What to wear to an infant baptism? Help!!!


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parakeetjordan is offline parakeetjordan Post #1  November 18,2011, 1:36pm
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I am literally going through my entire closet and I am unable to find anything that I like to wear to my boyfriend's boss' infant daughter's baptism except for an elegant simple white dress, which I will cover up a portion of with a light gray cardigan. I will also wear black high heeled shoes.

Is there anything wrong with this combination of colors? I have not been to a church in years, and don't know what to wear.

The issue that I am grappling with is that the dress is strikingly white in color. This dress will be covered up in part by a gray cardigan sweater. The event will be in the afternoon. I'm in a sunny state.

Is it not appropriate to wear white to a baptism even if covered up by the gray sweater? It's important to me that I make a good impressiion.

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It's not the best choice....but are you saying that you do not own another dress, skirt, or nice pair of slacks?

I wouldn't choose black shoes...do you have a beige, camel brown or light gray pair?
 
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Ingytravel wrote :
It's not the best choice....but are you saying that you do not own another dress, skirt, or nice pair of slacks?

I wouldn't choose black shoes...do you have a beige, camel brown or light gray pair?
I'm usually a very confident dresser and like to wear stylish clothing and high heels. The problem is that my color palette of clothes are mainly black, white, or a tasteful shade of dark red or pink. I heard that you're not supposed to wear, red, white, black and that's my closet!!!

I dress stylish but sexy too, and you're not supposed to dress sexy at a church. My skirts are usually above my knee. My dresses are stylishly sexy. I heard that dresses should be at knee length and not above. Ugh...

Can I wear a camel brown dress with open toe high heel bling shoes and a black wrap around to cover the shoulders?
 
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I have never been to a baptism before, but I would say your 2nd choice is better than your first. Good luck.
 
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Don't wear anything sexy looking for a church event. I don't think there are any color restrictions other than not wearing white to a weddings. Pick something tasteful and it doesn't have to be a dress. There is likely a party afterwards and you'll want to be comfortably dressed.
 
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You can wear any color you like to a baptism, so I wouldn't worry about that. Just make sure, as VB girl said, it is not too sexy!
 
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VB_Girl wrote :
Don't wear anything sexy looking for a church event. I don't think there are any color restrictions other than not wearing white to a weddings. Pick something tasteful and it doesn't have to be a dress. There is likely a party afterwards and you'll want to be comfortably dressed.
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Sexy clothes are not appropriate for something like this. A nice pair of dress pants in a neutral colour with a pretty sweater would be fine, or a knee-length skirt with a pretty, but relatively conservative, top would be good too. A knee-length skirt doesn't have to be dowdy. Pencil skirts are stylish, but church-appropriate. I've never heard of any colour restrictions like the ones you mention.
 
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It would be safer not to wear bling shoes. Why not just buy a knee length skirt, etc. in case you have to go to church again sometime?
 
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Birthday suit?
 
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I thought it was still verboten to wear white after Labor Day?

If you must wear the white dress, don't wear the black shoes. Nude colored shoes are always appropriate, and look great with white. (Do NOT wear white hose! Really, ever!)

It's just church, you're not meeting the Queen of England or the Pope. Unless you're going to an ultraconservative church just wear something that you might wear to a work function or a nice dinner date. Just not something sexy. No cleavage.

This all reminds me of that episode of "Sex And The City" where Carrie was invited to church with her boyfriend's family, and she had absolutely no idea what to wear, so she erred on the side of ultraconservative, and came with a hat and white gloves. Her BF told her that was complete overkill. Don't make Carrie's mistake. And, remember. God is not going to smite you for whatever you wear inside the church. Good luck!
 
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