10 Wedding Guest Outfits We Really Love

Our We Try Before You Buy series aims to take the stress out of shopping and eliminate the number of post office visits you make each month to return failed online orders. We test new-season buys and styling ideas so you don’t have to. Here, we’re letting you know what’s actually worth investing in or styling tricks you can re-create with pieces you already own. 

Together as a team we probably have over 20 wedding invitations, and so a lot of our chat on Slack and on our coffee breaks has been dedicated to one topic: wedding guest outfits. After years of cancelled nuptials, this is certainly the year of the wedding and we’re all wanting to dress up and have fun with our outfits. So we ordered dozens of dresses into the office to be able to try on the styles that have caught out eye online, and let you know if they measure up and the styles that are no-brainers for any wedding.

Our favourite dress was unanimous: Taller Marmo’s fringed crepe kaftan which our social media editor Joy tried on is quite simply the most fabulous dress we’ve ever seen. If you have a fabulous destination wedding, a black tie dress code or a bride who will want everyone to have drama with their looks—this is the dress. We also tried on trending styles from Self Portrait, Rixo and Ghost (to name a few), and found some cool spins on a classic floral midi dresses and beautiful satin colourful dresses that you’ll wear again and again. Keep scrolling to shop the 10 wedding guest outfits our editors can’t wait to wear this summer.