Wedding Blog

Oh I love that dress! I want my BM’s to wear that dress too but I’m not getting married till April 2008 - I hope they will still have them next year. Do you mind telling me how much they cost? Thanks!

I was a bridesmaid last summer and I had to pick my own dress. It was so much work. I live far away from the bride, so it was hard decide which dress she would be want me to wear. I would have much rather just put out the money for one she picked out. Instead I ended up with two dresses that I don’t really like and many hours I lost dress shopping.

i did a little of each. we all went to several shops and the girls tried on dresses. we found the same dress flattered each of them and went with that one. initially, i thought they’d each end up with a different dress, but they all loved the one dress.

Originally, I was going to go with separates and them each wear the same skirt and choose from two tops, one strapless and one halter. When I realized that I would only have one girl in a halter, I began looking at other options because I didn’t want her to feel like she stuck out. I finally found a one piece halter dress that I absolutely love! We just went this weekend to have all 4 of them try it on, and to my relief, they all loved it as much as I do. I’m really glad I changed my mind and went the way of uniform dresses.

I figure everyone will be most comfortable, be able to wear it again, and have it fit their budget if it’s something of their own choosing. My guidelines are: tea length, not white or black, would prefer red, orange, pink or purple. Whoever gets theirs first is the standard in terms of not clashing too badly. I’ll also make myself available if anyone wants company shopping. It’s not like a group of gorgeous women in pretty gowns will look bad together. And even if they did, the point is that they’re up there with us.

I decided to choose black as the girls’ dress colour because I wanted them each to be able to buy any dress they wanted–and one that they would wear again. I also am not crazy abou that uniform bridesmaidy look. I do want to have several different textures–like one girls is going to wear a black lace dress and my younger sister already has a gorgeous tulle-ish looking dress that I am trying to convince her to wear (she wants to buy something new). The only rule is that it has to be tea length or knee length and predominantly black.

I asked them to pick out some dresses and send me pictures and we could come up with ideas. They said that they would rather I just pick something and let them know, so they wouldn’t have to bother with it. So I did, and we ended up finding one they all liked.

I picked the designer, color, and fabric, and each BM chose her own style of dress. My BMs ranged from a petite 4 to a tall 28. It would’ve been impossible to pick just one dress that would flatter everybody.

i too had 5 bridesmaids
my sister was my maid of honor (she chose her own style …she’s 15)

i had 2 co maid of honors (they both had the same style dress)

and i had 2 bridesmaid (both wore same dress but different from my 2 co maid of honors)