Introduction
The choice of your wedding attire, whether you’re a guest or the one getting married, can be heavily influenced by the seasons. Summer weddings can be fun. The light and breezy atmosphere, a perfect chance to wear your summer outfits, enjoy a perfect glass of champagne, and be a witness to the celebration of love. However, they can also make you question your fashion choices. Do you have a perfect outfit for the semi-formal celebration? Do you have the right footwear to wear to a beach wedding? Is your dress on theme for the wedding?
If you’re also struggling with answering questions like these, here’s a quick style guide for both men and women that will help you decide what to wear if you’re invited to a summer wedding.
For Women
As a woman, you naturally have more choices to create an attire that fills everyone with awe, and makes everyone go ‘aww’. While you may be sure about what to wear to the upcoming summer wedding, here are a few tips on how to make your outfit stand out from the crowd:
Pick Breezy Dresses
The best way to beat the heat during a summer wedding is to wear clothes with light and breathable fabrics such as cotton, georgette, and organza. If you’re attending a beach wedding in Southern California, shorter skirts, and knee length dresses will be more appropriate to beat the heat, while also looking casually stylish.
However, for a more formal summer look, you can wear long flowing dresses with crepe sleeves, or a classy evening gown for an evening party. Even a formal blouse and long skirt can help you match the theme of the nuptials. For a satin blouse look, use fabrics such as viscose and printed charmeuse.
Play Along With Floral Prints
Summers are naturally associated with fauna and flora. You can use this detail to add some stylish floral prints to your summer wedding outfit for a cohesive look. For a bolder look, you can pair off your oversized floral patterned dress with floral inspired jewelry, usually maxi dresses work well for a look like this.
For a more simple look, you can wear a pastel colored dress or skirt with multicolored floral patterns. The trick lies in matching smaller floral patterns with bigger floral jewelry, and vice versa.
Try Earthy Hues
If you’re about to spend some time in a beautiful vineyard during the next summer wedding season, you must use the ambiance to your advantage. A beautiful winery summer wedding outfit has shades of nature in it, mostly the brown, green, and maroon.
Whether you’re spending time in Temecula, or are about to attend a Malibu wedding, you can use the colors of the vineyard and incorporate them in your attire for a gorgeous blended look.
Adorn Your Outfit
A perfect dress needs a perfect balance of attractiveness and comfortable jewelry and footwear. If you’re about to attend a wedding on a beach, stick to dressy sandals, and ballet flats. They will make it easier for you to navigate the beach, instead of getting stuck somewhere.
If you’re about to attend a high end wedding in a closed venue, or even an outdoor garden party, with a comparatively clear and flat ground, you can switch to wedge or platform heels for a formal look.
Add a cute clutch, a simple pendant necklace, a pair of studs, and you’re ready to attend a wedding. Plus, this look can easily go from cute to chic by switching to a pair of hoop earrings,and smokey eye makeup, for a night time party look.
For Men
It may seem like that men don’t have as many choices as women when it comes to a summer wedding, and hence your outfit needs to be bland, but it can’t be farther from the truth. In 2024, men can also make the style quotient of a summer wedding go up with their choices. Here are a few tips that you can follow to make your outfit dazzle:
Try A Shorts Suit
The best part about summer weddings is that they allow you to experiment more. Of course, a simple suit has always been a classic wedding guest look, but what if you combined it with shorts? A short suit is a beautiful amalgamation of a blazer and a pair of pleated shorts, making it a perfect choice for a semi-formal wedding. It also adds a touch of whimsy to the look, which is bound to make heads turn.
Blend In With Summer Shades
If you prefer a simple look, you can always go for a simple pantsuit, but instead of navy or black, try out some fun summer colors to add a touch of fun and style. Based on the choice of venue and theme, you can try olive or soft green for a garden summer wedding, a pale blue look for a wedding by a beach, and a muted white look for an indoor summer wedding.
The stark choice of color will help you blend in with the theme, but stand apart from the crowd. The best part about styling different colored blazers is that you can wear a t-shirt underneath for a contrasting color tone, and it would still look stylish for a semi-formal summer wedding.
Keep It Cool
If a blazer look seems too hot for a summer wedding, then ditch the blazer. You can look equally stylish with a floral patterned shirt and a black pant to complement it with. Alternatively, a deeper shade of colored shirt along with a crisp white, navy blue, or black pants might also do the trick.
Accessorize Accordingly
Keep the footwear simple if you are going for a boho chic look. Simple sandals will work best with beach attires. You can pair them up with a wrist watch, a fun hat, and sunglasses, especially if you’re going to spend a lot of time outdoors.
But if you want to complete your pants suit/ blazer ensemble, always wear black or brown leather shoes, a smart black or gold wrist watch, and depending on your choice of look, whether bold or simple, you can go for patterned or floral ties. Accessorizing your outfit can help you win the style battle easily.
Conclusion
Whether you’re going to a semi-formal summer wedding or a casual beach wedding, there’s always the right outfit for you. As long as you feel confident, comfortable, and yourself in an outfit, you’re going to turn some heads. Just remember to enjoy your look, the party, and keep this quick style guide in your mind while picking out your attire.