A happy bride who tied the knot last year has only just become aware of a “tacky” theme among her wedding guests after getting her photos back.

are typically a joyous occasion and often come with traditions and several “unofficial” rules such as sending a prompt RSVP, arriving 30 minutes before the ceremony begins, not taking photos that obstruct the professional photographer and, perhaps most famous of all, not wearing white.

One to discover “so many people” wore white to her wedding after receiving her professional pictures. On her , she was distracted and caught up in the momentum of the event so didn’t realise quite so many guests had chosen to disregard one of the most basic rules of wedding etiquette.

Her mother-in-law wore “an entire white gown” with a small flower pattern down one side, which she did notice on her wedding day. On , she explained she did a father/daughter dance alongside her new husband doing a mother/son dance but in the photos capturing the moment, “the flower pattern isn't showing at all and she also looks like she was just in a wedding dress”.

The bride then spotted one of their friends was also wearing a “cream dress with no pattern on it” while a friend’s date also wore a white dress with no pattern on it all.

Her dad’s friend’s wife also wore a white dress with flower embroidery which she described as looking “very bridal” with “almost the same flowers” as those on her own wedding dress. Even her grandmother “wore a white dress with some multi-coloured flowers on it, and a pink cardigan”.

The bride didn’t think this was “nearly as bad” as the other guests’ choices but still branded it something she wouldn’t ever wear to someone else’s wedding. She explained she “didn’t really notice this” pattern among her guests, except her mother-in-law, until the couple recently received their wedding photos from their photographer because “the only thing” she “was looking at that day was [her] husband”.

She explained their dress code was stated on their wedding website: “It stated it was formal, and had a phrase at the bottom that said ‘please, no white!’ but I'm sure nobody read the dress code.”

The bride asked if this fad was “the new normal” and whether certain wedding day traditions are “fading”, but was relatively unsure whether the issue “should bother her or not”. People shared their thoughts in the comments section.

One said: “You just know a lot of tacky people. Sorry for that.” Another penned: “Exactly, cause it's a very basic known rule, and if you don't know the etiquette, then you ask or you it like someone else said. However, I highly doubt these individuals did not know. Tacky and attention seekers.”

A third declared: “No it is still not normal for wedding guests to wear white at weddings.” Others suggested she get her photographer to edit the guests’ white dresses - apart from her grandmother, who was deemed appropriately dressed due to the coloured flowers and pink cardigan - to another colour entirely.