Aussie Influencer Kat Clark has divided by wearing a white floral dress to her friend’s wedding.
The 38-year-old social media sensation was surprised when people started commenting that her dress was “disrespectful” to wear to someone else’s wedding.
“Kat! Why are you wearing a white dress when the bride is wearing a white dress? Isn’t that a bit disrespectful,” one commented.
“White dress?” Another questioned.
“Is nobody going to talk about how she’s wearing white?” Someone else inquired.
The relatively simple dress kicked off a surprisingly big debate.
One described the white dress as “rude” and another person argued it was fine because a colorful floral print took up the majority of the dress.
“I would be annoyed if someone had that much white. It is a stunning dress though,” one claimed.
“Wear whatever you want!” Another encouraged.
“I personally think the dress is fine; if it was completely white, that’d probably be an issue, but the color and florals make it pop,” someone else argued.
Clark, who has over 700,000 Instagram followers, even put up a poll to ask if her dress was wedding-appropriate, and over 70 percent of her followers said it was fine.
She told news.com.au she was “surprised” the dress started a debate because she didn’t think it was a controversial wardrobe choice at all.
It was a strapless floral dress that hung below her knee. If anything, it was almost a conservative choice of clothing.
“My understanding is that if someone is wearing all white that would be considered rude because you could be mistaken for the bride,” she said.
Clark was shocked to discover people had taken issue with a wedding outfit she hadn’t even thought about that much.
It wasn’t like she turned up in a ballgown.
“I didn’t realize some people would be offended if parts of my dress contained white,” she said.
Clark said the backlash wasn’t “fair,” and people should relax and not accuse her of being rude over nothing.
“The dress was clearly floral and didn’t look like a wedding dress at all. Huge bright flowers and white on the dress is not offensive wedding attire,” she said.
“The bride didn’t care at all. She actually messaged me and said how beautiful my dress was.”
Clark even posted a screenshot of a message exchange between her and the bride who confirmed she was unbothered by her dress.
“What you wore was simply stunning and I wasn’t offended for a second,” she promised.
