Weddingbee Blog

Anyone getting married will completely agree with me when I say that choosing a bridesmaid dress is TOUGH. I have 6 lovely ladies who have been kind enough to agree to be my bridesmaids. All six vary in height and weight and style preference. Can you just imagine the emails going back and forth on this topic? Some preferred long dresses, some short; others were well endowed in the boobage area while others not so much. I wanted everyone to wear something flattering, but I knew it would be impossible to find one that would make everyone happy.

After weeks of sending each other countless pictures and emails about countless different opinions, we decided it was best to just go to the store to try things on, because honestly you can’t ever be sure just by looking at pictures! So a couple of weeks ago, I made the trek to the store with two of my BMs. All three of us have very different body types so we thought that if we could find a dress that looked great on all of us, it would not only be as if we were in a really cheesy chick flick (can we say, Sisterhood of the Traveling Bridesmaid Dress??), it would probably be the winner.

We tried on a ton of dresses, the three of us crammed into one tiny dressing room, awkwardly trying not to “cross” boobs. It was tough holding in our laughter while trying not to make it obvious that we were totally taking pictures of ourselves despite the sign that forbade it (so bad… but we’d NEVER be able to decide on a dress without pictures!). When we were told we only had 10 minutes left of our “dressing room time”, we quickly narrowed the dress down to two favorites:

Dessy, in color Aubergine

Mori Lee, in color AubergineThis is what the Dessy dress looked like on us:

(Don’t mind the color)And this is what the Mori Lee dress looked like on us:

(Again, don’t mind the color). we wanted the shorter version of the dress, but the only dress they had available to try on was the longer version.

I was partial to the Dessy dress because I liked the satin material, and the dress was flattering to all three of us. I was shocked when I didn’t even have arm pit fat! No fair - I have armpit fat when I wear my wedding dress. I almost wanted to wear the BM dress instead! Also, the Dessy dress comes in the perfect shade of purple. I will also have the option of buying fabric to make a matching sash for me, if I choose to do a purple sash during the reception. The Mori Lee dress was nice as well, but as you can see in the model picture above, the color is not a true aubergine/eggplant but more of a blue-ish grey. The store did not have a dress in that color, and the swatch they provided wasn’t making me feel much better either.

Another reason that I liked the Dessy dress better was that it will still most likely be a bit cold in March of 2009. The Mori Lee dress seemed more of a springy, fun dress while the Dessy seemed more elegant. After seeing the pictures Mr. Martini confirmed our thoughts, and we finally decided on the Dessy in the darker, aubergine color.

How did you and your maids decide on bridesmaid dresses?