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If it says "dress to celebrate someones life" what would you wear.

A friend of mine died unexpectedly at the age of 42, stuck for ideas:shrug:
 
depends, funerals are traditionally sombre affairs, however if your dressing to celebrate someones life would you not take cues from their life, bright coloured clothing etc?
 
I was at a funeral on friday, it was the wife's cousin and we all agreed that we should dress to celerbrate her life not to mourne it. She was 45

So all the women wore something that reminded them of her, there was a woman there that worked with her and wore this big bright pink coat as christine loved that coat.

So if this friend of yours liked to wear flowery dresses then wear one of them etc etc etc. think you get the idea

Hope it all goes well

spike
 
I think it's code for "don't wear black" (which notes their passing)

what would you wear if they were (alive and) celebrating some positive event?

you'd "dress up" so go for it
 
Not black basically, we had one recently where we all had to wear pink feather boa's, they certainly bought some smiles amongst the tears.

Sorry for your loss.
 
years ago a biker freind of mine was killed in a bike accident.only 24.
his dad asked us to turn up in bike gear.as he loved bikes and his mate
wall to wall leather at the funeral.and fourty odd bikes lined up outside the church.
the vicar looked scared sh**less.
 
My dads instructions were clear for his, no black...

Wear what makes you feel comfortable, and what would make them smile.
 
As said above Briony, I'd interpret that as "don't wear traditional funeral black".

You know the family better than anyone else here, so it depends how conservative they are as to whether that means : "dress like you were going out for dinner" / "dress like you were going clubbing" / "smart casual" / or any other permutation of feather boas, leathers etc etc.

If you're unsure, I'd play it safe and go for the out to dinner at a nice restaurant look . . . if you knew them well and think it would have made them smile then go for something a bit more quirky.
 
I would wear something with some colour in it but not too much in case most other people are in black ( maybe a bright scarf). I recently went to a funeral which asked people specifically to wear bright colours but quite a few people wore black still. I wore colours and did not feel out of place as I knew the friend who had died wore bright colours and wanted us to waer them at her funeral.
 
I would also say that is a suggestion not to wear black and as Sarah and Spike said it really depends on your friends personality as to what kind of dress would be appropriate.

I have had this situation before and tend to go with something pretty and flowery.

One thing I would say is just wear something you feel comfortable in - it will be a hard enough day without any trivial worries over what you are wearing. If you think it is suitable then I'm sure it will be.

Sorry for your loss - so sad when someone dies so young.
 
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