For Some, Getting Married Needs to Be an Experience Unlike any Other

2023-07-23

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  • More couples are asking guests to wear nontraditional clothing to their marriage ceremonies.
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  • The result appears to be that many guests are not sure what to think about it and are confused by the unusual requests.
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  • Maggie Long is 34 years old and lives in New York.
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  • Not too long ago, she attended the wedding of a close friend at a restaurant in Denver, Colorado.
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  • The couple described the suggested clothing for the event as, "dive bar semiformal."
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  • A dive bar is a low cost drinking place where people are not known for good behavior.
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  • "I love a theme," said Long. "It's fun that people aren't taking weddings so seriously, but I had no idea what that meant."
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  • At the dive bar wedding, Long said many older guests got into the idea.
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  • One guest wore a rainbow tie-dye shirt, a colorful informal shirt made popular in the 1960s.
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  • Other wedding guests have been invited to weddings that were described as, "tropical formal," "snappy casual" and "garden party whimsical."
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  • Emily Coyne is the founder of Emily Coyne Events, a wedding design company based in San Francisco, California.
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  • She said many couples are trying to make their weddings different from everyone else's wedding.
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  • "The key is making sure there's communication behind the dress code. Don't just confuse guests," she said.
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  • When her company designs wedding websites for couples, it includes descriptions for the dress code.
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  • The dress code is a description of the kinds of clothes considered right for the event.
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  • "Tropical formal," for example, might include long dresses in bright colors and suits with unusual ties.
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  • "Most guests have a lot of fun with it," Coyne said.
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  • Rikki Gotthelf attended her friend's "space disco cowboy" wedding.
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  • The hosts sent their guests to an abandoned town near Austin, Texas.
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  • For guidance, Gotthelf looked to Sophie Strauss, who calls herself a "stylist for regular people."
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  • Strauss suggests asking the couple directly if they had not made themselves clear.
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  • She tells guests dealing with strange dress codes to remember: "It's not a costume. Unless, of course, it's literally a costume party."
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  • Often, there is some form of personal meaning behind the unusual wedding themes.
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  • Thirty-two-year-old Madison Smith is getting married in May 2024. Her dress code calls for "black tie sunset glam."
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  • "It's in honor of my late grandfather," she said.
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  • "His favorite thing was the sunsets where I'm getting married."
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  • The wedding will be taking place on Long Beach Island, New Jersey.
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  • She hopes for sunset-colored dresses that are orange, yellow, purple, blue or pink.
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  • She also wants suits with elements that are of similar, sunset colors.
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  • Jove Meyer is the owner of an event planning company in Brooklyn.
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  • He has dealt with dress codes that included "colorful cocktail," and "red carpet ready."
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  • "I always suggest couples clarify exactly what they mean," he said.
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  • Brittny Drye is the lead editor of the wedding magazine Love Inc.
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  • She said guests should not be unwilling to ask the couple about an unusual dress code.
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  • When couples are asking their guests to wear nontraditional clothes, "they're signing themselves up to be asked questions," Drye said.
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  • I'm Dan Novak.
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  • More couples are asking guests to wear nontraditional clothing to their marriage ceremonies.
  • 2
  • The result appears to be that many guests are not sure what to think about it and are confused by the unusual requests.
  • 3
  • Maggie Long is 34 years old and lives in New York. Not too long ago, she attended the wedding of a close friend at a restaurant in Denver, Colorado. The couple described the suggested clothing for the event as, "dive bar semiformal." A dive bar is a low cost drinking place where people are not known for good behavior.
  • 4
  • "I love a theme," said Long. "It's fun that people aren't taking weddings so seriously, but I had no idea what that meant."
  • 5
  • At the dive bar wedding, Long said many older guests got into the idea. One guest wore a rainbow tie-dye shirt, a colorful informal shirt made popular in the 1960s.
  • 6
  • Other wedding guests have been invited to weddings that were described as, "tropical formal," "snappy casual" and "garden party whimsical."
  • 7
  • Emily Coyne is the founder of Emily Coyne Events, a wedding design company based in San Francisco, California. She said many couples are trying to make their weddings different from everyone else's wedding.
  • 8
  • "The key is making sure there's communication behind the dress code. Don't just confuse guests," she said.
  • 9
  • When her company designs wedding websites for couples, it includes descriptions for the dress code. The dress code is a description of the kinds of clothes considered right for the event. "Tropical formal," for example, might include long dresses in bright colors and suits with unusual ties.
  • 10
  • "Most guests have a lot of fun with it," Coyne said.
  • 11
  • Rikki Gotthelf attended her friend's "space disco cowboy" wedding. The hosts sent their guests to an abandoned town near Austin, Texas.
  • 12
  • For guidance, Gotthelf looked to Sophie Strauss, who calls herself a "stylist for regular people." Strauss suggests asking the couple directly if they had not made themselves clear.
  • 13
  • She tells guests dealing with strange dress codes to remember: "It's not a costume. Unless, of course, it's literally a costume party."
  • 14
  • Often, there is some form of personal meaning behind the unusual wedding themes. Thirty-two-year-old Madison Smith is getting married in May 2024. Her dress code calls for "black tie sunset glam."
  • 15
  • "It's in honor of my late grandfather," she said. "His favorite thing was the sunsets where I'm getting married." The wedding will be taking place on Long Beach Island, New Jersey.
  • 16
  • She hopes for sunset-colored dresses that are orange, yellow, purple, blue or pink. She also wants suits with elements that are of similar, sunset colors.
  • 17
  • Jove Meyer is the owner of an event planning company in Brooklyn. He has dealt with dress codes that included "colorful cocktail," and "red carpet ready."
  • 18
  • "I always suggest couples clarify exactly what they mean," he said.
  • 19
  • Brittny Drye is the lead editor of the wedding magazine Love Inc. She said guests should not be unwilling to ask the couple about an unusual dress code.
  • 20
  • When couples are asking their guests to wear nontraditional clothes, "they're signing themselves up to be asked questions," Drye said.
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  • I'm Dan Novak.
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  • Dan Novak adapted this story for VOA Learning English based on reporting from Associated Press.
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  • Words in This Story
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  • couple -n. two people in a relationship; two of anything
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  • theme - n. the main subject of something
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  • snappy - adj. fashionable, popular or stylish
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  • whimsical - adj. unusual in a playful or funny way; not serious
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  • dress code - n. the kinds of clothing expected to be worn to an event, such as formal or casual
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  • disco - n. a dance place
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  • abandoned -adj. left by the people who used to live there
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  • stylist - n. a person whose job it is to make other people look nice
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  • costume - n. clothing worn by people, such as actors, who are trying to look like people living in different places or times
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  • clarify - v. to explain; to make clear