Weddingbee Blog

Tip 1: Pick out a dress for your team, have 2 of the girls purchase them. Then VOILA! Change your mind completely.*

I have a confession, because although I may seem like a nice person, it turns out I’m a pretty terrible one! After purchasing these dresses from David’s Bridal, I decided I didn’t like them anymore. Not just didn’t like them…HATED them.

Thus began the search for the long lost perfect bridesmaid dress. I went from wanting something not “too bridesmaidy” and fell head first into a shiny taffeta/silk shantung/silk dupioni/duchess satin-fever. I was looking for a tea or knee length, V in the front and V in the back straps (you’ll see why later) and I wanted it to be SHINY. I told you, I had the fever!

Once the fever had bitten me I really wanted the Ann Taylor Christine dress. But by the time I got to a city that carried the line—they were gone—no more Celebrations line!!! No sizes above a 12 in Concord Grape! Heartbroken, I began an internet search for the dress but I had little luck. The hunt continued.

The first two stores were your average bridal stores, where there was a ton of dresses, but not in the right size or color or length. Our favorite dresses from each store were just a bit… lackluster? We just weren’t having very much fun or enthusiasm for the dresses.

Then we headed to DC to check out the Aria dresses. I already knew I liked the way they photographed (SHINY!) from the gallery on their site. This experience was completely different; it was nice, quiet, and felt sweet, simple, and relaxed in the showroom. They had dresses of all sizes and colors to try on and everyone felt happy and excited to be there.**

The dresses I intended to see:

I also debated about having everyone in the same dress, or everyone in their dress of choice. As it turns out, everyone chose the same dress, but not only that, everyone looks great in it and we all love it!

The dress we chose:

I was sad that MOH Beth and I wouldn’t get to go dress shopping together (at least for my wedding) but I scheduled her an appointment when she was in town for the holidays and she and the rest of Team US headed back sans bride.

How did you handle your bridal crew being spread out? Did you change your mind several times about their dresses?

*Don’t worry, we’re trying to sell the dresses and I’ll pay them back the difference/full amount if we can’t sell them.

**This could be due to the 3 cups of coffee/chai we’d all had prior to going in, but I’ll chalk it up to natural excitement…