The white dress is a staple of bridal wedding attire for all the pre-wedding parties like an engagement party, bridal shower, bachelorette party, rehearsal dinner, and welcome receptions. We're sharing our picks for where to find the best white dresses for a bride to wear to wedding events.
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The white dress is also a great look for a reception dress, an after-party dress, a wedding brunch the day after your wedding and to wear for your honeymoon. With all those events, it's no wonder the modern bride is often on the search for the perfect little white dress or a whole white wardrobe to wear for the events leading up to and after your wedding day. To help you find the best little white dresses for weddings and brides to wear to rehearsal dinners, engagement parties, bridal showers, and other wedding events!
Little White Dresses for Wedding Events
Cute little white dresses are the friend of any bridal look. White dresses make the perfect choice for a bridal shower dress, bachelorette party dress, engagement party dresses, and honeymoon dress - it's the perfect thing to wear to nearly every pre-wedding event if you're a bride-to-be. Here are some of our favorite white dresses in an array of styles that are ready to go to any of the celebrations in your honor.
White Dresses for Bridal Showers, Wedding Rehearsals, and More
White dresses are also the perfect match for special occasion looks for graduations, sorority events, or summer parties! Just remember white is still off-limits for wedding guests, as well as guests of any other wedding events leading up to the special day. It's still good form to reserve the
Little white dresses are the staple of any good summer wardrobe, especially if you're the bride-to-be.
Cute White Dresses
In a previous post about dresses for bridal showers, we wrote a little bit of our take on little white dresses. We love little white dresses and think each bride-to-be should have at least one.
We also think that the color white should still be "reserved" for the bride not only for the wedding but for all the events leading up to the wedding. After all, there's something so dazzling about a white dress that it tends to make one the center of attention, so shower guests and invited friends always should try to choose another color other than white when attending a wedding-related event.
Where to Wear a White Dress
A little white dress is simply a great staple for any closet and a great summer dress for anyone. Here are some of the season's hottest little white lace dresses, short white cotton dresses in a variety of styles and silhouettes that are sure to please! Even if you are having a winter wedding - a white sweater dress with long sleeves or in a warm fabric for the winter season is a great idea!
These short white dresses for weddings also can make great short wedding dresses or looks for informal or intimate weddings, beach wedding ceremonies, city hall weddings, and for second wedding dresses. You might also consider having your bridesmaids all wear white and pick up one of these pretty white dresses.
These short white dresses for weddings also can make great short wedding dresses or looks for informal or intimate weddings, beach wedding ceremonies, city hall weddings, and for second wedding dresses. You might also consider having your bridesmaids all wear white and pick up one of these pretty white dresses.
White Dresses for Brides
Some feel that the bride should wear white to all the events she attends for pre-wedding events, which can include several engagement parties, bridal brunches, rehearsal dinners, bachelorette parties and showers. If that is your personal style or dream to wear a cute little white dress to each of these-- by all means go for it. After all, it really is the one time in your life you are given carte blanche to wear white. That said, my personal opinion (gained while watching TV shows where the bride wears white to everything) is that if your friends' guests see you in nothing but white at every single event in your honor, the big white (or ivory) dress at the wedding may lose a little - wow-look-at-her factor! Additionally, you might just not enjoy wearing white - since it stains easily, and usually needs a little think-through with undergarments. So with that said, feel free to change it up and wear colors, prints and patterns too!
Ivory, Cream and White Dresses for Rehearsal Dinners and Engagement Parties
While any of the dresses above will also do, we also have picked out white dresses specifically for brides to wear to rehearsal dinners and to engagement parties as well.
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We're here to help you find a dress for every part of the wedding from helping you find the perfect wedding dress to keeping you up to date on new collections from top wedding dress designers, as well as bridal accessories we help you find sources for where to shop for your wedding day bridal style.
Previously Featured Dresses
Some of the dress images from this post were pinned and shared on Pinterest. Unfortuanately those dresses are now out of stock at their respective retailers. The dresses we previously featured are linked below for credit to the original source.
ASOS Fringe Art Deco Lace Plunge V Neck Spaghetti Strap Bodycon Midi Dress
Goldie Sequin White Mini Dress with Long Balloon Sleeves from BHLDN
White tank mini dress with fringe skirt - Promenade Dress by BHLDN
Love Triangle All Over Lace Tiered Maxi Dress from ASOS
John Zack Sequin Mesh Mini Dress from ASOS | Shop more white dresses at ASOS
Originally published April 2016, updated July 10, 2024
