We love summer weddings simply because they give you amazing weather and let you enjoy outdoor space at its best! And to add to this, sunshine adds a layer of beauty to everything! Enjoying an outdoor wedding, from the outdoor wedding ceremony to a reception party, you can plan it all for your summer celebration. Also, if your summer wedding is falling during the time of summer when it is really hot in summer afternoons, then you can simply choose to have an indoor wedding ceremony, and then have an outdoor wedding reception party to celebrate. A reception party, especially out under the open space later during the day is perfect for the couple as well as for the wedding guests. As summer weddings are a colorful celebration of everything, it is only natural for wedding guests to look their best when they attend it. Whether you’re looking for some inspiration for a wedding that you have to attend as a wedding guest, or you are tying the knot in the summer and are trying to settle on a wedding guest dress code, this blog will help you out! Today, in the blog below, instead of talking about wedding dresses, we’ll talk about dresses and different styles that will work for wedding guests.
1. Formal Attire: Long Evening Gowns
Let’s start off the blog and ideas for wedding guest dresses by talking about a beautiful and formal dress idea. Long evening gown dresses for guests are a classy choice. What we love the most about these dresses is that they work for white-tie weddings, black-tie weddings, and weddings with a formal dress code. For a summer wedding, if you’re choosing a lovely long evening gown, take note of the setting of the wedding. For example, if the entire wedding is an indoor affair, then the material will not be a problem. However, if you’re attending a wedding with an outdoor ceremony, reception, cocktail hour or all of the events are outdoors, then choose a dress with a breathable fabric. As for the kind of dress, you can choose a lovely off-shoulder dress, it is classy and makes you look stylish as well. If all the events of the wedding are outdoors, then you can also choose a long evening gown with a slit, or even a dress with straps.
Long Evening Gowns … but for a Semi-Formal and Casual Wedding
If the dress code for the wedding is simple, casual, or even semi-formal and you want to wear a long evening gown, then you can choose to wear an avant-garde long evening gown with statement sleeves, and statement lines to dress. If you want to keep it simple, for a casual wedding, try using a long summer dress with amazing accessories like belts, hats, or even strappy shoes. Another great option for a long evening dress is to choose a long dress with straps for the wedding. Strappy evening dresses to us are always semi-formal attire or even casual attire for a wedding.
2. A Stylish Chic Outfit: Pant-Suit Set
For a wedding guest, a pant-suit set is just perfect! Before we talk about how to style your chosen pant-suit set, let’s talk about the fact that a pant-suit will work well for a semi-formal and formal wedding theme. One of the best ways to style your attire is to experiment with color. Using color for your jacket, blouse, and pants will change your overall look. Since this outfit idea can work for just about any kind of wedding, you can add splashes with the details in your pant-suit set. One of the things to keep in mind is, for a wedding with many events in the evening, you can choose to go with shimmering and rhinestone details for the top you pair with your pant-suit. Depending on the theme of the wedding, choose the style of your pant-suit sets. That said, to accessorize your amazing outfit, all you’ll need are a few accessories. You can choose to wear bold earrings and a clutch with block heels. You can also choose to pair your outfit with some pretty boots if the wedding is casual. Also, if the summer wedding you’re attending, if it is to have many outdoor events, setting or is an afternoon wedding, you can choose to wear pastel colors! Also, you can choose to have two-toned outfits, by choosing different colors for your jacket and pants. Another thing to keep in mind is that you can throw on a white denim jacket on top of your chosen outfit, this is acceptable for a summer wedding. And apart from that, a sophisticated pant-suit set for a black tie wedding.
3. Casual Summer-y Affair: Short Dresses
One of the best ways to dress for a summer wedding is to choose a lovely short dress. Summer is the season to put on short dresses. One of our recommendations for a summer wedding, especially one in the afternoon or for a day wedding, is a cute cupcake dress. Cupcake dresses add a charming touch and give you an airy look. Also, cupcake dresses for a wedding will be absolutely perfect if the wedding has a light, airy and dreamy feel to it. Apart from that, if the wedding is a beautiful beach-themed wedding, then you can choose printed short dresses, or even choose a lovely backless short dress for the wedding. When it comes to a casual wedding, there are many options to choose from. If you want to look stylish for a casual wedding, you can choose a cocktail dress for the wedding and pair it with drop-down earrings. If you want to keep things simple, but don’t want to wear short dresses that have prints on them, then how about choosing solid short dresses? You can choose a color that makes you feel like “summer” or you can choose traditional summer colors for the wedding to look perfectly in sync with the other wedding details. Another great way to add style to your wedding attire, you can also choose lace-trimmed short dresses. Or you could switch things around by choosing lace dresses. Lace short dresses are classy, and lovely and add a pretty touch to your look, and the airy aesthetic also works well for a summer wedding. You can use these ideas for a casual wedding, a beach-themed wedding, or a wedding with a lovely waterfront wedding venue.
4. Outdoorsy and Casual Wedding Attire: Tiered Dresses
Another casual wedding outfit idea for a wedding guest is a tiered dress. We love ruffles and tiers, which is why we feel that spring and summer are the two seasons when these dresses look absolutely perfect! We feel that for a wedding with a semi-formal, casual, or outdoorsy aesthetic, these kinds of dresses will be perfect. Of course, if you’re choosing a dress code for your wedding and have tiered wedding dresses as options for your wedding guests, remember to ensure that your bridesmaids’ dresses are different, as they are not tiered. That said, if you’re a wedding guest and want to rock a beautiful tiered dress for a wedding, then how about choosing lighter colors? Additionally, for an outdoor wedding, the best choice of colors is lighter shades along with pastel color tones for the dress. Also, a tiered dress will have a lot of volumes and will make your silhouette look beautiful. We also think that some ruffled sleeves or lace details or even some satin details for your dresses. Also, even if you’re choosing a dress to add to your wedding look without any of the details we just mentioned, then how about you choose a lovely satin belt for the tiered dress that you have picked up? Also, apart from this, you can also choose a broad satin belt and create a bow on the back. Apart from this, to make your wedding look stunning, you can also switch up the style by choosing the necklines. Tiered dresses look stunning and are pretty in every way, which is why you can also go with a plunge neck, or a V-neck, or choose a neck with ruffled sides. To accessorize your tiered wedding dresses, you can use pearl necklaces or bracelets. Additionally, with that, you can also choose some pearl earrings or even diamond earrings.
