What to Wear to a Wedding in La DoubleJ

La DoubleJ was founded in Milan in 2015 by J.J. Martin, and its whole look is joyful print on silk, which is most of what a wedding guest needs. Every piece I link below is made in Italy. I have built them from the Coveti edit as complete outfits, with the bag and the jewellery included, so you can buy once and get dressed.

How to choose a print for a wedding

Start with the season and the time of day. Greens and pinks feel right at a daytime ceremony, while gold and black belong to the evening. Placed prints, such as the Placee shades, are the safest bet for photographs because the motif is positioned to land where it should. Then pull one colour out of the print and repeat it in the earrings and the bag. That single move makes a loud La DoubleJ print look considered.

The dresses to wear to a wedding

The Swing Dress

The Swing Dress is the house shape and the easiest wedding dress La DoubleJ makes. The Tulip Green version is silk twill trimmed with ostrich feathers, slim in the shoulders and generous in the hips. It falls into an A-line with hidden side-slit pockets and a concealed back zip. At 135 cm long it is dressy enough for a formal ceremony and relaxed enough for a garden. Our Swing Dress guide covers the rest of the family.

The Marlene Dress

For an evening reception, the Marlene Dress in Honeysuckle Tricolor Yellow is the more dramatic choice. It is placed-print silk crepe de chine with a deep V-neck and voluminous sleeves, fitted through the body and 145 cm long. Wear it with gold earrings and nothing at the neck, because the V does that work for you.

Silk shirts with palazzo pants

The silk suit is the wedding outfit I recommend most. The Foulard Shirt has a mandarin collar and cuffs, with buttons down the front. The Palazzo Pants are silk twill from Lake Como with a placed print, an elasticated waist, concealed side pockets and a wide cut. Worn together in Nucleus Dusty Pink, the print reads as one long line, and the elastic waist is kind through a long lunch.

For evening, the Cerere Blouse in Buttercup Placee Gold is oversized silk crepe de chine with a V-neckline and a detachable neck sash. Wear it with the Club Pants in Buttercup Placee Black, silk twill with an elasticated waist. Two colourways of the same print do the matching for you.

Skirts for autumn and winter weddings

A cold-weather wedding needs more weight. The Drape Skirt in Verona Green is velvet devore with an asymmetric hem, fitted and 72 cm long. Put it with the High Kick Top in Cocoa, a ribbed silk-cashmere knit with a high neck, and you have a winter look that is warm and still dressed up. For a church service, the Maria Cape in Kells Placee Pink is sheer silk chiffon with a front button closure. It covers the shoulders without hiding the dress. As the light drops, choose deeper colours: Verona Green velvet and Devon Brown jacquard look richer by candlelight than pastel silk.

Day weddings and evening weddings

Day weddings suit lighter silks and brighter colour. Evening weddings can take black and gold, as long as the print carries colour, and that is where the Buttercup pieces come in.

The pochette, earrings and necklace

The Party Pochette in Devon Brown is the evening bag: a fully lined silk-mix jacquard, 32 x 23 cm, with a side handle and an ostrich feather trim. A mini version in the same jacquard measures 20.5 x 14.5 cm if you only carry a phone and a lipstick. The day pochettes are in our Hand Pochette guide.

The Portal Earrings in Green Resin are 24K gold-plated brass with resin and a butterfly closure, and they pick up the green in the Tulip Swing Dress. For the silk suit, the Embellished Portal Necklace in Red Agate is 24K gold-plated brass with red agate and rhinestones on an adjustable 72 cm dainty chain, long enough to sit in the open neck of a shirt. One necklace and one pair of earrings is plenty with a print this lively. The full range is in our jewellery guide.

What not to wear to a wedding in La DoubleJ

Do not wear white, and with La DoubleJ that includes the pale grounds. Buttercream and Ecru read as white in photographs, so save the Coven Buttercream dresses for another occasion. A print on a white ground with only a little colour does the same thing. Keep very short hemlines for the after-party, and if the ceremony is in a church, bring the cape.

Which size to buy

La DoubleJ ready-to-wear is cut true to size. Tailoring and the Swing Dress use Italian numeric sizing, shown in UK sizes at Coveti: subtract 32, so IT 40 is a UK 8. The Palazzo Pants and Club Pants have elasticated waists, which makes them forgiving. The detail is in our La DoubleJ size guide, and delivery and returns terms are on the Coveti returns page.

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