Styling the Girls

Styling the Girls

April 15th, 2011 @ 8:48 am by Ms. Gazelle
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Decisions have been made for the bridesmaids’ dresses!

We loved the dresses from Alfred Sung…

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Alfred Sung Style D438 / Image via Toronto Dresses

…and while I was at the mall the other weekend, I found another source of inspiration. These super cute bubble dresses from RW&Co.

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My mom will be making the dresses for the girls, so I scoured the internet for a pattern to pull together all of the elements in the dresses that we really like. Enter the following patterns:

MOH-T will be sporting Butterick B5490:

Image via Butterick

And BM-D will be sporting the strapless Simplicity pattern 4070:

Image via Simplicity

I love the pleating at the waistband on these dresses! We will be going the “different dresses in the same fabric” route.

As luck would have it, we found fabric too! The other week I was lamenting to BM-D about the difficulty of finding purple fabric. I was thinking that if we couldn’t find a suitable fabric in the right colour, maybe silver would be a good back-up choice? BM-D was pretty adamant about having a purple dress, so she went off to the fabric store and found some purple stretch taffeta that is really pretty. The fabric store was having a massive sale later that weekend, so we bought it at 50% off! Many thanks to BM-D for being so proactive in finding the right fabric for the dresses. And thanks to my mom, I think we will have some absolutely beautiful dresses for a fraction of the cost of dresses from a bridal salon.

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Did you have a proactive bridal party to help find the perfect dresses?

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22 Responses to “Styling the Girls”

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haelmai (message) 234 posts, Helper bee

Gorgeous fabric! Those dresses will be awesome!

4/15/11 @ 9:10 am (reply)

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Miss Hyena (message) 1,882 posts, Buzzing bee

It’s official, I need to learn how to sew, because I neeeed that Butterick dress!

4/15/11 @ 9:32 am (reply)

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Miss Tartlet (message) 3,207 posts, Sugar bee

Such a rich and beautiful color fabric! I can’t wait to see it in action.

4/15/11 @ 9:37 am (reply)

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pookiepie (message) 317 posts, Helper bee

your dress choices are lovely!

4/15/11 @ 9:39 am (reply)

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Sara

That’s too cool! I love the green dress on the patten envelope… and the fabric is GORGEOUS!!!!!!! I wonder if I could get my mom to do this, lol…

4/15/11 @ 9:43 am (reply)

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Miss Pony (message) 4,175 posts, Honey bee

Your bridesmaids are so lucky: gorgeous fabric, awesome dresses, fraction of the costs of a salon…you are awesome.

4/15/11 @ 9:50 am (reply)

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Mrs. Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

I *heart* Butterick! They made the pattern we used for my girls dresses too!

4/15/11 @ 9:56 am (reply)

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Miss Candy Apple (message) 1,465 posts, Bumble bee

It’s great that your mom is making the BMs dresses! That fabric is amazing, too. Beautiful! Can’t wait to see them all finished.

4/15/11 @ 10:00 am (reply)

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heidireeves (message) 17 posts, Newbee

My bridesmaid is actually making all the dresses! from 1,000 miles away!

4/15/11 @ 10:01 am (reply)

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cyneswith (message) 1,003 posts, Bumble bee

My maid of honor found replacement dresses after she and the other bridesmaids waited until my choice was discontinued and wouldn’t be in until a month after the wedding. Then she found a replacement replacement dress after I read the reviews for that company - medieval ones (this is where I facepalmed about 50 times in the course of a week. BM3 did not want a medieval dress, would not buy one herself, kept telling me the ones I found didn’t come in the right size, and would not tell me her size. And my mom was passive-aggressively insisting they all somewhat match.)

4/15/11 @ 11:38 am (reply)

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Miss Canaras (message) 62 posts, Worker bee

Yay! My mom will be making my dress, her dress, and the bridesmaids dresses as well… it’s a huge expense lifted off everyone’s shoulders!

And I love love LOVE that Alfred Sung dress!!! Ahh, so cute!!!

4/15/11 @ 11:59 am (reply)

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Mrs. French Bulldog (message) 7,730 posts, Bee Keeper

*sigh* I wish we had RW&Co. in the states.

4/15/11 @ 12:15 pm (reply)

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christinenadine (message) 872 posts, Busy bee

I have that same simplicity pattern! Just a warning it expects you to have large boobs, and for the dress to sit very low on your boobs :p

4/15/11 @ 1:51 pm (reply)

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Miss Gazelle (message) 994 posts, Busy bee

@Miss Pony: Aw, thanks Miss Pony!

4/15/11 @ 2:03 pm (reply)

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Miss Gazelle (message) 994 posts, Busy bee

@heidireeves: Wow, that is so nice of you BM!!

4/15/11 @ 2:03 pm (reply)

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Miss Gazelle (message) 994 posts, Busy bee

@cyneswith: Wow, that is a lot of BM dress drama! I hope you were able to find something that worked for everyone.

4/15/11 @ 2:04 pm (reply)

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Miss Gazelle (message) 994 posts, Busy bee

@christinenadine: Oh, good to know!! We may have to make some adjustments…

4/15/11 @ 2:05 pm (reply)

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Miss Sass (message) 13 posts, Newbee

I gave my bridesmaids a choice. I picked out fabric and gave them 2 guidelines: cocktail length and empire waist. So far, only my matron of honor (my sister) has made her choice. She’s going with that Simplicity pattern in the blue with a brooch instead of a flower. It’s not empire waist, but since she’s the MOH, I let it slide. It’s super-cute!

4/16/11 @ 10:17 pm (reply)

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