ) posted on the platform that she unintentionally arrived at the wedding wearing the bridesmaids’ exact same outfit in a viral video. The video shows Mayo wearing a pale blue dress before raising the camera to show a row of bridesmaids wearing the same outfit.
In the layered words, she wrote, “My Roman empire is when I showed up to a marriage wearing the same dress as the girls.” In the message, she added: “The fact that this truly happened.”
However, it turns out that Fogarty wasn’t alone in her experience, as many revealed in the comments that they had similar stories, with one person writing: “This happened to me too! Similar color of violet too!!!!!!
“This happened to me once but I was the plus one and had never met the bride or groom before”, another person shared. It was so embarrassing”.
“Omg I thought it was just me”, one added. “I showed up in the same exact color and outfit to my sister’s wedding.”
A similar deformation experience occurred at one bride’s marriage, according to another wife.
“This happened at my wedding”, one person wrote. “But thankfully the girl was supposed to be a bridesmaid originally, she just couldn’t commit so it worked out”.
Another wedding described how she made an effort to prevent this style mishap from occurring at her wedding.
“I put what colour my bridesmaids are wearing on my wedding website and to please avoid”, she wrote. “But who knows if anyone will notice it.”
Lizzie Post, the Emily Post Institute audio host, also suggested using this tactic, saying it gives visitors guidelines for the occasion. She remarked, “I think it’s really great when the couple decides to have their wedding colors displayed on the website.”
Although there is no definitive rule prohibiting guests from wearing the bridesmaids’ wedding attire or the same outfit as the bridesmaids, it can be awkward to show up with an outfit that doesn’t belong to the wedding party. Post emphasized that bridesmaids’ indiscretions shouldn’t cause embarrassment to wedding guests. If there’s a problem, she suggested asking the wife about it just in event.
If you do end up matching with the bridal party, says that other guests won’t likely be alarmed because the bridesmaids will be standing with bouquets the entire ceremony. Everyone will likely be able to distinguish themselves, and it won’t detract from the ceremony itself.