What to wear to an Arab friend's wedding/mehndi?

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Re: What to wear to an Arab friend’s wedding/mehndi?

@Tereliye

One of my very close friends is getting married very soon inshallah, and she invited me to both her mehndi and her shaadi. I have no idea what to wear - I know desis have a theme for mehndis, but this probably wouldnt apply to her mehndi right? She just got the idea of the mehndi because she’s a huge fan of bollywood movies. I’m not entirely sure what Arabs wear to weddings, but I know they wear long dressees/fancy maxi dresses. What should I wear to the wedding? Should I “tone it down” esp as I do not know what everyone else will be wearing?

In all honestly Tereliye, i would recommend wearing whatevers comfortable. But many arabs would dream of having clothes as exquisite and luxurious looking as pakistani clothes as many of their cultural clothes are simple and kind of plain.