DEAR MISS MANNERS: My fiancé and I have selected a stunning cathedral for our wedding. He has a deep appreciation for etiquette and appropriate dress. Since the wedding is at 10 in the morning, he plans to wear something called a cutaway.

If I wear a satin wedding gown, may I wear opera-length gloves? My concern is that the ceremony is in the morning, and long gloves are typically evening wear. Does the material of the gloves make a difference?

GENTLE READER: Brides are allowed considerable leeway: Long, satin dresses are not daytime wear, either, but they are properly worn by brides.

That said, Miss Manners wants to discourage you from wearing opera gloves to your wedding -- on both aesthetic and practical grounds.

The practical reason is that they are not easy to remove; the drawn-ou

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