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Since I decided to choose rainbow sherbet colored dresses for my ’maids, I wanted to stick with the same dress style. My favorite style was the twist-tank dress, but Littlest Sister Kitten is a junior bridesmaid and a little too young for that V-neck action! I decided to have two of the bridesmaids wear the “Twist-Front” dress and two wear the “Abigail” dress. The dresses are really similar, with the same fabric and same skirt, just different necklines.
Let’s talk about another one of the virtues of J.Crew bridesmaids dresses—the price!
Because they already have to pay a significant amount to travel to our destination wedding, I wanted to buy the dresses for them. Thanks to their student discount (15%) and end-of-season sales, I scored substantial discounts on the dresses! While I consider some of J.Crew’s dresses to be silly expensive, the twist-tank dresses are $145, a pretty average price for bridesmaids dresses (in my experience), but the two Abigail dresses were $45 apiece! I got them on sale because they were last season’s colors! That makes the four dresses average out to $95 apiece! Not too shabby!I have to say, the customer service at J. Crew, especially for weddings, is awesome. They can help you find sold out items and even gave me a price adjustment when some of the dresses went on sale. And they will send you fabric swatches before you buy anything, too!
I am going to see the bridesmaids this weekend, so I’m bringing the dresses with me. I can’t wait to see them try them on! Stay tuned for pictures!
Which colors are you going with? Those dresses are adorable, good choice!
The “Abigail” was one of the three dresses that I picked out for my bridesmaids, but they all chose the V-neck dress from JCrew for our May wedding. My sister is getting married in November and she’s considering the gray Twist-Front dress for us. Great choices!
I love those dresses! They’ll look so cute in rainbow sherbert! Can’t wait to see them on the girls…
Wow it sounds like you got a great deal! How do you get the student discount?
I love the first dress, its so pretty! Great bargain too
One of my girls was going to wear the Abigail. I thought it looked great, but after two of them tried it on, they mentioned the seam hit them awkwardly. I hope they work out for your girls though because I think the style would be great to wear again. My girls each got different JCrew dresses and all scored them for under $100! Total steal!
Oooo, pretty! Are you also doing two and two for colors?
Did you get them in the colors shown in the photos? If so, it looks like your aqua/poppy problem is solved! They’re really cute!
I love them! I didn’t know they gave a student discount. I’m not a student anymore, but that is good to know for my friends! 
I love the soft swingy skirts on these! They’ll look great!
Awesome! My gals are wearing JCrew dresses too, and they all got them for under $100. Gotta love the final sale!
What great finds! & yes, please share this student discount info?!
D’oh! I can’t believe I forgot to mention the colors of the dresses!
Fresh Aloe
Sweet Cantaloupe
Tea Rose
Bright Aquamarine
I will include a picture of them all together in my next post!
And about the student discount, you can show them your student ID at the checkout in the store or you can do you order over the phone and give them your “.edu” email address!
Wait, student discount!?!?! I must be behind on the times because I’ve never heard of that!
Looking forward to the pictures of the dresses on real people, too!
You picked out some great dresses for your bridesmaids, and I cannot wait to see the picture of them all together in your next post. I’ve heard a lot of good things about J.Crew’s wedding customer service, but I did not know that they could send you fabric swatches. I always forget to use the student discount, even though I know about it. Once I was able to get student discount on top of the sale price and extra discount promotion in store.
Doh I always forget about the student discount! But I didn’t think it worked at every J.Crew…and I didn’t know it worked over the phone!!! Nice! Can’t wait to see the BMs in them!
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Mrs. Kitten, Austin/Grand Cayman Age and Occupation: 25, Law Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Dental Student Engagement Date: October 19, 2006 Wedding Date: April, 2009 Venue: The Grand Old House, Grand Cayman About Me: In 2009 I will get married (after a two and a half year engagement!), become an Army wife, graduate from law school, take the bar, move from Austin to Washington, D.C., and start my career as a lawyer! With all this going on, Mr. Kitten and I decided to have a tropical, "stress-free" destination wedding. Nevertheless, my micromanaging, detail-oriented, perfectionist side has prevailed---I am currently obsessed with every last detail of my "stress-free" destination wedding! But most of all, I'm beyond excited to become Mrs. Kitten on a fabulous Caribbean vacation surrounded by my friends and family!
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