I am from the south snd have never heard if it.

I’m from the south and today is the first time I heard this “tradition”.

This southern woman had no idea lol! I'm trying to think back if I've ever worn red to a wedding lmao I'll def have my eye out at the next one though! :P

I am in my 50's and live in the southern US. Never heard anything remotely like this. It's just don't wear WHITE!

Yeah, from the south here and I have literally never heard of that. I have some petty a*s women in my family too lol I feel like if it was a real big deal they'd have definitely been the ones to use it lol.

I love that most of the replies are "I'm from the South and this sounds like BS" 😄

I looked it up, no reference to that. However, it did mention it may detract the attention of the bride as being similar to having a red car and causing attention to self. (insurance companies claim it does too.) However, when the wedding party is wearing it, it can be very stunning overall. The bride can 'pop' by the comparison, but can also have the opposite effect and be 'lost' by the eye-catching overkill of the rich color. No matter what , it doesn't mean what the 'harlot' tried to sell of the idea. Which then baffles me, did her mom know the message that the daughter was going to use? I'd say the bride then saved her from the shame it would have brought her cousin. That could have blown-up in her face. "What, you're saying that 8 years ago you had the guy, but he's making an honest woman of the bride and you didn't have the class to hang on to him?" Might want to change your game plan for your future, or you will remain single for 8 more years. Think that over 'loser' girl.

Doesn't being a "scarlet" woman basically mean she's a whore?

Grew up in the south. Never heard of it.

It's not a current southern thing. Maybe back in the 50s

I'm not sure this is right, a "Scarlet Woman" is a biblical reference, and a slur similar to calling a woman a s**t.

It's complete nonsense. As you've heard from other southerners it's not a thing at all, and as a southerner, I concur. The only thing mentioned in wedding "tradition" about red is 'married in red, better off dead' Here are some others from the Victorian era. Married in white, you will have chosen all right. Married in grey, you will go far away. Married in black, you will wish yourself back. Married in red, you’ll wish yourself dead. Married in blue, you will always be true. Married in pearl, you’ll live in a whirl. Married in green, ashamed to be seen. Married in yellow, ashamed of the fellow. Married in brown, you’ll live out of town. Married in pink, your spirits will sink.

I am from the South and have never heard of this!!!!

Not true. Born and raised in the South, not a Spring chicken lol, and I’ve never heard of that!

I was born and raised in the south. Never heard of this stupidity.

TX, never heard of it.

I'm from Georgia (Southern US). My great-grandmother told me it was a thing in the early 1900s. But it wasn't to signify that the person had slept with the groom, it was if the groom had previously proposed to a woman and broke it off (for whatever reason). She said she had never heard of anyone actually doing it, and she figured it was just a story. However, if anyone suspected that the bride and groom had sex with each other before they married, they would gift a pair of baby booties at the wedding, and say something like, "I know you'll be needing these sooner than you should" in front of everyone. One of my Granny's cousins actually did that to her because she had the hots for my Grandpa, but he chose my Granny instead. That cousin was a b*tch.

Its not a southern thing, it's a mental illness thing.

Did someone watch Gone With the Wind and think it represented a tradition?

I'm just an old country boy from the south and this is a first for me. Now I'm wondering what color you wear if you've slept with the bride? To be clear, if you, female, has slept with the bride? Wait until cousin gets hitched and have several girls show up wearing that color.

I've lived in the south and never heard of such a thing. In fact, I'm sure I've worn red to a wedding or 2. Now I'm trying to remember WHOSE wedding so I can figure out if folks thought I was pathetic or bragging!

I'll add my bit to this: I grew up in The South during the 70s and 80s. Never heard of this either. Must be some other part of the South ...

I'm assuming it's tied to scarlet letters, which mean infidelity. I've never heard of the red dress at a wedding thing though, even if I live in the US lol.

I'm assuming it's like a scarlet letter, meaning infidelity. However I've never actually heard about the red dress at a wedding thing even though I live in the US.

Alabama checking in to say Yes I know this is a thing that petty bitches will do!!!

I'm in the South, never heard of that particular tradition. Only color snafus I'm aware of is anyone other than the bride should not wear white/cream/similar colors, although others don't seem to care one way or another.

I'm from California and I have never heard about it either

It's an old old taboo in the south, not one that paid much attention to anymore.

from the south, never ever heard of this. very much news to me

From GA and never heard of this.

From TX and never heard of this at all not even from other people. This is the first. I do know you don't wear the colors of the bride whatever they may be. You don't wear all black it's like a bad omen or something. And I personally thought red was a way of taking the brides glamor, noone told me that was just my personal thoughts.

South GA, never heard of it, and I have worn red to a wedding, I absolutely had not slept with the groom!!

I am also from the south and never knew about it.

Also Scandinavia, at least Norway and Sweden, for at least 30 years. Maybe even more.

Also Scandinavia. That is I've been to weddings in Norway and Sweden, not Denmark so I don't know if it's a thing there.

The Other Guest - for some reason, that was my guess even though I didn't Google it. Just sounded like Southern U.S. if I had to guess.

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I grew up in the South and have been to many wedding there, including my own. Never heard of this "custom" either. Although, mine was a "shotgun wedding " as I was 3 mo. pregnant.

Omg I want to go with you VIC so I can make googoo eyes at the bride and really make them wonder. I would probably have the giggles the entire time.

Omg that's hilarious. Please post about it.

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From Alabama I have heard of this before many times.

I think that you can pull of black, if you are careful enough and know what you are doing. The important issue is to make sure the outfit in no way would be apropriate for a funeral -it's a little tricky, as it must also be apropriate in the church if the ceremony is held there. But if you want to be on the safe side, don't go all black, but combine that small black cocktaildress with an assesory, like a jacket or a scarf in some bright colour (or gold, which looks awsome with black), which can also cover those "inapropriate" parts of your body that the deep cuts of cocktail dress often reveals, while you are in the church. That way you can "dress up" later by removing/reconfiguring that item to reveal more of the sexy dress underneath. The tuxedo is in a class of its own. It should be all black with a white shirt, which is in principle also what men wears at funeral. However the tux is by definition a festive atire with some "bling" effects, and hence it would not be ok for a funeral.

Thank you!! Maybe its a Louisiana thing!! We have alot of tradition and culture here that nobody else knows about.

Nope, they way the story is framed, it is clearly stated as a petty revence act, not just an accident. If it was an accident, the cousin wouldn't have been so upset, when her evil plan was ruined by the bride.

Um, aren't royal families known for inbreeding. No royals in the states. I'm Canadian btw