What to wear to a funeral

The reason I never wear black is vanity tbh.

I would vie with the corpse. Black drains me entirely of any colour.

I think there is a lot of angst about what to wear at funerals. Unless you are attending the funeral of a head of state the rulesnow is that almost anything goes except something overtly sexy or sports clothing. If you are not a close family member - say a work colleague or neighbour - then whatever would be considered acceptable for work would be ok. I dont want anyone at my fuuneral so no one will have to make such a decision.

Yes, purple would be appropriate.

My sister and I both wore black and purple for our mother's funeral-we hadn't planned to coordinate!
Purple is an accepted mourning colour.

My "best" outfit is a very old purple Jean Muir trouser suit with a long Nehru jacket and have never felt out of place in it, be it at funerals or weddings. I've an assortment of simple tops to wear undneath depending on the occasion.
Some people do request that nobody wears black to their funeral now, of course.

Yes.

Black was traditional but increasingly other colours are acceptable.

Isn’t it more important to make the effort to show up at a funeral rather than what you wear? Within reason of course!

Black trousers and scarf would be fine.
As many pointed out that today it is not important what you wear as long as you have something of a dark colour or grey.

I agree with other contributors, particularly regarding purple, but for me @Bazza’s point is the most important.

Sounds absolutely fine, I wore a long light grey coat to a funeral last month. As long as you're dressed respectively it's also that you've made the effort to and have turned up.

That sounds perfect. At my Godmother's funeral the ladies wore something red and the gents blue. Godmother's favourite colours.

Purple is totally acceptable for a funeral
In some countries it is White! The funeral colour!

I seem to have been to far too many funerals in the last couple of years. I definitely think that very few funerals require mourners to wear black these days.
As others have said many people feel more comfortable in darker colours but lots wear whatever they like unless the family have particular colour requests. My sister wore a bright red dress to our mum’s funeral

That sounds just great ... as long as you dont wear an orange anorak ! ... very suitable ...

Turning up is what counts.

At a funeral for a young man the dresscode requested by his family was the colours of the football team he supported. The service was sensitively led by the club chaplain, the chapel seats had appropriate drapes, the pall bearers and many of the mourners wore supporters’ shirts. A very touching funeral.

Role ..... so true. I wore a red jacket to an Aunt's funeral & my lovely Dad's funeral. Who'se going to come to you to complain about what you wore? Times change. You can still respect & wear colour.

My husband said "Don't wear black for me" so I wore a dark red dress he liked at his funeral.

Had yet another funeral to attend recently, the Vicar had some purple about her outfir, so seems acceptable?!

I went to a funeral yesterday and it was so cold that half of the congregation were wearing woolly hats, winter boots and their warmest coats of every colour just to try and keep warm. Really don't think it matters unless the family have any specific wishes.

I have the opposite problem I'm afraid. I have a funeral of a young woman this week and she requested that everyone wear bright and colourful colours to her funeral. Not done this before and tbh the season and of course the weather does not really lend itself to bright and colourful. Not sure what I'm going to do as I don't want to go against her wishes.

What about a bright scarf or knitted hat.

I bought a lovely raspberry pink sweater in Next this weekend. I could lend you that !!!

I have a very dark green Geiger jacket that I wear over a black polo neck jumper and black trousers. It always seem appropriate for funerals. We once had to wear 'a touch of yellow' and, luckily, I had a long forgotten yellow blouse.

Purple used to be a mourning colour after black.
There used to be used funeral emporiums in London -funeral wear was very elaborate.
I think that the huge death toll during the First World caused the demise of funeral wear.
I wore a floral frock to a funeral as flowery prints had been requested.
I think that dark colours are fine .
The only time that I thought that someone was inappropriate at a funeral was the time that a cousin wearing bright canary yellow was sceaming with laughter outside the church some thirty years ago .