5. For Casual to Formal Wedding: The Blazer Wrap Dress
We love blazer wrap dresses, simply because there are so many different styles to choose from! These dresses can be perfect for just about any kind of celebration. One of our favorite ideas for you is to choose a lovely blazer wrap dress with split sleeves, which gives it the look of a dress with bell sleeves. This kind of dress will be perfect for a formal wedding, as well as for a casual celebration. Apart from this, you can also choose satin blazer wrap dresses as well, such as the ones Zara has. Although we feel that you can find a blazer wrap dress for just about any style, we feel that the simple ones, the ones with beautiful “rhinestone” details and statement buttons add the style you desire to your outfit. Another reason why we love these dresses is simply that these dresses are super stylish, and also casual, meaning it will depend on how you style the dress. You can also choose a variety of kinds of footwear to make this kind of outfit look cohesive for a summer wedding. If you’re looking to make a statement at a formal summer wedding, then choose a blazer wrap dress that is sleek, and has well-shaped shoulders and sharp lines. For a casual affair, you can choose any kind of blazer wrap dress. One of the things to keep in mind, however, is the color and shape. Depending on the theme of the wedding, or the season, choose the color for your dress. Also, to make your wedding look stunning and perfect, you can pair it with some belts and bags. You can either choose a dress with belts or add the belt to your dress as you, please. Another variation of this dress can be the choice of blazer dress is to find a blazer wrap dress with ruffles on the side, which make it look as though the dress has a skirt as well.
6. Cute and Classy: Two-Piece Wedding Attire
The last recommendation that we have for you is a classy choice of two-piece outfits! Summer weddings are perfect for experimentation. The reason why we added the option of “two-piece” outfits is simply that you can style an outfit for whatever wedding style you want the dress or outfit to match. One of the best ways to get your outfit right is to have a look at the wedding stationery. Most of the time, couples choose wedding invitations based on their choice of wedding style, color combinations, and more. And if you can’t place the color and style with the invitation sets, then you can simply choose a semi-formal style. For example, instead of choosing sleek and elegant designs, you can add some patterns to them or choose something that’s more relaxed. For formal and semi-formal two-piece outfits, you can choose minimal details on the pants or skirts, whichever you choose to wear for the wedding, and pair it with bold footwear and pretty accessories. You can also add a pretty hat to complete the outfit.
Things to Keep in Mind When Choosing Wedding Guest Outfits
For a summer wedding, you have plenty of options. However, the slippery part for you will be the aspect of choosing formal, semi-formal, and casual styles for the wedding. Before you decide on what you want to wear, you should consider the styles. Have a look at some dresses to understand which dresses fit the aesthetic. The simplest way to differentiate between formal and casual dresses or outfits is to consider formal outfits are usually sleek, sharp, and formal, as though you’re on your way to the White House for dinner. As for the casual wedding outfits, all you need to consider is that it is relaxed, the prints and designs can range from funky to bold, and is almost like something you’d wear with your friends. That being said, if you’re thinking of keeping your outfit styles mellow, or minimal then you can choose to go ahead with options that have zero to minimal designs, and simpler one-tone colors. Solid dresses or outfits are perfect for the minimal detail lover, and above all, will work for formal, semi-formal, and casual celebrations.
For easy advice, we have a few things we’d like to remind you of. If you’re throwing a formal wedding or you’re attending a formal wedding this summer, then the easiest way to dress up is to stick to long, formal dresses. This piece of advice is only for wedding guests, if you see “Black tie optional '' remember to stick to black tie. Sure enough, if you’re not in the mood to dress up formally, you can definitely go for casual outfit options like dressy separates, or minimalistic dresses. For the semi-formal wedding dress code, simply choose anything that is almost formal but is most casual. Semi Formal weddings will not be a super formal affairs, so there’s room for something creative and something fun. For a “casual” dress code, think of it as a summer dress kind of vibe. You can also experiment with colors and different kinds of styles for the wedding.
The Takeaway
With that, we come to the end of our blog. We hope that these ideas and tips help you figure out what to wear for a summer wedding! We hope that the ideas above also help you choose outfits for different weddings for years to come. The point of this blog, to us, was not to only give you ideas about the kind of dresses and outfits you can rock for a summer wedding, but also to help you understand which kinds of dresses and outfits will work for different kinds of weddings. Also, remember the ideas above can be used for inspiration for wedding attire or can be used as is for any wedding. When you’re choosing an outfit, remember to consider the timeline of the wedding and events. For example, if you choose a poofy wedding outfit, it could make you feel uncomfortable for a longer wedding. That being said, if you’re in doubt about which kind of dress or outfit you should wear, always make it a point to stick to a formal outfit idea, you can never go wrong with that. And, even though the ideas above are specifically for summer weddings, do remember that by changing the colors, tones, and fabric options for a different session. When you do that, you will be able to use the information we have above to work for you in another season as well, without needing to start your search from the top.
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