Weddingbee Blog

I like to consider myself a rebel in some respects. I know it’s not wholly true, but it’s really fun to talk and blog about. So in continuing with the rebellious spirit of previous posts, I’d like to cover all the “rebellious” things that concern our wedding-party attire that have gone down so far.

Bridesmaids’ Dress Price Shopping

Our actual dresses are not very rebellious. In fact, the dresses are some of the most popular being sold by Bill Levkoff right now.

Image: Bill Levkoff #537 via The Knot

What makes the dresses rebellious is our search for the lowest price. Those on a budget understand this. You can’t settle for the first price a store tells you, especially if it seems ridiculously high. Thanks to Google (my best internet friend) and you ladies here at the hive, I’ve found the lowest possible price for this dress available right now online.

We pushed back ordering the dress by two months in an effort to secure the lowest price. We know our dresses are now set to deliver the week of Christmas, which is a recipe for disaster. We’re rebels, though, so we took that chance. We may be using scissors and my old-ass Singer sewing machine to hem the dresses, but we’ll make it work.

Bridesmaids’ Dress Selection

In a previous post, I discussed dress shopping for the bridesmaids, maids of honor, junior bridesmaids, and flower girls. I glossed over our selection process, but I want to highlight it now.

As a bride who is pretty opinionated about clothes, I took a step back and decided not to force dresses on my girls they wouldn’t love wearing. The best pictures come from when you’re feeling beautiful inside and out, and I wanted that for my girls.

At both stores we dress hunted, they picked out every dress they tried on. I only glanced at the dresses, and I made not one single selection for them to try on. They grabbed all the dresses they thought they would look good in. My only input was to veto dresses that I definitely didn’t want them wearing. This basically included one-shoulder gowns and gowns with useless fabric.

My Wedding Dress

I’m not going to show a picture of it again, but I have in a previous post. Just go look through my older posts so I don’t have to send Mr. Kettle away. I like when he reads my posts (stalker!).

My dress is not white. I told Momma Kettle I’d be wearing something other than white. I don’t think she really believed it until we were putting down a deposit on my coffee/natural dress.

Also, my dress is tea length. I’m not having a train, and I will be showing off my fabulous shoes all night!

I didn’t go full rebel and wear a birdcage veil. My mother wants me in a fingertip-length veil with a blusher, and we found one that looks amazing, so that’s what I’ll be wearing.

Clothes for the Groomsmen/Groom

I let Mr. Kettle pick out the clothes for the men. I told him and GM Light that they simply had to get a tux or suit in gray or black and hopefully have the option of a colored tie/vest combo, and I left it at that. Lots of brides wouldn’t leave it up to their guys, but I went out on faith.

I regretted it when he came back calling colored vests prom-y and wanting to wear an ascot. After a couple of weeks of rough conversations about it, we reached a compromise. This made things go much smoother.

In the end, we stuck with the original plan, and Mr. Kettle is picking out what he wants, not what I’d prefer. I guess Mr. Kettle is a rebel, too, huh? He got his way and I know the guys will look fabulous on our wedding day. The more I get used to the idea of the clothing selections, the more I’m excited to see how it all comes together.

Clothes for the Ushers and Ring Bearers

Well now, hive, if you’ve gotten to know me by now, you know I have a mild control-freak streak in me, and Mr. Kettle has turned me into a world-class person-who-compromises. Our compromise for the groomsmen wearing what he wanted was that the ushers and ring bearers would wear what I wanted.

I want the ushers to match the hostesses so the five of them match up but remain inconspicuous as they move around getting things done. And the ring bearers have to be tightly coordinated with my clothes since they and the flower girls will be the last down the aisle before me.

Have you made any decisions for clothing that went against tradition or the obvious desires of others? Are you a real rebel?