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Post by bbkeef on Jun 22, 2022 18:37:37 GMT
My brother has another son getting married this summer. One got married last summer. I wore a beautiful floral/black dress to the wedding last summer. Can I wear the same dress to the next wedding? I will only appear in a few photos as the aunt. A lot of the same guests will attend this wedding also. Am I overthinking this? Or would you wear a different dress?
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Post by peabay on Jun 22, 2022 18:41:28 GMT
I'd probably wear a different dress, tbh.
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Post by ~summer~ on Jun 22, 2022 18:45:52 GMT
I think you absolutely can and it’s really personal preference. If you feel fabulous in it I can certainly see wanting to wear it again. I’d wear a different dress however…
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Post by mnmloveli on Jun 22, 2022 18:47:53 GMT
Since there are a lot of the same guests, I would wear a different dress.
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Post by quiltz on Jun 22, 2022 18:53:50 GMT
Wear the dress. I truly wonder at how many people would actually remember what you wore last year. And really, who cares but you and this is comfortable on you. Enjoy the wedding.
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Post by gillyp on Jun 22, 2022 18:54:38 GMT
I would absolutely wear the dress again to other functions but for a family wedding where I'd worn it before, I'd wear something different.
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Post by sharlag on Jun 22, 2022 19:03:25 GMT
I'd wear a different dress if I had one that I liked as well as the first one I wore. Like quiltz says, people don't pay as much attention to you or remember that kind of stuff.
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Post by padresfan619 on Jun 22, 2022 19:06:13 GMT
I’ve started living by the motto of “if Catherine, Duchess if Cambridge can be outfit repeater, then so can I.”
I’m trying to be more mindful of my consumption and if I didn’t already own a different, appropriate dress, I would wear the one from the last wedding.
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Post by auntkelly on Jun 22, 2022 19:08:42 GMT
I would wear a different dress mainly because of the pictures.
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Post by ntsf on Jun 22, 2022 19:14:55 GMT
no one cares and I'd bet few would remember.. go ahead and wear the same dress.
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Post by GiantsFan on Jun 22, 2022 19:22:54 GMT
Wear your dress. I doubt they will compare photos side by side. And if they do and notice they'll have a good laugh and you'll be the crazy aunt who wore the same dress to both weddings. There are worse things to be remembered by. And, an aunt is in very few photos, anyway.
I can guarantee that no one will be wondering if Mr bbkeef (or whomever) is wearing the same suit or not.
Also, my last few cruises I've worn the same "formal" dress, and on both formal nights of the same cruise.
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Post by amom23 on Jun 22, 2022 19:23:27 GMT
Wearing the same dress to another family wedding would be a hard no for me.
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Post by bbkeef on Jun 22, 2022 19:47:13 GMT
Thanks everyone. I will probably just wear a different dress. I have plenty to choose from.
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Post by J u l e e on Jun 22, 2022 19:52:23 GMT
I would fight with myself over this. I am becoming less inclined to have more clothes for the sake of another outfit. And if I love something and feel good in it, I want to be able to wear it. Not just once or twice. But I would feel like I should wear a different dress. But then I would want to wear my same dress. And then I’d think people would notice. And then I’d think no one will care. And then I’d be mad at myself for thinking like that. And I’d go 20 rounds before deciding.
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Post by littlemama on Jun 22, 2022 20:03:36 GMT
No one is going to notice if you wear the same dress a year apart
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Post by anniebeth24 on Jun 22, 2022 20:04:22 GMT
I would fight with myself over this. I am becoming less inclined to have more clothes for the sake of another outfit. And if I love something and feel good in it, I want to be able to wear it. Not just once or twice. But I would feel like I should wear a different dress. But then I would want to wear my same dress. And then I’d think people would notice. And then I’d think no one will care. And then I’d be mad at myself for thinking like that. And I’d go 20 rounds before deciding. I'd be having the same battle!
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Post by malibou on Jun 22, 2022 20:39:42 GMT
I'd wear the dress again. I might add a scarf or a little shrug just to give it a little refresher, or perhaps pick different shoes.
