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So I realized the other day that I have yet to write about how fabulous my girls will look on my wedding day. When I started planning I decided that I wanted each girl to have a dress that looked great on her and fit into their budgets. I wanted them to feel comfortable standing up in front of all those people (I know I sure as hell won’t…eek!).

Anyway, so I originally told them to start looking for medium blue (royal), knee-length dresses. I figured that was a pretty basic color they’d be able to find just about anywhere. And luck was on my side because as soon as stores started switching to their winter lines, lots of blue popped in!

However, concerns were expressed that the girls wouldn’t all be able to find shades of blue that went together (they didn’t need to match, but no clashing would be nice), and some weren’t exactly sure of the color blue I was talking about. So I changed gears.

I started looking into bridesmaid dresses at places that offered dresses in different styles (I still want my girls to look hot) and in a couple different shades of blue. After researching for awhile, I settled on J. Crew. They’ve got a lot of options and two shades of blue that will look awesome together, as well as at least five different styles that will look awesome on my girls.

I sent out an e-mail with the options, and all the girls loved them. They each chose a different style (I want them to look like individuals). Bridesmaid J will be wearing the Juliet in Vintage Blue and my two co-MOHs, S and L, will be wearing the Sophia and the Cecilia in Mediterranean Blue. They’re going to look awesome!!!

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The only thing that didn’t carry over from my original plan was to have them spend whatever they wanted. By me choosing dresses for them, they were “forced” to pay a certain amount. I did run it by them in advance though, and all seemed okay with the price.

In addition to the dress, I have asked my girls to wear black shoes. They can wear something they already own, or they can use this as an excuse to purchase something new. I figured black is good because they can for sure wear the shoes again.

As far as accessories go, I think I’m just going to ask them to accessorize however they see fit. They all have such unique styles when it comes to accessories that I don’t want to lock them into one style. Besides—this way, they’re completely happy with how they look and what they’re wearing.

How did you chose your bridesmaids’ dresses? Did you give them flexibility, or is everyone wearing the same thing?