张洪兵

　　参加美国人的婚礼，男宾客的服装很简单:西装、衬衫和领带，但女宾客的服装就没有这么简单了。在美国，婚礼礼仪禁止任何女宾穿白色的礼服，只有新娘才能穿。你可以穿大红色的、乳白色的，但你不能穿白色的。

　　婚礼女宾客的穿着看起来应该典雅，伴娘的服装看起来也应漂亮，但不能遮盖了中心人物的风采。婚礼这一天属于新娘。伴娘的礼服总是裁剪到膝盖，颜色大多是不太刺眼的淡紫色和淡绿色。这些充当配角的女人就像用人作的花饰，看起来漂亮但需要巧妙地融入到整个风景之中。

　　如果你去参加一个很正式的婚礼，你最好把珍珠取下来，系上黑色饰带，或穿一身小巧别致的套服。正式的婚礼需要的是尊重，尤其当婚礼是在一个传统的寺庙或者大教堂举行的时候。

　　如果你是去参加女儿的婚礼，重要的是要让自己看起来可爱但又不失自己的特色。打扮端庄是这种场合的关键。如果你是去参加好友的婚礼，可选一套裁剪简洁的服装。你或许会整夜跳舞，或许会把新娘抱到轿车上……为了这两种场合，你一定要穿双平跟鞋！（栏目供稿：张洪兵）

　　What to Wear to an American Wedding

　　The clothes for a male guest attending an Amer-ican weddingarequite sim-ple: suits, shirts and neckties. Those for a femaleguestare however not so simple. Wedding etiquette in Ameri-caforbidsthe wearing of a white dress to any female guest except thebride.You canwear fire-engine red, you can wear cream but you cantwearwhite.

　　Female wedding guests are supposed to look elegant andbridesmaidsare sup-posed to look pretty without eclipsing thecentralcharac-ter. Its the brides day. Bridesmaids gowns arein-variablycut tothe knee and mostly chosen in innocuous shades oflilac andmint green. These extra women are supposed to n likehuman floralarrangements, beautiful but artfully blendedsintosthescenery.

　　If you go to a formal wed-ding, you had better pull out thepearlsand consider black lace or a pretty little suit. Aformalweddingcommands respect especially if the cere-mony is inatraditional tem-ple or cathedral.

　　If you go to your daughters wedding, it is important tolooklovely but be yourself. Dignity is the key for this oc-casion.Ifyouare to attend your best friends wedding, choose asimply-cutdress.You might be dancing all night, you might becarrying thebride tothe limo...wear a lower heel for both!

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