I'm a Shopping Director—My Forever Wedding Guest Dressing Rule and Pretty Nordstrom Styles for the Season
What to wear (and what not to wear).
Retail Therapy: The Show is here. I turn into "Dr. Bobby" and bring my monthly column to life, helping various characters navigate their style and shopping woes. If you haven't watched the premiere episode focused on business casual dressing, hello, watch! The second episode just dropped about wedding guest dresses.
Watch below as I help one of our editors, Emma, with a very specific wedding dress code. My biggest forever rule is to skew on the dressier side (even if the dress code seems casual). It's better to be a little overdressed than underdressed. I prefer to avoid super-bright colors and go for dark neutrals or pretty pastels. For a print, a nice floral always works.
In this episode, the dress code was "Mountain Chic, Refined Rustic Glam"—a tough one to nail. After trying on several looks (all lovely on their own), I finally found the winner. It perfectly fits the theme with its rustic green hue, while the modern silhouette and elevated pleated details deliver that exact "refined-glam" vibe.
Below, I rounded up a range of wedding guest dresses that I think could suit different dress codes (all easy, elevated, and elegant). The edit from Nordstrom highlights many of the styles from the Retail Therapy episode, along with other favorites.
The Best 2026 Wedding Guest Dresses
