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Miss Ramen, Phoenix Age and Occupation: 26, Optometry Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 23, Industrial Designer Engagement Date: January 3, 2009 Wedding Date: December 2009 Venue: Phoenix Art Museum About Me: I'm an SF-born, Seattle-raised girl, transplanted to Phoenix where I'll be getting married, and planning all the way from Orange County where I go to school (yes, it feels as crazy as it sounds). I loooooove Yogurtland, am slightly very obsessed with all things paper, am heavily addicted to wedding blogs, deeply desire a puppy, thoroughly enjoy cooking, cry when I watch (almost all) movies, thrive on solo car-karaoke, can't stop being sarcastic, am neurotic about taking pictures of almost everything I eat before I eat it, and aspire to travel the world. My super-talented fiance and I are attempting to DIY a majority of our massive (~350 guests) "clean & modern, yet romantic, but completely unexpected, with a teeny dash of vintage" wedding, stay within our not-so-massive budget, and somehow get a really luxe (but still fun!) look/feel at the same time. In music terms (since we're both really into music) think Coldplay meets Motown meets Kanye meets Sinatra.
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My Best Ladies

September 10th, 2009 @ 11:07 am by Miss Ramen

Call me crazy - I bought my bridesmaids’ dresses before I had even finished asking them to be my bridesmaids. Not that I have officially asked them yet, either —I’m getting around to it. I have one project to finish up, and then it will be official!

So, having been a bridesmaid once (going on twice) myself, I know that it is nice if the dress is affordable, cute, comfortable, and makes them look like the sexy women they are.

Trust me - I’m not a deluded bride who thinks that the hideous bridesmaid dress will actually be re-worn - I KNOW mine will (right, girls?)! But, I suppose beauty IS in the eye of the beholder. Very early on (in the pre-engagement days) I decided that I wanted my girls to wear cute little black dresses of their choosing. They’re slimming, re-wearable, and who doesn’t need another LBD? I know I could always use more! I also decided to be extremely lax about hair/makeup, shoes, jewelry - I mean, hey, they know what feels good and looks good on them, right?

So I started the long tortuous online search for potential bridesmaid dresses back in January. I originally was thinking of just finding some cute dresses to show my girls as ideas, and let them run wild. Until I found it. The most perfect, unique LBD ever. Seriously.

I hurried up and ordered this beauty from Nordstrom for my MOH (my beloved younger sister) to try on:

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I dare you to tell me it isn’t sexy. It’s a nice soft, stretchy material too - and it looked really great on her. Granted, the girl is a tiny size 2, but still. It looked fantastic!

Not only was this dress incredible, but it went on SALE. So I HAD to order it. Unfortunately, they only had one size left online! Enter my panic attack. I mean, this was the perfect vintage/romantic/soft/perfect dress that I had been looking for! And I couldn’t get it out of my mind, nor let this opportunity pass.

Mind you, this was occurring during the beginning of my finals week. I spent half of a day on the phone calling every single Nordstrom on the West Coast to hunt down the dresses. I probably should have spent that time studying a little more, but…

amazingly enough…

I got them all! (Plus a few extras, just in case.)

But even after I received the dresses, I was still torn - I really wanted to be all anti-bride and anti-matchy-matchy. But, I caught a bit of flack from my mom and future MIL about wanting black bridesmaid gowns to begin with, so I figured I could appease them by having all the girls match, at least.

I am now in the process of having all my girls try on the dresses to make sure they fit and look good. In the meantime, Nordstrom’s customer service has not only made sure that I got all the dresses that I wanted, in the sizes I wanted, but that I got them at the LOWEST price possible. They’re absolutely awesome. I love that place.

I don’t really care what shoes they wear, as long as they aren’t too crazy. I DO want my girls’ personalities to stick out, because that’s why I love them!

I’m so excited to get them all together to meet each other! Once I finish up my big bridesmaid project, I’ll be sure to share the details of how I officially asked my girls to stand by me…

Did you find that just choosing one dress for your girls was much easier than coordinating/organizing for them to wear different, similar dresses? Or, were your bridesmaids able to coordinate semi-matching dresses on their own?

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26 Responses to “My Best Ladies”

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Mrs. Canary (message)  637 posts, Busy bee

I think black super classy and I love the style you chose!

 
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Jessie516
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Jessie516 (message)  4,039 posts, Honey bee

I also wanted my BM to wear LBDs. I also didn’t want them to be too matchy-matchy. I asked them to choose a dress they liked from JCrew in black. Each girl ended they up getting a different style and they looked great. For me, because I didn’t want them to match and I was so busy, this was a great option. I was pumped that they were all excited about their dresses AND getting them on final sale.

 
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kjpugs
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kjpugs (message)  856 posts, Busy bee

I like black because I feel that I am too anal about colors to find the RIGHt color green :) plus ih ate when you can tell a dress is a bridesmaid dress even when it’s on it’s own. Mine are black j crew dresses. Although I wanted them to match pretty badly :)

 
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Miss Snapdragon (message)  439 posts, Helper bee

I used to be a professional shopper, and Nordstrom really is the gold standard in terms of customer service. Great pick on the dresses!

