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I knew from wedding planning day 1 that I wanted my ladies to wear yellow. Especially after our venue was chosen, I wanted to put them in a color that would POP against the green background of the winery’s gazebo.
This was also about the time I nixed the color green from our color scheme. There was already so much green surrounding our venue; why would I add more?
So, with my yellow dress mission, I hit the internet and started searching for tea-length, flowy, yellow dresses. Oh, and I wanted it to something they could wear again.
My first stop was Watters…
Wtoo Style 512 - Sadly, this one didn’t come in yellow.
Wtoo Style 336 - Comes in yellow, and a strong contender.
Watters Style 4331 - Perfect. Comes in yellow, is flowy, tea-length, and I would totally wear this again!
Watters Style 4417 - I even fell in love with this one, and it wasn’t light and flowy.
Next I looked at the very popular J.Crew, but oddly they didn’t have anything the piqued my interest, so I moved on… to Jim Hjelm; more specifically, this Spring 2009 collection.
Jim Hjelm Style JH5908 - Unfortunately, it doesn’t come in yellow.
Jim Hjelm Style JH5909 - Also not in yellow. 
This is when I realized that Jim didn’t get my memo, and he didn’t have many yellow dresses to choose from, especially not in any fabrics I’d want my ladies to wear in August. So, where did I go next?
Did you have trouble finding bridesmaids dresses in the color you imagined?
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I like all of those! Too bad you were having trouble in the color department. I especially like #3 and #4!
I think #4 is my fav, although I love the flowiness of #3
Watters #3! As soon as I read the first paragraph of your post, that was the dress I immediately envisioned. (I’ve seen it featured in a Watters magazine ad.) What a perfect, soft color of yellow. If I didn’t choose pink for my wedding color, I would have chosen yellow. I will have to live vicariously through your cheerful color palette! 
Try ann taylor…they have a yellow dress…
My MOH tried on Watters 4417 in yellow and it looked AMAZING on her! It’s not the right look for our wedding, but she’s actually considering buying it for herself to wear as an every-day dress!
I loveee the third Watters dress. You should also try nordstrom.com
I am also doing yellow bridesmaids dresses and I have found some amazing ones!
Check out Thread Designs. http://bridal.threaddesign.com/collections/pages/c72.php
I’m going do do either the liddy or melanie in the banana faille . They are so pretty & the yellow is perfect. a few of the girls tried on the dresses this week… and loved them.
Also, have you seen the jim hjelm occasions one:
http://www.jlmcouture.com/Jim-Hjelm-Occasions/Bridesmaid/Spring/2008/Style-5804
It came down to the Jim Hjelm and the Threads dresses for my BM.
We definitely had a harder time than expected but found a dress we all loved: http://www.priscillaofboston.com/dress_detail.jsp?gid=620&sfid=51023&f=
The yellow is much prettier in person and I actually fell in love with the satin yoryu when I touched it. Very flowy!
coren moore also has some really cute dresses and a most come in yellow. This one is adorable!
http://www.corenmoore.com/collections/styles/cocktail/nolan.html
Oh, I’m totally having the same problem–apparently turquoise just isn’t a popular color for bridesmaids’ dresses. Who knew?
As for yellow dresses, have you taken a look at Dessy?
#3 is my fave! I didn’t pick yellow for my wedding but secretly wish I did sometimes. (All my bridesmaids said “no way” to yellow anyway! I didn’t want 5 unhappy girls)
I’m hoping to be a yellow dress bridesmaid at some point in my life.
I like both of the Watters dresses in yellow. I considered that strapless one for my girls in the brown.
You need to check out Morilee.com ASAP! Click the bridesmaid link at the top of the page and then look in their “Affairs” collection. They have lots of flowy chiffon dresses and they have TWO different yellow colors, buttercup and gold. Under each dress picture there is a color chart and if you click on the color you want the picture will change (new dress styles that were just added to the site do not have the chart below them yet).
And Miss SK, they have turquoise as a color option as well.
Mori Lee “Affairs” dresses are what I’m getting my ladies because I was having a hard time finding the right color purple and they have them. And their prices are INCREDIBLE! I’m talking most I got priced are less than $150! And they are totally dresses that can be worn again!
Hope this helps!
