Bride ‘Floored’ by the Outfit That Her Officiant Wore for Wedding, Says the Woman ‘Ruined’ Her Photos

A bride was left stunned — and her wedding photos “ruined” — after her officiant showed up in a bright, beachy outfit that clashed with the ceremony’s tone and setting.

In a post shared on Reddit’s “Wedding Shaming” forum, the newlywed vented her frustration under the headline “Finally somewhere I can shame my officiant.”

“All our ceremony photos were absolutely ruined because she sticks out like a sore thumb,” the bride wrote, describing her disbelief when she saw what her officiant had chosen to wear.

The couple hosted a small civil ceremony on their property, opting for an intimate event with no guests other than their 6-month-old child and two required witnesses, one of whom was the photographer. “We wanted nice photos to at least share with all the people we didn’t invite,” the bride explained.

Because she had indicated on the paperwork that a photographer would be present, the bride assumed the officiant — an employee from their municipal office — would dress in something neutral, “like pants and a button-up.” Instead, the officiant arrived in what the bride called “a blue ocean-themed dress with starfish all over it.”

“This woman looked like our wedding was a stop on her way to the beach,” the bride wrote, adding that the officiant completed the look with blue sandals and visible hot pink bra straps — despite the ceremony taking place “basically in a forest.”

Commenters on Reddit largely agreed that the attire was wildly inappropriate for the occasion. Some mocked the dress, comparing it to “a 2000s stylish bathroom shower curtain” or “the ocean-themed soap everyone’s mom used to love.”

One user even tracked down the outfit online and discovered it wasn’t a dress at all — it was a long romper. “That makes it so much worse than just a bad dress,” someone commented, while another joked that it “moves this up like three notches on the heinous scale.”

Others suggested that the officiant’s workplace should be informed. “This picture needs to be delivered to her supervisor,” one person wrote. “No one else should suffer this couture in a professional setting.”