I liked the outfit I wore to a wedding – but the bride expected me to apologize for ‘hogging’ all the attention

A REDDITOR has expressed disbelief after her wedding outfit provoked outrage from the bride.

She reeled from accusations that she "hogged" all the attention for this ceremony.

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She was staggered when the furious bride demanded an apology.

The almighty fuss was surprising because this guest thought her outfit was great.

She comes from an Indian background and wore a traditional sari, in striking royal blue, edged in gold.

It was straight out of Bollywood and a similar sari was worn by Indian movie star, Deepika Padukone, in the blockbuster Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.

But our wedding guest had inadvertently broken the cardinal rule of weddings everywhere: there is only one star of the show, and it is always the bride.

"I was shamed by the bride for wearing this outfit," she said in her Reddit post.

"The bridesmaids wore strapless dresses that showed off shoulders and a neckline," she added.

"Women were also wearing floor-length cocktail gowns. The bride had a plunging sweetheart-style neckline, which was absolutely beautiful.

"I don’t think modesty was a question here," she said.

Her outfit choice was, she admitted, "ultra ethnic," but also "ultra chic and modern."

In her opinion, it was modest too.

"I felt that my outfit was not revealing or too risqué," she said.

"It had a midriff (common for a saree) but my blouse wasn’t too short. It was modest yet cute," she added.

She received many compliments for her sari look but afterward, events descended into something like a Bollywood drama.

She was accused of hogging all the attention and becoming a spectacle.

"I was so confused and didn’t think that my choice of outfit was in any shape or form inappropriate," she wrote.

Opinion was split among Redditors who responded to her post.

This was, many of them suggested, a cultural clash.

"Showing midriff or wearing a crop top is not modest or cute for American weddings - it is inappropriate per American etiquette," insisted one person.

"My opinion, know the time and place. Some couples are fine with it, and others are not. As a plus one, why take the chance of standing out at a stranger's wedding? Know your audience," advised a second person.

"Regardless of how modest it was, you did steal some of the bride's thunder by wearing ethnic clothing for an event where that is not commonly worn," said a third person.

"Instead of talking about the bride's beautiful dress, they were talking about your beautiful sari. You did the one thing that you shouldn't do at a wedding. You stood out," fumed another.

But others were chilled about her dress choices.

"I’m enjoying everyone’s assumption that the whole of the U.S. has the same modesty standards as their part. No one would bat an eye at this outfit where I am," added one Redditor.