Gold can be a fantastic and festive color to wear to a wedding, especially in the fall months. The key is finding the right gold wedding guest dress that suits the dress code and season. To help you find a gorgeous gold style to wear to a wedding, we've picked over 30 of the best wedding-appropriate dresses for wedding guests.
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Image credits and shopping sources: 1. Athenian Satin Maxi Dress from Hello Molly 2. One Shoulder Gold Cocktail dress from Petal + Pup 3. Yellow Floral Corset Midi by V Chapman from Anthropologie 4.
The Best Gold Dresses to Wear as a Wedding Guest
Here are over 75 gold dresses our editor has hand-picked to create this collection of wedding guest dresses. for suitability for wedding guest attire. We'll keep updating these picks as more styles come in.
Can You Wear Gold to a Wedding?
Yes, gold is a wonderful color to wear as a wedding guest, but choosing the right gold dress is key to getting it right. After all, gold is an eye-catching color full of sparkle and radiance and it is frequently worn by bridesmaids and mothers and other honored members of the bridal party.
How to Find a Gold Dress to Wear to a Wedding
Here are a few suggestions to help you find the perfect dress: the key is to steer clear of any pale light gold dresses that might read as a beige or neutral color cream.
The other key is to make sure the gold dress you've chosen isn't too ornate or flashy for the wedding. Stay away from tight or overly attention-grabbing pieces in your attire and you'll be good to go in gold.
The other aspect of picking the perfect gold dress is to keep in mind the season, time of day, and wedding theme. As you can imagine, a flashy and fitted gold sequin cocktail dress that would stand out as a very bad choice at a casual morning wedding, would be totally appropriate for an evening semi-formal fall or winter wedding.
More Guidance for Choosing Gold Dresses
The best gold dresses we've seen for weddings are a rich yellow gold or rich bronze gold tone. The depth and richness of color of these styles make them look opulent and elegant - the look you want as a wedding guest - not over the top and flashy. As always, the time of day and dress code will further dictate which style you choose.
A simple matte gold dress or floral gold style is perfect for a casual daytime wedding, while a cocktail one-shoulder satin cocktail dress is perfect for evening semi-formal weddings.
For very formal wedding guest attire for black tie weddings, a long golden gown or even an off-the-shoulder deep gold sequin style are perfect formal wedding guest dresses.
More Wedding Guest Dresses and Wedding Style Ideas
If you haven't found quite the right dress here, you might also want to check out our picks for yellow wedding guest dresses which are an alternative to gold that is especially appropriate for the summer wedding season. We also have picks for bronze wedding guest dresses as well as gold and yellow dresses for bridesmaids.
Here are a few more picks for gold wedding guest dresses along with our tips for where to wear them!
Gold Cocktail Dress
Gold cocktail dresses like this are the perfect styles for your next fall wedding event. This midi style is special occasion fabric like satin making this the start of the perfect outfit to be the best-dressed guest. Gold dresses also make excellent party dresses that are perfect for special event outfits and holiday party dresses.
Gold Formal Dress
This dark gold gown is perfect for formal events.
Gold Maxi Dresses
Gold maxi dresses are beautiful goddess-like styles for your next wedding outfit long dresses like a maxi dress in a formal fabric or a long gown are perfect for a formal affair like a black tie wedding.
Gold Long Sleeve Dresses
Long sleeve dresses in gold tones are ideal for mid to late-fall wedding attire or for a wedding ceremony where a bit of shoulder or arm coverage is called for.
Gold Floral Dresses
Gold can also be a great accent to a print like this romantic floral print gold gown.
More Gold Wedding Style Ideas
If you are the mother of the bride or groom, we have a special section of gold mother of the bride dress picks just for you, as well as more subtle beige and taupe neutral mother of the bride or groom dress picks. Also, see our wedding guest edit featuring the best wedding guest dresses for the current wedding season.
If you need styling ideas, check out our ideas for how to style a gold dress for a wedding guest, as well as our tips for styling a gold maxi dress for a guest.