YES!! I chose yellow too, and I thought that as summer came around there would be more to choose from, but yellow dresses are REALLY hard to find!! GRRR!!
The Watters 4417 really stands out! I think it is super cute!
I know you said you didn’t find anything at J. Crew that you liked - but that first Watters dress that doesn’t come in yellow, is identical to the J. Crew ‘Juliet’ dress, which DOES come in yellow! 
http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/WeddingParties/womens/w_bridesmaids/PRDOVR~97893/97893.jsp
It might be a bit bright, though - I’m not sure if you’d prefer a softer shade. You could check Ebay and find some real-life pictures of the color, though.
YES. And I picked grey, so I thought it would be easy since I wasn’t dealing with different hues of a particular color. Well, some companies don’t even have grey! I really liked Aria, but they went and DISCONTINUED their grey, explaining to me in an email that “it just wasn’t popular”. What a bummer! To top it off, I wanted all different dresses, and one needs to be a maternity style. Well, I could barely find ONE. Haha. I think we’re going to go with a Belsoie dress, even though the color is called “silver” (I didn’t want anything shiny). There’s a maternity option, so they’ll all wear the same dress. With 5 months left, I am learning to let things go.
You on the other hand, have tons of dresses to choose from! Will your girls wear different dresses or all the same? What will they do for shoes?
i love those dresses. how funny though because i’m thinking about changing my colors TO yellow because most of the dress i like come in that color and not lavender, my first choice
I love Watters #4417! My sister wore this dress at my wedding. She was my maid of honor. It looked great on her.
I did not have trouble finding my bridesmaid dresses. DB had a big collection of dresses that my girls could choose from in my color - aqua.
Good luck.
I got yellow bm dresses too! I love them. Check out Priscilla of Boston (I got my dress from there as well so we got a discount). There are more flowy ones that these, but I wanted a cotton material so that’s what worked.
Yay for yellow!
http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/bridesmaid-dress-conundrum
@thefuturemrsjewell: I LOVE Coren Moore, but unfortunately I didn’t want my BMs to spend that much. I showed my MOH (sister Frenchie) the dress I loved and we were both set on it until we saw the price.
@LatteLove: I think the yellow scared my ladies too, at first, but once they saw the color in person they were on bored Also and thank God, all of my ladies look good in yellow. Not everyone does, so that is hard.
@MightySapphire: Stay tuned b/c I do find a lot of yellow dresses
I love that first dress. I see you did find yellow dresses and can’t wait to see what you choose! I like your style
We ran into trouble when FI decided he wanted to wear a purple shirt and a mango tie. His words. But we did it, after almost 2 hours in the mens’ department!
I love dress #5. The yellow is going to look amazing against all the green in the background… My BMs have it easy I pick the color they pick the dress. I also want them to be able to wear their dress again.
My girls will be wearing yellow too!! I love the Wtoo dress with little cap sleeves, it had caught my interest…I also like a few dresses on the Dessy Group website. Their prices are decently reasonable, and they offer a few different shades of yellow!
Originally, I had envisioned the girls in charcoal gray, which was tough to find — changing over to black simplified things a LOT!
Ooooh, I wanna be one of your bridesmaids!!!! Cute dress choices! I wore yellow in a wedding recently, and it was so pretty.
Watters Style 4331!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’d kill to wear that as my BM dress!
The wtoo style 512 (the first dress you listed) looks very much like the jcrew silk chiffon Juliette dress which does come in yellow!
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Mrs. French Bulldog, Orange County
Age and Occupation: 28, Administrative Assistant & Interior Design Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Purchasing Analyst
Engagement Date: November 8, 2008
Wedding Date: August 2009
Venue: Bernardo Winery
About Me: I've lived in Atlanta, Dallas and Laguna Niguel; although I've lived in Orange County, CA most my life, I'm a Southerner at heart. I work full time for a Commercial General Contractor (aka my father) and I go to school for Interior Design at night. I love modern design, music, wine, crafting, DMailing, my family, my Westies, and of course, Mr Frenchie! Mr Frenchie and I met 3 years ago on Match.com and have been best friends ever since. I love his "old soul" and how he laughs with his whole body, among many other things. We are planning our summer wedding at the winery near his hometown, just 45 minutes south of Orange County.
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