Reality star accused of upstaging bride with ‘too close to white’ gown at son’s wedding
A reality TV star sparked an online firestorm after appearing to wear white to her son’s wedding.
Dolores Catania, known for her role on "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," posted several photos of herself wearing what was described as a pale blue, dramatically embellished gown at her son Frank Catania Jr.’s wedding to Nicole Perricho in Portugal.
A post in the BravoRealHousewives subreddit, "Dolores wore white to her son’s wedding," drew hundreds of comments about the apparent etiquette faux pas.
COURTHOUSE WEDDINGS ARE BOOMING AS MANY COUPLES SKIP PRICEY TRADITIONAL CEREMONIES "Of course she did," a Redditor commented.
"She wanted to upstage the bride…" "She’s already the ‘TV personality,’ the least she could do is try to dress subtle and keep a low profile to give the girl her day.
But alas, monster-in-law it is," wrote another.
"I mean, I expected nothing less," someone else commented.
"Not a good look," another commenter wrote.
Several Reddit users argued that the dress was not, in fact, white, while others said it was too close to white to be acceptable.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "It looks like it has a hint of green, but here’s my thing, WHY do you need to wear something so close to white on this day?" someone wrote.
"Any other color isn’t good enough at someone else’s wedding?" "It wasn’t white, it was like a light blue," a Redditor wrote.
"Personally, I stay away from pale colors like that for weddings because they can photograph white like this." "Not defending it at all, it’s definitely way too close to white on any day….but it looks a little silver to me?" another user wrote, prompting a response that said, "As an experienced TV personality, she should know how things photograph.
She wanted the limelight, end of story." White became the standard color for Western bridal gowns relatively recently.
Before the mid-19th century, many Western brides simply wore the best dress they owned, often one they had worn before, according to History.com .
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