I thought this might be a fun thread.
I had lunch with a girlfriend today who is attending a wedding in Colorado in a couple of weeks. The dress code is, “mountain chic cocktail”
What dress codes have you encountered that made you chuckle or left you somewhat perplexed about what to wear?
Good thread idea. I’d never heard of “mountain chic cocktail attire” but evidently it’s a thing:
I just forwarded this to my friend!
Black chic for women
And not that unusual but black tie optional (all black) can be tough. Went to one where almost all of us were in long dresses. But at another most were wearing short dresses.
Glad you found an actual definition. I’d put on my best hiking boots and call it a day.
One of my siblings got an invite for a “coastal chic” wedding and a “country chic” wedding on the same week.
Much hilarity among the family members as to whether there is ANY crossover at all. None of us could be described as ANY sort of chic, so this was quite entertaining.
I think my D would love the chance to get out her posh knee-high cowboy boots. Though ironically enough, she bought them in the Appalachians (for country music concerts) not the Rockies.
Can you wear cowboy boots to “mountain chic” or do you need to wait for the invite to “country chic”?
According to the link above, that’s the recommended footwear (hers are knee-length and brown, but similarly decorative, unfortunately I don’t have a picture):
Funny … I got an email today from Poshmark, highlighting wedding guest attire. Highlighted styles included seaside soirée, garden party, cocktail hour chic, black tie & evening glam, city wedding style, and southwestern wedding ready. Huh. I have actually never been to a wedding that stipulated a particular style. If it was something like southwestern wedding ready, I’d probably pass … I won’t qualify that with “unless it was someone I was close with” because that is highly unlikely.
I got same email…
Does that mean you can wear your hiking shoes with your fancy dress and all is good?
As long as you keep your feet under the table.
At my nephew’s wedding the rehearsal dinner was mountain chic. There were a lot of cowboy boots, leather, fringed and jean jackets, bolo ties. A lot of the men wore floral button downs and cowboy hats. It was a lot of fun!
I have a pair of suede cowboy boots waiting to be worn!
This is when I’m glad that I don’t like people so don’t get invited to weddings. I hate getting dressed up as it is. To give me guidelines only makes it worse.
At S’s wedding, there was a wide range of outfits—aloha shirts, suits, women in long dresses, knee length, very dressy and pretty casual. It was all just fine with everyone. One guest even wore rubber slippers on his feet.
I guess it depends a lot on the venue. To me (from Colorado) it would imply dressy but with shoes suitable for various outdoor terrain. But the link showed some high spike heels.
Son’s wedding (on the East coast) was garden semi-formal dress code. The website had a really helpful section with suggestions, especially for shoes suitable to the uneven grounds at the nature preserve venue. (Dinner was under a tent with dance floor, but ceremony was a bit of a walk across grass etc.)
You can wear cowboy boots to any wedding in Colorado. A former boss had a pair specially made for his Black Tie wedding. He wouldn’t have gotten married without wearing them.
My daughter had a Black Tie wedding, but I don’t think understood what that meant. She then said “Leave the tuxes at home” Huh? That’s the Black Tie part! What she wanted was for women to be in black dresses or outfits (she said long, short, jumpsuits okay) and men to wear black suits. She got questions like do we have to wear black shirts and ties? (like in a photo she posted) No. Can the dresses be black and white? No. Can there be designs or prints? No.
One woman’s dress had polka dots but they weren’t white, sort of two shades of black. I don’t think it mattered at all. I was just happy I could wear a short dress. His parents were dressed like Black tie (tux and long dress).
