Influencer slammed for wearing a ‘disrespectful’ dress to a wedding – so would you wear it?

A controversial Gold Coast influencer has faced backlash for wearing an eye-catching dress to a friend’s wedding, with fans branding the look ‘rude’ and ‘disrespectful’.

Kat Clark, 38, couldn’t contain her excitement as she showed her 6.6 million TikTok followers her wedding guest outfit for a friend’s wedding.

The sequin dress was a white strapless midi dress decorated with colorful floral prints.

She paired the dress with $690 Dior pearl earrings, a gold pearl necklace and a faux Van Cleef bracelet.

In her TikTok video, Kat asked her followers to comment on the etiquette of wearing white to a wedding – a tradition that is often frowned upon in many cultures.

“You know, if they say you can’t wear white to a wedding, that’s okay, right?” she asked in the video.

“I hope so, because I have no other choice.”

Despite the dress featuring vibrant red, blue, green and peach flowers, several fans criticized the TikTok creator for choosing to wear a white dress.

“Cat why [are you] Wearing a white dress while the bride is wearing a white dress is not one bit disrespectful, but Ily Kat doesn’t take this as hate,” one person commented.

“I’d be annoyed if anyone had that much white…it’s a beautiful dress though,” another added.

“I agree that white shouldn’t even be an issue. There [are] there are so many colors,” someone commented.

‘Totally agree!! It’s rude to wear ANY white color to a wedding UNLESS the bride tells her to wear white!’ another wrote.

The mother of two responded to the criticism on her Instagram Story, before asking her followers to weigh in.

‘I’m actually shocked. Apparently my dress was rude for a wedding because it had too much white in it?’ she wrote.

Meanwhile, several other fans praised Kat and complemented her outfit choice for the party.

“As long as it’s not a real wedding dress, that should never be a problem,” someone said.

“People are just superstitious.”

Kat sparked another controversy earlier this year, after launching her debut skincare line Kalade.

She launched the brand in February with great success and sold her entire stock within ten minutes.

However, not every customer was happy with Kalade’s advertising methods, thanks to a photo of Kat posing with a box of skincare products next to her daughters Letisha, 20, and Deja, 12.

In the image, used to advertise the $120 Kalade ‘OG Kit’, Letisha and Deja are seen posing with their middle fingers pointed towards the camera.

Kalade’s Instagram page shared a photo of a customer’s online complaint about the ad, which read: “I hate this because the girls in the photo are giving the middle finger.”

Kalade replied by captioning the post with ‘Womp womp’ – a slang term used to respond to a minor disappointment or problem.

However, it seems some customers enjoyed her daughters’ decision to flip the bird, as another commenter wrote: ‘Omg Deja and Letisha middle finger [laughing/crying emoji]. I’m such a big fan’.

It comes after Kat raised eyebrows when she shared a video of herself crying after hearing that mega-influencer Anna Paul was about to launch her skincare brand Paullie at the same time as hers.

In the viral video, Kat broke down as she admitted she “feels like a failure” and was “scared” by the prospect of competing with Anna.

Unimpressed TikTok users branded Kat’s video ’embarrassing’ and ‘cringe’, with one commenting: ‘That to me is selfishness and jealousy… can’t she be happy that others are successful? Ew.”

‘Right? Like, I love her, but she didn’t have to make a whole video about this,” one person agreed.

Yet another added: “Imagine a grown woman. A so-called CEO of a company, making a crying video because of other people’s business. What is happening to society?’

It was this comment that struck a chord with Kat, as she returned to TikTok days later with a video responding to the user who wrote the comment.

“You’ve probably seen the videos and comments of people mocking me for crying. People say I manipulate people, that I’m ashamed, that I fake cry,” Kat said angrily.

‘This is what I do. I share my life with you, and that’s exactly what I do in business. It’s just that I can only start posting about it now.’

Kat went on to point out that everyone – including CEOs – has feelings, and that she has every right to be emotional since she has invested “all her money” and “remortgaged her house” to start her business. start.

“Imagine if you raised so much money to invest in something, and a month later someone has the same idea,” Kat said.

“I recorded that to maybe help other small business owners and let them know they’re not alone.”

However, it seems her fears about launching her brand are unfounded, as days later Kat revealed that her products were selling so quickly that she needed extra help.

‘Kalade is looking for new people. Temporary employment. Packing orders, assisting with customer emails, PA to Kat,” the brand posted on Instagram Stories.

Kat has also bragged about her brand’s sell-out success since then, posting a photo of her husband packing orders in their living room on Instagram Stories.

‘Packed until 1.30am and probably planning to do the same tonight [melting face emoji,’ she wrote.

A day earlier, Kat had uploaded a video of herself and her daughters reacting to the news that Kalade’s entire product range had sold out within ten minutes of launching.