Casual.
The most relaxed code: a sundress or good jeans, and trainers are fine.
Also written as casual wedding attire, come as you are.
Where it fits
Casual at a wedding still means better than an ordinary Saturday. A sundress, smart separates, good jeans with a collared shirt. It is the one code where trainers are usually fine and nobody is going to look at your shoes.
Couples choose it for backyard weddings, city-hall ceremonies and second-day gatherings, and they generally mean it. If the invitation says casual, dressing up hard is its own kind of not reading the room.
What to wear
Sundresses, nice separates, or dressy shorts with a top all work for this laid-back vibe. Comfort is the priority, so choose something you can move and dance in easily.
Casual board on PinterestNice jeans or chinos paired with a collared shirt hit the right note without feeling overdressed. This is the one dress code where sneakers are usually totally fine.
Casual board on PinterestWhat to skip
Beachwear: swim shorts, flip-flops, anything with a slogan. Ripped jeans. And white, which is the one rule that survives at every formality.
What it looks like
How to say it
On a printed invitation the dress code is just the term, set in the lower corner. The explanation belongs on your wedding site, where there is room to mention the grass and the evening chill.
Casual
Casual, and we mean it. A sundress, separates, or good jeans with a collared shirt. Wear something you can sit on grass in. Trainers are fine. The only thing we would ask you to skip is white.
Want it in your own words? The dress-code tool writes both lines for a warm or formal tone and for a garden, beach, or estate setting.
Casual: questions people ask
What does casual mean for a wedding?
Relaxed but not scruffy. A sundress or smart separates, or good jeans and chinos with a collared shirt. Trainers are usually fine. It is a step below dressy casual and the couple has chosen it deliberately.
Can you wear jeans to a casual wedding?
Yes, if they are dark, clean and unripped, and worn with a collared shirt rather than a t-shirt. Casual is the only wedding dress code where jeans are genuinely welcome, so take the couple at their word.
Can guests wear white to a casual wedding?
Better not to. The formality of the wedding changes what you wear; it does not change who the day is about. White, ivory and cream stay off the list at every level, casual included.
A notch either way
Put casual on
your wedding site.
It arrives with these photos and this wording, attached to the events it belongs to, and every word of it stays editable.