What Does One Wear to A Funeral?

Before anyone make any judgments about how silly it is thinking about outfits to wear to a funeral..I know that what matter most is that we being there, the mourning family would be too emotional to even think about the guests’ outfits. But I believe that we go to a funeral to show sympathy, support and respect..and one of the ways to show respect is by dressing appropriately.

In the West, people are really concern about what to wear to a funeral, it’s common that they even have to shop for the appropriate clothes before attending the service. We’ve all seen movies with a funeral scene where the men are wearing black suits and women are stylishly wearing their black trench coat or black pencil skirt or black dress, carrying a big black umbrella or wearing a flowy wide brim hat and oversize sunglasses. Polished black shoes are often the norm too.

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