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Post by Lexica on Jun 22, 2022 20:46:10 GMT
I couldn’t tell you what a single guest wore to my wedding, or even the last party I attended. Heck, I couldn’t tell you what my neighbor had on when we got together for wine just a few nights ago. I say wear what you want to wear. That was an entire year ago!
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Post by katiekaty on Jun 22, 2022 20:47:43 GMT
Do as many do-wear and change it up. Different jewelry, add a ribbon belt in silver with a floral accent (rose, etc) pinned on it, pearls, silver wedges since it’s summer, maybe even a hat that coordinates. It would totally change it up. Do your hair differently. Then take side be side photos and you would see an awesome difference-the dress is just the base!
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Post by maryannscraps on Jun 22, 2022 21:07:49 GMT
My mother wore the same MOB dress to both my sisters' weddings. She just really liked it and looked great in it. Nobody ever said a thing and I doubt anybody remembered that she'd worn it before. Second sister encouraged her to wear it again.
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Post by mom on Jun 22, 2022 21:10:52 GMT
I would wear a different dress mainly because of the pictures. This is my thoughts as well.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jun 22, 2022 21:24:32 GMT
I would wear a different dress to the upcoming Family Wedding.
I'd wear the (already worn) dress to a non Family Wedding or a different type of function (shower, rehearsal dinner, Anniversary party, date night, theater, etc..).
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Post by twinsmomfla99 on Jun 22, 2022 22:47:38 GMT
During COVID, I cleaned out my professional clothes because many no longer fit and I was working primarily from home. Now that we are going back to the office, we are more "business casual" most days, and I can wear slacks/khakis and a polo most days, or even jeans depending on the time of year. I don't have many occasions to dress up anymore, and I don't feel the need to keep a closet stocked with dressy clothing.
Honestly, I only have one dress in my closet right now. I wore it for both of my DD's graduation this spring, one on Friday and one on Saturday. I came home Friday and threw it in the washer. It was a plain black sleeveless dress, and I wore a different jacket with it on Saturday, so it didn't look like a complete copy of the day before.
I hate dress shopping, and in your situation, I would be tempted to wear the same dress, unless I thought I would get "picked to pieces" by the family as they compared photos of the two weddings LOL. But, since this is such a close family member, I would probably break down and buy a new one. Wedding > graduation, so I would probably suck it up.
Typing out this post made me wonder about what I wore four years ago when my DDs graduated from high school. I pulled up the pictures on my computer, and yep, same dress LOL!
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Post by maryland on Jun 22, 2022 23:48:11 GMT
If you like it wear it. You would save money and time looking for a new dress. I certainly don't pay attention to what others wear and would not remember what someone wore the year before. I don't think men would worry about that and they are in pictures too. And the dress is so pretty in your picture!
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Post by Merge on Jun 23, 2022 0:08:44 GMT
It would never occur to me to worry about this. Unless your dress was very avante garde, no one noticed it, and no one will be comparing photos side by side.
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Post by SabrinaP on Jun 23, 2022 0:27:44 GMT
I would probably try to find another dress, but if I didn’t find one I liked as well as the other one, I’d just wear it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2022 1:11:38 GMT
If it was for a nephew from a different sibling, I'd wear the same dress. Since it's for last year groom's brother, I'd pick a different dress.
I recently wore a dress I wore to a wedding a few years ago. Same side of the family but not the same family (brother in law vs cousin).
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Post by busy on Jun 23, 2022 1:33:13 GMT
Nobody is going to notice it’s a repeat. If you want to wear it, do so. People spend a lot less time thinking about us than we think they do.
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Post by miascraps on Jun 23, 2022 2:27:27 GMT
You’ve already decided but I’d wear the dress. Add a belt, change the necklace, throw in a wrap, change the shoes.
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Post by lucyg on Jun 23, 2022 3:59:53 GMT
I wore the same outfit to my son’s wedding (casual, relatively short notice) that I’d worn to my brother’s wedding a few years earlier. It was a nice outfit, I hate buying/thinking about clothes, and they didn’t attend my brother’s wedding, so they wouldn’t have known, anyway.
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