 
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jingle96
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jingle96 (message)  1,499 posts, Bumble bee

I just posted about buying my BM dresses too!! I also purchased from Nordstrom, on sale too!! I spent $155 on 4 dresses…i love them! Buying in the same style at the same time was so much easier. In the beginning I was thinking that I wanted them to be different too, but doing it this way, was much easier.

 
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stickfigure710
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stickfigure710 (message)  16 posts, Newbee

i bought my bridesmaids dresses before I asked them too. Thankfully we haven’t needed many returns to ann taylor (since they too were on sale) and they maids have been super supportive!

 
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MexicanGirl
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MexicanGirl (message)  644 posts, Busy bee

great find! i think your girls will love it !

 
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kvpoe (message)  21 posts, Newbee

I get you on being anti-matchy-matchy. I sort of wanted to let them get whatever style looked best in a particular color and fabric of j. crew dress, but pretty much all of them preferred one cut — so matching it is! I ordered them all at a discount by starting a store credit card, and they even shipped to 6 different locations for free.I hope they fit!

 
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Mrs. Espresso (message)  1,064 posts, Bumble bee

hahaha we definitely have similar posts today. I’m all for LBDS obviously and I love the one you picked out :)

 
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Mrs. French Bulldog
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Mrs. French Bulldog (message)  6,077 posts, Bee Keeper

Great dress choice! I would definitely wear that again :)

 
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tea
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tea (message)  2,659 posts, Sugar bee

that looks great! fantastic choice miss ramen!

 
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BeachBrideT
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BeachBrideT (message)  1,056 posts, Bumble bee

That’s a great find & I’m sure it will look great on all of your girls. And even better that you got it ON SALE! Fabulous!!!! :)
I think that matching dresses will look really cute if the girls get different shoes– it will add a bit of personality!

 
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kmattso2
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kmattso2 (message)  990 posts, Busy bee

That dress is beautiful!! Hopefully it all works out for them =]

 
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lilx8n6el
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lilx8n6el (message)  22 posts, Newbee

I think black is classy and will be great for the season. i love that the material is stretchy…being able to breathe is the most important part of being a bridesmaid (next to looking good!)

 
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LatteLove
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LatteLove (message)  4,120 posts, Honey bee

loving the LBD inspiration today! it’s very sleek–and you are a power shopper! way to go.

 
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alohababy28
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alohababy28 (message)  192 posts, Blushing bee

I also went with the LBD for the same reasons. I let them pick out whatever they liked best. My FSIL needed some guidance (apparently I needed to spell out “wedding appropriate”) so she and I picked her dress out together, and it looks fab on her! Believe it or not we got it at Marshalls for $40! And believe it not even more, my other FSIL found the same EXACT dress in Georgia (we’re in IL) and it also looked great on her! They are all freaked now that my sister won’t have the same dress, but I don’t care. I will however, be overseeing the process since they apparently can’t be trusted.

 
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alvina
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alvina (message)  299 posts, Helper bee

I like how the bottom half has a pretty pattern! :)

 
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Ms. Mojito
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Ms. Mojito (message)  230 posts, Helper bee

I too was concerned with getting the total matchy matchy look. My girls have different body types and I knew the same dress wouldn’t look great on each person. My mom wasn’t crazy about me letting everyone just pick any black dress they wanted so I went with dresses from the Jenny Yoo collection-all black tea length, but different necklines. It all worked out that everyone chose a different style. I am letting them choose their shoes, hair, makeup etc.
Great job on the Nordstrom find!!

 
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bunnylovesbear
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bunnylovesbear (message)  396 posts, Helper bee

I love those dresses!! And I am DYING to know what this “lowest price” you got them for! (Is that rude of me to ask…I hope not.)

 
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Miss Poodle
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Miss Poodle (message)  3,020 posts, Sugar bee

That is a really lovely dress! Good for you that you have them ALL!! that’s really cool.

 
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fiftyfootbride
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fiftyfootbride (message)  3,809 posts, Honey bee

That dress is awesome. I need to start hunting for our LBDs.

 
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Miss Moonbeam (message)  1,335 posts, Bumble bee

I wanted my girls to wear different dresses at first too, but then we found it at Nordstrom’s and had them shipped all over the country and paid for by my Mom in Texas. Their customer service is phenomenal. Great choice for your LBD!

 
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alishaneva
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alishaneva (message)  1,531 posts, Bumble bee

These are gorgeous! Great choice!

 
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jobaba

“i dare you to tell me it’s not sexy?”

sexy?
rawr

 
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jobaba

“i dare you to tell me it’s not sexy”

sexy?
rawr

 
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lcneiny
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lcneiny (message)  170 posts, Blushing bee

I’m also doing LBDs! Love your choice, I really hope the one I choose will be able to be worn again too!

 


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