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Ivory looked much better on me. When I told FI the color he said he always imagined me in a white dress. I told him if I hadn’t said anything he wouldn’t know the difference- it’s a light ivory.

Ivory looks so much like white. In my mind, my ivory dress is definitely still a white dress.

My dress was ivory. Ivory is much softer and looked so much better against my skin.

Although I am a traditionalist for the most part, I didn’t see ivory or white being a major issue. Most people couldn’t tell and commented on my beautiful, “white” dress…

i was anti ivory but then all of the people working at the bridal stores told me ivory was my color…actually all the white dresses i tried on looked really cheap on me regardless of how expensive they were…the dress i ended up getting was ivory..and i loved it..it looked so much more classy and elegant

Yes - try them both on and see what works for you! While it is traditional to wear stark white, it isn’t very complimentary on most people. I was definitely an ‘ivory’ person, and my girlfriend is definitely a ‘white’ person.

When I look at my wedding photos, I don’t immediately think, “look at my ivory dress” since it looks white compared to all the other color around me. Nobody will walk up to you with a white piece of printer paper and scold you for not wearing white. Do what makes you happy

Hope that helps!

totally depends on your preference and skin color, not “tradition.”

I agree with WeezerMonkey — you should choose based on what your skin tone looks like with either. I chose ivory because I felt it complemented my skin tone, but other girls may look better in white. In general, though, it seems that ivory is more flattering than white, but it depends on the fabric too. Silk white is often a soft candlelit white that is beautiful!

I love that you say the tradition is to wear white for ‘your first wedding’!!! Tradition is surely to only get married the once?!In my experience working in a bridal fabric shop, ivory is simply an off-white and is in no way a colour category in its own right. People came in, claiming ‘ivory’ as a definitive colour and it can vary from rich cream to a nearly-white-in-the-wrong/right-light. IMHO, bright, rich white really only suits very black skin tones and just drains the colour from caucasion skins. I agree with most of the commentors that it’s more to do with style and preference than any idea of tradition or necessity. x

My gown is ivory. The sample was ivory, and when I had it on and was standing on the little plinth, some random bride came up to me and told me that I looked beautiful in it and it definitely was my color. When I tried on a white gown for color (same manufacturer, different style) the salesladies took one look at me, shook thier heads, and cried “ivory!” White would have been easier for accessories, but ivory it is. And I love the ivory version anyway–it’s a beautiful, rich shade, and it makes the fabric look more sumptuous.

And I don’t think in this day and age that it has much to do with your sexual status–no one’s going to look at me on my wedding day and say, “Well, *she’s* not a virgin. Look at that ivory gown and those BLUE shoes!”

Mine is “diamond white” but it is basically ivory. I have olive skin and the white just didn’t look right.