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Once upon a time, I narrowed the choices for bridesmaids’ dresses down to two, a convertible Jenny Yoo and a lacy ModCloth.

ModCloth’s When the Night Comes dress in blue

Jenny Yoo’s Kenzie (I was actually interested in the Keira, but this is the correct color.)

Even though both of the dresses were gorgeous in their own way, I had hesitations about both dresses. With the Jenny Yoo, I thought the color was what I wanted, but it was definitely one of the more expensive options. The ModCloth was also gorgeous and at a great price point, but my MOH thought it looked like an old grandmother’s tablecloth.

Next, to make it even more complicated, on one of the older bridesmaids’ dress posts I made, kbiceling suggested that I look at the Lace-Yoke Dress at Anthropologie, which was very much the dress I imagined in my head.

The Lace-Yoke Dress from Anthropologie

So of course, the best way to figure out what you want is to go try them on, and so that’s what I did.

So I went to this tiny boutique in Boston and tried on the Jenny Yoo dress. The color was definitely what I imagined it to be, and much closer to the photographed color than the color swatch led me to believe. The Turkish blue was exactly what I wanted, and I loved how it looked next to the peach and the pink.

The blue next to our other colors

I guess I was a little bit disappointed, however, at how the convertible dress looked when it was placed into the different configurations. I personally look the best when I have a horizontal line across the waist area. With the straps in place, you lose the horizontal band and, unfortunately, I don’t think it looks as good. Because straps are one of the main requirements from my girls, I felt it was probably not the right dress, sadly.

So hard to believe this is the same dress. Amazing what a flash will do to a dress.

The ModCloth dress was the next on the list. I really love the lace on the dress, especially on the hem line. It was, however, more of a vibrant cobalt blue and, while it was not exactly what I had in mind, I was trying not to be too picky.

My MOH hated it, though, and I could see her point (even if I think she’s crazy). ModCloth dresses often seem to run on the short side, and while that wouldn’t be a problem for me, it would have been more of a problem for normal sized people. It would ultimately be on the short side for her. Oh well, the dress found a permanent place in my wardrobe—I can’t complain too much.

Thus, I went to Anthropologie and tried on the Lace-Yoke Dress. I really think it’s the perfect dress for us.

I think it looks better than it did on the website for sure.

I’m a big fan of the color as well as the pockets(!!). It’s fairly well made and I think, as a bridesmaids’ dress goes, it’s very close to the ultimate goals: a dress that’s reasonably priced (for a bridesmaids’ dress), doesn’t scream bridesmaids’ dress (to increase rewearability), and looks cute.

Of course, there are probably a lot of people who also think it’s at a great price point for Anthropologie, so hopefully it won’t sell out before my girls all get one. I’ll relax a bit when they are all ordered and ready to go.

Did you ultimately go with a non bridesmaids’ dress option for your girls?