Wedding Blog

Mine are! I gave almost the exact same directions - black, satin, falls just below the knee, no embellishments (ie., beads) and later added non-strapless, since 2 of the 4 had already found non-strapless. I told them spend as much as you want or as little as you want. All of them are thrilled to have a new Little Black Dress that they can wear again.

Although my girls aren’t wearing black, I really felt strongly about them wearing their dresses again, since I am nearly the last of my friends to get married and didn’t want any of them to spend money on something they didn’t like. I knew I wanted knee-length, A-line skirts, in navy blue silk shantung. There were a lot of options, but we lucked out with Aria bridesmaids http://www.ariadress.com. We picked 5 different dresses that all complement each other and the girls’ own bodytype and personality. I think everyone is really pleased, and would highly recommend Aria to anyone who is looking for either matching or nonmatching bridesmaid dresses. They were friendly, easy to deal with, and the dresses shipped an entire month earlier than we had expected. They only have showrooms in Boston, LA, and DC, but they have a try-on program and for $15 will send you any dress you want in your size. That worked perfectly for my MOH, who is the only one living outside of the DC metro area.

My two bridesmaids are both wearing black Bari Jay dresses. My gown isn’t strapless, my MOH is wearing a strapless version and my bridesmaid the halter version of the same dress. This better suits their bodies and tastes.

Although I told them to choose whatever they wanted, they decided it was better to order them in the same material from the same designer because they wanted to have the black be the same colour

I’m doing the same, but with white dresses! I wanted the convenience of letting them choose their own dresses, but I thought that black would make the wedding party too dark. They’re all going to wear yellow sashes that I’ll make for them, so it will give them a pop of colour and unify their look a bit.

I spent hours and hours searching for a dress that would work, and I finally gave up and decided to let them pick out their own. They are all so excited about it. Although it is a little stressful for me to turn it over to them completely and hope that they get it figured out before the day before the wedding, I think it will be great to see how they let their personalities really shine through.

KTWed-I thought about that same thing and a friend of mine suggested the answer for me. I am going to go to a fabric store and get swatches of fabric that I would like the dress to be made out of. I will send those swatches to the girls so that they can see and feel for themselves the look I am going for. I dont want any jersey or cotton dresses because I want something looking a little more formal, and so I have basically told them to avoid those two fabrics and to eliminate shirtdress style options. I think they will be able to find something beautiful!

I was JUST in a wedding this Saturday where the bride had the same qualifications: black, tea-length, non-strapless dresses. We were all comfortable, we all looked great, we all found dresses we could afford and this is the first time I’ve actually had a bridesmaid dress I will definitely wear again, so I just have to say your ‘maids will thank you for this.

Did the LBD too! I didn’t have any specs, but its come out great so far. I did put in a special request for shoes, after seeing this awesome pair of Kate Spades on sale… so hopefully they’ll wear that again and I’m not a terrible bridezilla for asking

I had my girls wear whatever black dress they wanted.

Then I bought silk in our wedding color (for about $6) and my alterations person made them into long scarves for them to wear at the wedding.