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I am so SO excited about this post! I’ve been thinking about bridesmaid’s dresses for longer than my own wedding dress! I’m not sure why, but there’s something about bridesmaid’s dresses that just tickle my fancy. I’ve decided on J.Crew dresses in the color “light pewter”, aka, light gray. They will also have pink flower or bow accents (either a brooch or belt). I’m also letting my BMs choose the style of the dress. Now the problem is that I’m not sure whether I should decide on one fabric or let it be a free-for-all type of deal. Here are the dresses categorized by material:
(All images courtesy of J.Crew)
Silk Tricotine:
Sophia:
Hope:
Robin:
Cecilia:
Cotton Cady:
Erica:
(Erica is MOH’s favorite!)
Alexa:
Serena:
Lydia (I have this one in chartreuse, as you can see in our engagement pictures):
Sydney:
Initially, I wasn’t too hot for silk taffeta. But J.Crew’s new styles in silk taffeta are TO DIE FOR. They are so adorable!!
Silk Taffeta:
Gracen:
Bow Monde (This one is my current favorite! Perhaps I should buy one for myself? Haha!):
Lorelei:
Ruffle:
Clementine:
Phew! That was a lot of dresses.
I think in the process of posting these, I’ve discovered my favorites are in all different materials. Here are my top picks for the lovely bridesmaids:
I guess I answered my own question about materials, after all. These are such difficult decisions! I can’t even begin to think about shoes yet.
How did you decide on the coordination of bridesmaid’s dresses? Color? Material? Style?
I tried giving my bm’s the freedom to choose their own as long as they reminiscent of eachother, however no one took the lead. They actually all ended up choosing the same dresses- strapless. We went through so many rounds that we finally just settled on one!
JCrew has some great dresses! Can’t wait to see what you choose.
OHWOW! I love Hope…gorgeous and the bms could definitely wear it again. J. Crew has amazing dresses…my MIL actually wore Serena in that color for our wedding.
I chose color (navy) and material (dupioni silk) and the girls could pick whatever style.
Your wedding party will look amazing! Great taste!
Oh! I would go with either the cotton dresses or the silk taffeta. I recently bought the silk tricotine sophia style for a wedding I was in, and I hated the fabric. It felt almost like polyester to me, and it wasn’t forgiving at all. It showed all my sins (and I wore a size 6).
love the mismatched material look, since they all are J.Crew they’ll all have the same feel - so fun!
Yeah Miss Chick, I love them!
If I could go back, I would have chosen grew and J.Crew for my girls! If they can get them on sale, they’re a steel too! They always have superb end of the season sales. Sign up for the emails and they’ll alert you to when they are and possibly give you discount codes!
way too many amazing choices! I don’t know how I would narrow them down!
I think letting your ‘maids pick any of the above choices (in a mix of fabrics) will make a really nice aesthetic. It’ll look a little more unplanned, in a good way, I think.
I really really love a mix of fabrics and textures in the bridesmaids dresses, I vote for letting them choose any one of these…One a side note, my girls are wearing the Silk Taffeta in Brook, and they already came in and they are soooo pretty!!!! So I’m sure yours will be gorge too!
LOVE JCrew dresses. I asked my BM to choose their own black dresses. I was thinking of picking the fabric originally, but thought it might be more interesting if they had more options. They wore different fabrics, but it still looked great.
I used to work in Bridal and the advice that I would offer is that if you let the girls do different fabrics, try to limit it to ones that photograph similarly. Some fabrics photograph differently than others and it can lead it the dresses almost looking like a different color. They are all fabulous dresses though!
All my BM dresses are here: Sophia, Robin and Serena, all in black. I let them choose. At first, all three wanted Robin, but then they didn’t all want to wear the same dress.
Holy moley…those dresses are expensive! Are you paying for all those dresses or are they buying them themselves? They’re really gorgeous though, and I wish I could use those dresses for my wedding…
I love jcrew! My girls are doing jcrew dresses. I looked elsewhere, but even at david’s bridal the prices were similar, and we didn’t like the dresses as much. My only stipulation was navy, but they needed something light because we’re getting married in Mexico. I only have 2 female brideaids, so I asked them to do the same fabric, but if I had more, I definitely would have just given the color at jcrew. They chose the sophia and the Cecilia. Very cute! I like the idea of giving them a choice of fabrics because it also gives them different price points. Plus, jcrew is so easy to order and return, and the sales are great!
Jmc- it’s funny you bm’s definitely wanted different dresses! Mine keep asking if I’m sure I don’t want them to match!
I wore the Sophia short in Silk Tricotine in a wedding and it was the best dress I have ever worn as a BM. It fit all bodies and it was SO flattering in the pictures. JCrew makes really high quality dresses, so you really can’t go wrong! 
I love love love J Crew dresses.
I think giving them the color and letting them choose any style/fabric they want could make for a really lovely group of bridesmaids.
my bridesmaids are wearing jcrew dresses, in espresso. i got a bunch of fabric swatches from them and noticed that the color looked quite different in the different fabrics. for some consistency, i told them to choose a dress within the same fabric - and they ended up all choosing the same dress! they’ll be in the sophia in the silk chiffon.
i’d recommend getting fabric swatches so that you can really see what color the dresses will be.
gorgeous JCrew-ness as usual.
i say let the ladies pick out 2 of their faves maybe, then you can try and see if the various materials look alright together and swap as necessary?
Those are awesome! I love the ruffle dress with the sleeves. Too cute!
I love light gray bridesmaids dresses. I wish we could do those, but I’m being vetoed for lbds, which is okay.
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Mrs. Chick, Houston Age and Occupation: 28, Rights and Reproduction Manager Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Computer Programmer Engagement Date: November 15, 2008 Wedding Date: April 2010 Venue: A farm outside of Houston About Me: Mr. Chick and I met almost ten years ago at Baker Blues, a college jazz party. He was attracted to my intensity, and I was mesmerized by his trivia pursuit skills and his dorm furniture adorned with his initials. We've grown more sophisticated through the years, with our love of wine, owning a house together, and parenthood (of a cat), but we have not lost our silliness or childish sense of humor!
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