My Girls (Part 1): Dress Shopping

My Girls (Part 1): Dress Shopping

September 21st, 2010 @ 11:01 am by Mrs. Meerkat
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With less than four months until our wedding, my girls still didn’t have bridesmaids dresses!! Yes, this was completely my fault. I had been dragging my feet. Why? Because I was in love with a color. Yes, you read that right: a color. Amareth, to be specific.

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I wanted all my girls to be in this color pink. A short, satin-like VERY VERY pink dress that has just a hint of glamour to it. Now, finding the style of dress we wanted was easy. Mr. Meerkat’s sister found it close to four months ago on our second shopping trip:

Alfred Angelo, 7047

The problem came when we looked at the color palette. The closest color to Amareth this dress comes in is Fushia.

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We all agreed that the color was pretty darn purple—not even close to pink.

So we came up with a new strategy. We found the designers with the right color and narrowed down our selection from there. We came up with three designers that fit the bill: Mori Lee, After Six/Dessy, and Forever Yours. Unfortunately, none of them had a dress we all liked the way we liked the Alfred Angelo dress.

All of this happened close to four months ago, now. We were all so frustrated with how hard it had been to find a dress, that we gave up. This has put us under a tight timeline, but don’t worry: Google has come through for us again! Just a couple days ago, on a random search through Google images for hot pink dresses, I came across this picture:

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It is a sewing pattern (B5492) from Butterick for an eight-in-one dress. IT IS PERFECT! Each of my girls can choose the style they want, while I get the color I want. And thanks to Mama-In-Law Meerkat, we even found an amazing seamstress to make the dresses!

Is anyone else having dresses made for their bridesmaids?

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17 Responses to “My Girls (Part 1): Dress Shopping”

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Marks (message) 11 posts, Newbee

Thats an amazing idea to get them made!! Our wedding is the beginning of March and, just 2 weeks ago finally got the girls in and ordered their dresses! I know how it feels to cut it close!

Good luck with the dresses being made, and please follow up and show pictures when they are done! Can’t wait to see them!!

9/21/10 @ 11:08 am (reply)

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Mrs. Stripes (message) 1,063 posts, Bumble bee

Yay for having dresses made! We had bridesmaid J’s dress made b/c she is 6 mo. preggo and we wanted an amazing vintage looking dress with a giant bow across the front. It came out fantastic! And we got to have exactly the color we wanted! LOVE this route! Can’t wait to see your ladies dresses!

9/21/10 @ 11:19 am (reply)

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pvaulter718 (message) 2,116 posts, Buzzing bee

I am so jealous you found a great seamstress! I wanted to have my girls’ dresses made, but couldn’t find someone who had the skills and wouldn’t break the bank! I can’t wait to see the final product!

9/21/10 @ 11:31 am (reply)

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aribari (message) 350 posts, Helper bee

Me! I’m having my dresses made. I went with one of my BMs to get fitted Saturday. Her dress should be ready this weekend.

And one of my MOH’s (I have 2!) dress is also ready !!!! eeeeep exciting stuff.

Good Luck with your dresses!

9/21/10 @ 11:46 am (reply)

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Bubbly D (message) 29 posts, Newbee

A family friend made my four bridesmaids’ dresses and two flower girl dresses. All the girls’ dresses fit perfectly (one was eight months pregnant), and all night people complimented on how great the dresses looked. If you can find someone, it’s the best way to go because you can get the exact color and look you want. It was also insanely cheap for me to go this way!

9/21/10 @ 12:01 pm (reply)

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cecullaton (message) 627 posts, Busy bee

Getting dresses made is PERFECT!! Luckily my mom is an amazing seamstress, and made wedding dresses and bridesmaids dresses as a business when I was growing up. Naturally, she is making my bridesmaid dresses, and with the wedding only a week and a half away, we just saw them and they are PERFECT!!! I love them so much!! Good luck!!!

9/21/10 @ 12:04 pm (reply)

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

@Mrs. Stripes: OMG I have to see that! It just sounds so cute!

@aribari: Did you gibe your seamstress a pattern? How was the overall process? Would love to hear any feedback of tips. =)

9/21/10 @ 3:12 pm (reply)

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SandraMarie_1986 (message) 1,363 posts, Bumble bee

Yay! Glad you found a solution to the problem.

9/21/10 @ 3:30 pm (reply)

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Miss Zebra (message) 1,045 posts, Bumble bee

Haha I’ve had my fair share of adventures in chasing a color! Very pretty color!

9/21/10 @ 4:06 pm (reply)

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Miss Cheetah (message) 1,188 posts, Bumble bee

I am having the same problem right now! I can find styles I like, but not in a the right color, or vice versa… maybe I should look into having them made as well!

9/21/10 @ 8:15 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

Great color! I love how that dress can be worn so many ways.

9/21/10 @ 8:20 pm (reply)

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

@Genesee: First thing I did was go to some fabric stores and look at material to make sure they had what I wanted and what it would cost. That was the biggest help in deciding on them. Good luck! Would love to see what you come up with!!

@jordynrose: My girls wanted the pick your own style ones from the beginning and we just couldn’t find the right color so this worked out really good.

9/21/10 @ 9:00 pm (reply)

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Miss Glasses (message) 2,741 posts, Sugar bee

Love that color! It’s going to look great in pictures!

9/22/10 @ 8:10 am (reply)

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aribari (message) 350 posts, Helper bee

@Miss Meerkat: I just gave her pics of the dresses and she measured the girls to suit.
the dresses came out very neat
I’m a happy camper

10/3/10 @ 11:59 am (reply)

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aribari (message) 350 posts, Helper bee

also when i showed the dressmaker the pics she told us what kind of material to buy to get the effect that we wanted. I’m no material connosair so I just bought whatever she told me to and it worked out.

10/3/10 @ 12:01 pm (reply)

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

That makes me feel so good! The girls want to add a sweetheart neckline to the dress pattern so hopefully if I can just show her a picture she can do it.