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I guess I wanted to select “other” because I didn’t have a specific cut, color and style in mind. We searched and chose together, really. It was a very democratic process.

I did the same thing as you, Miss Blueberry. I only have one attendant, so I just let her choose whatever she wanted after giving her my general color scheme.

Worked out great and she loved being able to pick out what she wanted and what looks good on her!

i decided on color. and i had an idea of the style i wanted, or rather didn’t want. we all took a shopping weekend trip to houston and we all decided what looked best on all the girls. they essentially picked it. i had in mind shorter dresses, but they were more comfy in long, so long it was! i also thought each girl would have to wear something different due to different body types, but they found something that looked great on all of them.

I chose other because the situation was similar to wsukarebear’s. We all went together and they tried on various styles. They found a style they liked and I looked into options. I found a dress at target.com that I liked and I wasn’t out any money by purchasing it. So, I bought one for everyone and figured if they didn’t fit or they didn’t like them, we’d return them. The dresses looked great on everyone, so we kept them!

Having worked in a bridal store for six years, I have seen some out and out horrors in behaviour and attitude of both brides and bridesmaids. Brides demanding pure disgusting and thoughtless outfits that ignore her friends’ body issues (strapless on LARGE girls etc) or BM demanding sex appeal or value for money or just their demands when it’s the BRIDE’S DAY!!! I think it a real mistake to fall in to the ‘I want them to wear it again’ trap. It will always be a BM’s dress to the BM, regardless. Brides should pick what they want and can afford and BMs should suck it up. You will only want the same in return when it’s your day.
I’m only having two and, as I know them, fashion, my sense of what I want, and also know what suits them and what they wear (I’m in fashion -it’s my job!), I have picked what they’re wearing, but knowing that they will be happy with it and consulted on minor details….

I picked out a few dresses that I thought would be nice and sent them out to the bridesmaids. Then they voted on which one they liked best. Thankfully, they all picked the same one.

I tried to let them choose whatever, but that didn’t really work out. They were too lost! So I gave them an idea of what I liked, sent out a whole bunch of different styles and let them vote. In the end they all (unanimously, believe it or not) voted for a specific style. I ended up buying something similar at the Jessica outlet on sale.

i have 4 bridesmaids. 3 live near me so i have gone shopping with two so far and we found the color and fabric. the only other stipulation i had was they could either all be tealength or all be floorlength - they all opted for for floorlength. i tried to pick a color that would look good on all of them and not just one or two so hopefully it all works out! each lady has their own style and i think each will look fantastic!

I’m not finished with this yet, but I’m thinking about just telling them to pick a chocolate brown dress and give them some suggestions like Aria, J. Crew, Ann Taylor who make these dresses at reasonable prices and are easy to interface with.

That way they can ultimately decide the budget and pick a dress that fits their body type.