How to Add Dress Code to Wedding Invitation

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How to Add Dress Code to Wedding Invitation?

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• Wedding invitation and enclosure card are parts
  of the most important elements in your day
  because they convey special information about
  your wedding to your guests. Mentioning dress
  code on your wedding invitations if you want
  guests to know. Why? Including the dress code on
  wedding invitations is easy way to ensures your
  event stays as formal or as casual as you want,
  and its helpful for guests to know exactly what
  is expected of them and helps ensure everyone is
  properly attired for you wedding. But make sure
  it sounds fun so theyll want to participate,
  instead of feeling obligated to.

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• Where does the dress code ("Black tie," "cocktail
  attire" or "casual attire" are all acceptable) go
  on the wedding invitation? Thats the easy part!
• If your ceremony and reception are at the same
  location, the wedding dress code should be
  printed at the bottom right or bottom center of
  your invitation. This is known as corner copy,
  and is available on most wedding invitations.
• If the ceremony and reception are in separate
  locations, your dress code should be printed on
  both reception card and invitation. That way,
  there's no confusion! This can also be helpful if
  your wedding and reception don't have the same
  dress code.

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• Use straightforward wording to get your point
  across. Include brief, straightforward phrasing
  like black tie event or semi-formal for your
  guests. Your guests can then research those terms
  for specifications if theyre not familiar with
  different dress codes, or you can include brief
  details next to the dress code. Wording for dress
  codes might be Black Tie (tuxedos and formal
  gowns)

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• Now that you know how wedding invitation dress
  code works, its time to decide what your dress
  code will be, Casual? Cocktail? Semi-formal?
  Black tie?

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• Your invitation design will also clue guests in.
  An ultra-formal, traditional invite with
  letterpress and calligraphy will give guests a
  hint to the formal nature of the event, whereas a
  square invite with a playful font and bright
  colors would fit a much more casual style. Design
  your invitations to reflect a themed wedding.
  Themed weddings are becoming more and more
  popular. Choose elements of your theme to include
  on your invitation to make the dress code more
  clear to guests.

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• Write your dress code on an enclosure card,
  alternatively. Including a simple enclosure card
  that accompanies your wedding invitation is a
  great way to let guests know about important
  guidelines, especially if your wedding invitation
  design doesn't easily accommodate extra
  information about the dress code, like remind
  guests to bring warm layers and appropriate
  footwear for an winter outdoor wedding. Also, it
  can be a big help if you attach inspiration
  photos, especially for a theme party, so they'll
  know what you have in mind.

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• Another way is to direct guests to your wedding
  website about dress code.