NBR: A "black, white, and red" shower?

Soap1

I just got an invitation to a friend's bridal shower, and it says on the invitation, "Gifts and Dress:  Black, White, and Red".

Does this mean I have to go out and buy an outfit that's black, white, and red?  And that the gift I get has to be black, white, and red?  I don't really understand.

FWIW, I threw a different bridal shower for this friend about a month ago...

grinsandgiggles

That's weird.  What I get out of it is to buy the gifts in that color but to also dress that way to the shower.

This is what registries are for.  Why would you want all black, white, and red gifts.  Can you say redundant?  

ETA:  I also find it extremely rude to ask your guests to dress a certain way.  If I had to buy an outfit you could bet I wouldn't be giving as nice of a gift.

purple_posies

Yeah ... I guess if you were to buy them, like ... a blender, it would need to fall into that color category.

I wouldn't go out and buy a new outfit or anything. I'm sure you can wear black, white, or red -- or some combination thereof. Sort of like a Black & White party? I think?

Are you familiar with the hostess? You could always call her and ask.

CalinsBride

I wouldn't say your outfit has to be black, white and red--either one of these colours would suffice, IMO.  They are probably decorating their house in black, white and red and want everything to match. Buy them a red coffee grinder and call it a day.

lzybeanie

Never heard of this...but I might steal the idea for my friend's baby shower and change the 'red' to 'read' and ask people to bring books instead of cards. They did that for my shower and I loved it.

ETA: I wouldn't require people to dress a certain way of course or buy a certain color gift. I'd try to incorporate the BW&R theme in some other way. This is coming off my friend eventually wanting a whole 'black, white and red' reading room...plus she's not going to find out the gender so it's a cool way to keep things neutral and decorate! Maybe we can convince people to wrap their gifts in newspaper??

borc0080

My sister threw a "little black dress party" / shower for her friend.  On the invitation, guests were invited to wear their favorite LBD or other black apparel.  It just makes for cute pictures with the bride-to-be in white and the other guests in black. 

I don't think the gift would need to fall into that specific color scheme.  But you could always ask the hostess.

cabo_kate

I would probably assume the gifts just have to be wrapped in black, white and red to match the theme of the shower. And I would probably wear a black shirt and call it a day.

meyemn28

I would interpret this to mean wrapping paper, bows, etc in black, white, and/or red so the pictures of all the guests and wrapped gifts are all color coordinated.  I would't think the actual gifts would have to be these colors.  Get something off their registry to be safe though.