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Home » Evening Wedding

Evening Wedding

Evening Wedding Attire

Evening attire is usually recommended for any event that starts around or after 4 pm or 5 pm,  The evening start time doesn't necessarily mean it has to be completely formal attire, but usually, semi-formal attire is the norm. We provide examples for the dress code for an evening wedding reception, for semi-casual to the most formal black-tie events.

What to Wear to a Nightime or Evening Wedding

Our wedding attire cheat sheets and etiquette guides explains what to wear to a nighttime wedding reception for guests. We also provide wedding attire inspiration for the bridesmaids, Mother of the Bride, and the entire wedding party.

Our advice for what to wear to an evening wedding ceremony in the form of hundreds of ideas of evening wedding guest attire in a collage format. Couples planning a wedding often find it easy to link to our quick guides in their wedding websites as an easy way to give an example of what to wear to their guests.

Where to Find Dresses to Wear to a Formal or Semi-Formal Night Wedding

Our outfit style collages are fully shoppable. This means, not only do we give visual examples of what evening wedding clothing is, but the shopping format allows you to shop the outfits and similar evening appropriate wedding guest dresses and suits right from the post!

What Colors Should You Wear to a Wedding After 5?

We also offer advice about what colors and silhouettes are best for wedding attire for the wedding party for a wedding at night and clarify other more detailed etiquette questions along the way.

Bridesmaid Dresses, Mother of the Bride Dresses and Groomsmen Attire for a Semi-Formal or Formal Evening Wedding

This section also includes examples of wedding dresses that will be ideal for an evening formal wedding, as well as easy to shop attire for the Mother of the Bride, the bridesmaids, groomsmen, fathers.

 

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