{"id":164,"date":"2013-06-26T09:59:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T09:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2014-01-08T17:25:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T17:25:51","slug":"funeral-dress-codes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/funeral-customs\/funeral-dress-codes\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral dress codes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What do I wear to a funeral?<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s an English historical tradition to wear black clothes to a funeral. The Maddock team have seen most funeral customs and traditions transition over the years. Society is becoming more relaxed, so black suits and black ties aren\u2019t necessarily required for all funerals.<\/p>\n<p>That said, black is still the most commonly attire worn by mourners in the funeral congregation. But\u00a0be reassured,\u00a0there are no strict conventions or rules to say that you must wear black. In fact, many other fashion trends and colours are beginning to be used as a form of celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Some bereaved\u00a0make a specific request for guests not to wear black \u2013 or stipulate bright clothing for those attending on your invites. This modern change is especially popular for funerals of younger people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do I wear to a funeral? It\u2019s an English historical tradition to wear black clothes to a funeral. The Maddock team have seen most funeral customs and traditions transition over the years. Society is becoming more relaxed, so black suits and black ties aren\u2019t necessarily required for all funerals. That said, black is still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":46,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-third-level.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/164\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}