Wedding on a farm - what to wear

[Pandora]

Im going to a wedding next week for my cousin.
They are getting married on his parents very large property in a bush location (in the middle of a fire area so hoping for mild weather)

Anyway I have no idea what to wear. Even if my clothes fit me, which lots dont.
There was no indication at all on the invitaiton of what the dress code was to be.

DH wants to wear jeans and a shirt. Im worried my family will make comments about it if he does - they would do it to me or behind his back but none of them would have the nerver to say anything to him.

Now the bride and groom - it would be the last thing they'd care about but Im really not sure.. maybe I could get him some new black jeans??

I would like to wear a long sleeved dress and boots but my boots dont do up anymore

No idea what options I have as everything that does fit is very summery.

[Roryrory]

Could you ring up and ask what their idea of dress code is? That would be safest I reckon

[Rivlas]

By what you have said it is going to be a relaxed wedding so I don't imagine it will be extra formal.
To be on the safe side give either the bride or grooms parents a ring and ask how formal it will be.

[Dansta]

i second ringing the bride or grooms family - or even a brides maid/grooms men to see what they'll be wearing. (eg long dress/****tail dress)
if in doubt a nice top and pants or skirt. or dress. if your worried about lack of clothes maybe see if you can swap clothes with a family member/borrow something. thats how i get around it.

[phynna]

something neat casual, like something you could also wear to a beach wedding, or a big family bbq.

Avoid stilettos or open toes, as you may be walking in the paddocks, or over gravel/sandy roads on the property, nice sandals are ok, but stilettos will sink, and if you are in the paddocks at all, you don't want toes exposed to grass spiders or snakes.

Boots, knee length skirts, all good. Your man should be ok with jeans and shirt, as long as he's avoiding the cliche cowboy style, and it's a neat tidy pair of jeans, nice shoes too, not blundstones lol!

Google image search on farm/ranch weddings for examples maybe?

[Trillian]

Ummm weddings held on farms can still be uber stylish and formal affairs, it ain't all dust and snakes Few stereotypes kicking about here LOL. I highly doubt you will be traipsing across paddocks and just because it is on a farm doesn't mean it is a hoedown LOL. Definitely ask your cousin first, because you don't want to turn up wearing jeans and a check shirt if everyone else is wearing ****tail or formal dress. But avoid high heels if you can. It will probably be under a marquee, but it probably wont have a hard floor in it.

[DaintreeDream]

We had a bush wedding (not on a farm) and we were more then happy for people to wear denim, we put 'classy casual' on our invites. Most of the women wore work style pants and a nice top, some wore dresses and the men jeans with a shirt and black shoes - I was quiet happy with how everyone dressed.

We have a country wedding to attend this weekend too and I have no idea what to wear! The weather keeps changing and I am breastfeeding, I can see myself late night shopping on Friday .

[HotI]

We had a 'bush' wedding, had a marquee with a wooden floor, and people wore the same thing they would wear to a 'city' wedding. The marquee, floor and everything else was all brought in from offsite and set up- All we needed was a flat space big enough for the marquee.

I would check before wearing jeans, black pants and a shirt might go better. I didn't mind what people wore, but i would be uncomfortable if i thought i was underdressed.

[phynna]

Ummm weddings held on farms can still be uber stylish and formal affairs, it ain't all dust and snakes Few stereotypes kicking about here LOL. I highly doubt you will be traipsing across paddocks and just because it is on a farm doesn't mean it is a hoedown LOL. Definitely ask your cousin first, because you don't want to turn up wearing jeans and a check shirt if everyone else is wearing ****tail or formal dress. But avoid high heels if you can. It will probably be under a marquee, but it probably wont have a hard floor in it.

sorry trill, you might have misunderstood me, I said to avoid the stereotypes and I didn't mean hoedown either, I've been to a few weddings on farms including my own, and I live on a farm myself, and I was thinking more along the lines that they may have picked an outdoor site for the pretty view/setting, but then again I've seen another wedding set up all fancy in the shearing shed which came up awesomely as well too

[Visitor7]

Our friends were married on a farm and it was quite a formal occassion. I would definitely be checking what the dress code is before your dh wears jeans.

[Jakabella]

We were married in the paddock of our farm in a marquee. I had the ress coe for the ceremony as semi-formal and then I noted on the invite that as it was in the padock and it gets cold that ppl could feel free to bring a change of clothes or get changed before the ceremony. Most ppl just put on slacks and nice tops or some even stayed in there formal gear. I didnt have a prob with guys or girls wearing denim. I just wanted pl to be comfy!

Doesnt really help you out much! I would say neat casual or semi formal - or call the bride or groom and ask!

HTH
Kate

[Pandora]

Thanks everyone.
It's not really w working farm just an 80 acre property, so theres

We had a 'bush' wedding, had a marquee with a wooden floor, and people wore the same thing they would wear to a 'city' wedding. The marquee, floor and everything else was all brought in from offsite and set up- All we needed was a flat space big enough for the marquee.

That's what its going to be like from what I can gather, and the marquee is going to be not more than 30 meters from the main house.

Im a little worried my cousin and his DF are so laid back that they will say casual and then everyone will dress up except us.
Im going to give my uncle a call and ask him what the dress code is, and go for the slightly more dressed up variant of whatever he said.
As for DH, well if he chooses to ignore it he'll be the one underdressed and not me.