Weddingbee Blog

In my last post I gave you a run through of the inspiration behind the bridesmaid dresses. With everything I looked at, none of them convinced me, and I felt snowed under by the choices and trying to get everyone to agree. They all wanted to be matching as well, so I couldn’t just let them run wild and choose a purple dress of their choice (which was very appealing at the time).

In came Mr. E to the rescue. Without meaning to. He and I were walking through the shopping mall one day when we passed Principals, an NZ clothing store known to have cute dresses and whatnot. As we were passing, Mr E said, “hey look, there’s a purple dress. Aren’t you looking for purple dresses?” I stopped in my tracks, dragged him into the store, and pawed over the dress he spotted. Sure enough, it was purple (an amethyst-y kind of purple) and perfect. It was short and flirty, strapless, had a pencil skirt and a sweetheart neckline, and tied in the back with a sash (I go weak for sashes and bows). The clincher? It had POCKETS *swoon*.

They only had one in store and it was the wrong size, so I got the style number, and as soon as I was home I quickly looked it up online.

The right sizes were in stock, so all that was left to do was email the girls and we were good to go. Bridesmaid Three was even sweet enough to whizz down to the store nearest her and try it on (my sisters who are the other bridesmaids were in Indonesia at the time so they had to rely on the internet image). There were thumbs-ups all round, and what-do-you-know, Mr E had successfully picked the bridesmaid dresses!

Let’s have a look, shall we? First, the store’s image (the dress has since sold out, sadly):

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Yeah, I know it isn’t the best quality…so how about I show you what it looks like in the real world? MOH Earrings kindly offered to model it for the following photos, in what was despite the sunshine a frigid winter day!

A close up of the fabric (I’m all about fabric…) :

Showing off the pockets:

The sash:

And finally, the shoes MOH wants to wear on the day (they are all choosing their own silver or grey shoes):

*all photos above taken by Mr E

You like? How did you eventually decide on your bridesmaids’ dresses?