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In honor of NBA player Caron Butler's birthday and since I've been brooding over invitation wording, I'd like to highlight a line on invitations that is sometimes overlooked: the attire line. At the end of most wedding invitations you can read the following "semi-formal attire" or "cocktail attire" or "black tie". It gives guests an idea of the formality of the wedding and leaves their clothing choice up to their interpretation of semi-formal, cocktail, or black tie. Although I'm confident that our guests will respect the attire line/dress to impress, I kinda love the attire line written on Caron's invite, "Dress code restrictions are at management's discretion and pertain not merely to articles of clothing, but more importantly to style and execution."

How funny would it be if our invitation ended with "Attire restrictions are at J&M's discretion and pertain not merely to articles of clothing, but more importantly style and execution."? It would be a great way to challenge everyone's notions of style, push them to clothing options that best suit their personalities, and be a fun fashion show. But, it wouldn't be in good taste and I'm sure wouldn't be well received by guests. Yes it's a way to get the message across that personal style trumps fashion trends and you must dress to impress, yet guests should be given the benefit of the doubt that they'll dress nicely. We have no plans to go this route, and may refrain from mentioning attire altogether, yet I wonder if anyone has put a similar attire line on their invites. I would love to see it!

How did you get your attire message across?

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