A woman has sparked a debate after revealing how she was ordered to leave a wedding for showing up in an "inappropriate" dress.
She explained how she wore a yellow dress to her close friend's wedding - comparing the colour to the dress worn by Belle in Beauty and the Beast.
The dress was modest and did not reveal any cleavage or leg - however, a member of the wedding party still deemed it "inappropriate". Taking to Reddit, she said: "I arrived at the wedding, we have the ceremony, the cocktail hour, the dinner and the reception. I get many compliments on the dress and the bride even comments on how much she loves it several times.
"Towards the end of the reception, the venue dimmed the lights and turned on some blacklights. These black lights made my dress appear more white than yellow. A member of the wedding party approached me while the blacklights were on and stated that I needed to leave because my dress was 'white' and 'inappropriate.'
"I stated that the dress was yellow but the blacklights were making it appear white. The member of the wedding party stated that if i didn’t leave she would 'make me'." In response, the woman bluntly told her she would not be leaving as she travelled overseas to celebrate with her close friend on her wedding day.
She added: "The conversation while heated, did not have raised voices or foul language from either side. But I will say it was tense.
"The wedding party member walked off and I watched as they immediately went to talk to the groom, angrily pointing in my direction. The groom shrugged and continued to dance.
"The next morning I was approached by a different friend at breakfast (not in the wedding party) who stated that they heard what happened and that I should have left when asked because it made people 'uncomfortable' and that I made it about me 'partying' rather than 'respecting wedding etiquette'."
Feeling uncomfortable about the entire situation, she has taken to social media to ask users whether she was in the wrong to stay after being told to leave. One user said: "Who checks their attire under black lights to see if it 'passes'? Ridiculousness.
"I understand if it appeared white under normal lights but c'mon, this was an unusual situation at the end of the reception. You are fine and whomever approached you was completely and utterly out of line. Some people have nothing better to do than look for problems that don't exist."
Another user added: "Did the bride even care? Sounds like friends making pointless drama considering they went to the groom, not the bride. And if the bride cared, the groom would have known. You might give the bride a call and explore. If she was offended, apologise and explain. It's up to her to accept or not. I mean, it's not like your dress was white during the ceremony."
A third user also chimed in: " Yellow is not white and unless they specifically told people not to where anything that appears white under blacklight then it's on them."