If dark + formal is unavailable, is light-coloured formal or dark-coloured casual preferable for funerals?

Question

Not really a question I wanted to ask, but.

Answer 1

I would go with the lighter colored dressier choice, as long as it's not too festive.  In general, if you'd wear it to an old-fashioned church on sunday morning, it would be fine at a funeral.

I'm so sorry for your loss.  It's so hard to have to worry about appropriate attire in times like these.

Answer 2

I'm so sorry for your loss.

If you do not have any dark-colored attire, I would still try to stick with a neutral of some kind (navy, brown, grey , etc.).  Anything bright or flashy is completely inappropriate.

Answer 3

I think dark-coloured casual should be fine.

If you ask me, I don't see why we have to wear black at funerals anyway.  We feel bad enough as it is.

I'm so sorry for your loss.  We just lost someone very close to us too, recently.

Answer 4

I went to a funeral today and there were quite a few people who wore some subtle colour. Their clothes were still definitely on the dressier side, which I think is more appropriate than anything casual, period. My brother-in-law, on the other hand, showed up wearing a dark golf shirt and it just looked as though he had been out playing golf and couldn't be bothered to change afterward.  I don't think that the super-formal head-to-toe black is really done anymore but I would always err on the side of formality over colour.

Answer 5

dark-coloured casual.

Answer 6

Light color and formal is fine, since its the summer time. People don't dress all in black anymore, it has been replaced with other dark colors, like brown, green, gray etc...

My grandfathers funeral was in the end of May it was pretty warm here, a lot of men wore white or light blue shirts with khaki pants, they looked appropriate. So it would be fine if you wore something light colored and formal, its too hot to wear dark colors right now.

Answer 7

Oh darling, I'm so sorry.

If you're in light colours, you'll stick out. Darker won't be so obvious until someone's close. How casual is your casual? Can you manage dark on your top half at all? Even a scarf or jacket.

If you're a woman, cream and black is fine, at least in the U.K. Customs are different in the U.S., where more variety is common.

Answer 8

I don't think the dead person cares one way or the other...

Answer 9

I'd go with dark casual, but of course not too casual.  Maybe pair up something light and formal with a dark casual sweater???

Answer 10

i never wear dark to a funeral- at my mother's when i was about 8 everyone wore light colors, dark is too gloomy. i dont think anyone really cares what you wear as long as it's nice.. i would go with the light colored formal. if someone really goes " omg she's not wearing black!" then they seriously need to get a life