The Wedding Issue

Wedding Guest.

A small style guide for the diaspora wedding circuit. What travels well in a carry-on; what photographs well in the soft-flash of a ceremony; what you'll still want to wear at the next one, three years from now.

Wedding Guest

From the Journal

What to wear as a wedding guest.

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A wedding in Lagos. A reception in Accra. A traditional ceremony in London — at the parents' house — and then a white wedding the following day.

The diaspora wedding circuit asks more of a wardrobe than almost any other event in the calendar. Heat. Air-conditioning. Long flights. Photographers. The thirty hours between the bride's introduction and the bride's send-off.

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The first pieces in this edit land shortly. In the meantime, read the essay.

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