Wedding Forum - White or Ivory?...

I would like a show of hands please. Who is wearing white and who is wearing ivory? The reason I ask is because I have had a hard time finding white dresses in the shops. The shops I've been to have only had 1 or 2 white dresses and loads of ivory and I don't understand why. The ladies in the shops tell me that no-one really wants white anymore and that it makes you look washed out and that some of the designers don't offer their dresses in white anyway. So am I in the minority by wanting white then? I tried the one and only white dress on whilst in the shop the other day and despite being quite pale, I don't feel it made me look washed out or in fact any different complexion wise to the ivory ones. People wear white all the time in everyday life, so this makes no sense to me at all. Is it just a fashion fad. I really want to wear white but I feel like everyone is trying to tell me I'm making the wrong choice, so is anyone else going with white or is it really a thing of the past?

I dont like ivory on my skin im also quite pale at one of the few dress shops ive been in I was told white is a good choice for me xx

I fell in love with an ivory/natural dress so I didnt have to make the choice, I would have worn it had it been in white though

My dress is a pale ivory, and looked a lot more complimentary against my skin (very pale with pale freckles all over) than the whites did. I have a bit of redness in my skin over my chest and if I am flushed (which I was when trying on dresses in the heat of July lol) I thought the white made it show up more and yet when I tried on my ivory gown, it toned it down a bit. This might just be how I view it, others I have seen get married in white look stunning! Its just not for me :)

Thank you for your replies, so far it seems to be even stevens ;) which is reassuring because I know I definitely want white but with all the negative comments I keep hearing about it, most of my family and friends saying they prefer ivory and the fact that it seems to be harder to find anything in white these days, I was starting to get a bit worried that I was making a big mistake. Silly really because as I say when I tried them on I could not see any difference in complexion despite having both pale skin with redness in certain areas and especially when flushed.

Mine is ivory. I heard somewhere that white doesn't actually suit alot of people. I wouldn't know, as I haven't considered a white dress

I quite like blush pink too

Mine is blush coloured (with a bit of an ivory overlay) - white really doesn't suit me and I couldn't find an Ivory dress that i loved, so blush it was! I did see quite a lot of white dresses when I was looking - but you're right, theres far more emphasis on the ivory coloured ones.

i was planning on white very nontraditional as its my second wedding a few bridal shops i have been im thinking i was lucky now as they all had white dresses in and a good choice.

I wore ivory, I am a very pale myself and to be honest white dresses only made it worse for me! Made me look like a ghost... I think it depends on the shade of the dress :)

I'm glad someone has asked this, I was worrying that ivory may look grubby as apposed to white x

This is my dress, so as I said before, not quite white, not quite ivory! Lol xxx

Mine is diamond White which for me is a happy medium but the issue I now have is flowergirl dresses. Put them in white and my dress will look dirty put them in ivory and theirs will look dirty!

Need to find pale ivory dresses for them now

This thread has actually made me think now. I haven't a clue what shade of ivory my dress is and didn't think about the table linen and flower girl dress!! The last thing I want is to look like my dress needs a clean lol xxx

Ivory, I was told by my dress shop that they and others they know of only get the samples in Ivory as White only suits a very small percentage.

mine says ivory. white just looks too white when i see it in shops in my opinion x