A woman who recently attended a wedding has revealed how she had the bride's back on her special day, after spotting another guest wearing white.
In a TikTok video that has since gone viral, careers expert Amy, who regularly shares helpful tips and hints, urged her followers not to forever hold their peace if they spot someone committing this ultimate wedding faux pas.
Unless specified otherwise, it's generally considered bad form to wear white to a wedding, and yet many of us wouldn't be sure of what to do if we clocked somebody at the reception who'd done just that.
Amy has now shared how she approached the photographer directly after finding herself in this exact awkward situation and claims it worked like a charm.
In a TikTok video, Amy, who goes by the username @hackyourhr, instructed her followers: "You go to a wedding and you see someone wearing white, like a floor-length white cream jacket, find the photographer, tell them that you know the bride will care, and then the photographer will tell them to take their coat off."
She continued: "I literally just did it, and the bride will thank me. You are an ally to the bride."
In the comments section, Amy went on to explain that the woman in question had been seated in the fourth-row aisle, and that the wedding had specified all-black attire as the dress code. She says it was mere "minutes before start time", and the wedding planner was with the bride.
Amy's hack has left people divided. While some appreciate her commitment to supporting the bride, others felt she was encouraging "overstepping from every perspective", and couldn't see how it was the photographer's duty to step in.
One person wrote: "As a wedding photographer… YES! I don't care if it's not in my 'job description'. If I can help the couple have no stress on their big day, I'm doing it."
Another agreed: "I'm a wedding photographer and I will go to WAR for my bride and groom I have no problem telling them".
A third person disagreed, arguing: "Like many as a photographer... hard pass on that! We already get harassed enough. If you want to say something, do it yourself. I'll take pictures."
A fourth remarked: "While I wouldn't wear white to a wedding if the photographer came over and told me to take something off, I'd laugh and keep it on."
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