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Civilian wedding- dress whites ????
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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He can choose to wear his dress whites, but he could wear his dress blues too as they're authorized for formal occasions.
He's not a woman, so wearing white isn't the same as if a female chose to wear a white dress to a wedding.
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Permalink Reply by Arwen on
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Dress whites are clearly a "uniform" and they have the markings and ribbons, no one would think anything of it, except that he's a sailor.
He can also wear "mess dress," which is essentially a uniform tuxedo, if everyone else is wearing tuxes.
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Yes, but how many enlisted actually own the mess dress? I don't know of any enlisted man or woman who did.
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Permalink Reply by Nik&Haley on
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Yeah some of the guys are wearing tuxes, since I am in the party she is letting him sit at the wedding party table with us so I just want to make sure whites are the only option- I have never heard of mess dress- so i doubt he owns them hahaha
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Permalink Reply by Craig on
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Is he a virgin? Just kidding, I just had to say that... (since he will wear white, as if he could wear a Periwinkle uniform).
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Holly crapola!!! man, I totally forgot about that part... I wonder if having the dungarees in periwinkle was the 1st step in repealing the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy.
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Permalink Reply by Fur&FeathersDVM on
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Like Anti M said, he can wear his dress blues too- since you're in the wedding I'm assuming you're close to the bride, why not ask her what she would prefer? I've seen a lot of men wear white to summer weddings but some brides have such a detailed vision of what their day is like that they might taken offense. I even knew a girl who asked all military attending specifically to dress in civilian clothing... she "didn't want them to take away from her being the center of attention." Silly, I know, and she was an extreme case/complete bridezilla (she wanted the bridesmaids to dye their hair to all match... yeah.) , but when in doubt I figure it's best to ask the person who's wedding it is!
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I did ask her, and she said she didnt care- but asked if there were any other uniforms he could wear haha so I am not sure. She is my cousin and best friend- and she knows how happy I am he is even going to be able to come to the wedding as the Navy schedule typically works against events in peoples lives haha I just thought I would check and see if wearing the whites was truely acceptable since its a uniform! :)
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Oh and he refuses to wear wool hahaha June wedding (prolly in the 90's temp) he would be really unhappy and I dont blame him! just stinks because I like the blue uniform and he does also!
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Yes the navy does always seem to work against people's schedules! Of the last eight weddings we've had over the last year, the only one my husband made it to was our own. The worst was when we missed his sister's wedding and he wasn't even at sea. Oh well, it's part of navy life! I'm glad your boyfriend will get to be there, good luck figuring it out :)
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