August 2, 2006

  • shopping for bridesmaid dresses

    i've been a bridesmaid and even a maid of honour several times and every single time i either hated the dress or the process of getting the dress. now, i'm finally a bride who gets to pick the dress and kind of control the shopping experience!

    i have six beautiful bridesmaids and they are all different sizes and heights. i was trying to keep this in mind when looking through catalogs and online dress retailers. what style would fit all of their body types and colour of course! four are asian girls and veronica is half hispanic - angie is tall and blonde!

    after talking to veronica about serveral differnt neckline styles... we came to the conclusion that halters look best on all body types. no boobs, big boobs, skinny, regular sized.... so i began looking at halter tops for my girls.

    i found several dresses from david's bridal. so i picked four that i liked, also the colour... emailed my bridesmaid and had them vote best to worst. i picked the top two dresses and took one bridesmaid to go try them on. it was wonderful since we didn't have to try on a million dresses and dresses shopping isn't easy - it really does wear you out trying on those things!

    when i saw her wearing those two dresses i knew EXACTLY which one would look the best not only on her but everyone! so i picked a lilac colour - tea length dress... well it won't be tea length on anyone except the tall ones.

    i liked that i gave my girls the option of voting so they get some say in it. having all your bridesmaid go with you to try on dresses is just too many opinions and it'll get really old really quick. (at least when i went as a bridesmaid with everyone there - it was frustrating, no one could agree)

    the maids get to save $20 since i'll be buying my dress from david's too! plus i wanted to pick a place where they can get to easiest. they live all over the place: ohio, california, st louis, chicago and thankfully new york!

    so it's nice to keep in mind the girls when shopping for their dresses. i'm sure most would wear a garbage bag if you asked them to - but let's put them in something that not only you will love but they will love :)

    i love you girls!

Comments (8)

  • I think I gave my BMs too much freedom in picking.  I wanted a tea length dress they would pick again.  But I let them choose.  And ended up in a full length pink satin gown with beading, optional straps, a wrap, and a pull waist.  But I wanted happy bridesmaids, so that's all that matters.

  • i'm delegating that job to my BM's.. they find dresses, they all vote on it.. end of story..

    But i'm glad it's working out for you.. can't wait to see a picture of it!

  • i too gave a lot of freedom to my bridesmaids. they chose the style and shade of pink they wanted. there was a lot of headache tho due to that freedom but i'd probably get a lot of complaints if i chose one for them too.

  • oh, forgot to say yes, i'm using those LOVE letters for my cake table.

  • so what colour tux am i wearing?

  • oh duh!  haha.. is saw it.. very nice.  i think halter tops flatter a lot of girls. good pick!

    we haven't picked out the BM dresses yet.. but that is my plan.. so hope it works out.

  • i think only the bride and maid of honor should get to choose and make the final decisions for the bridesmaids dresses.  =)  that way you don't have like 10 different opinions from everyone.  otherwise .... catfight!!  hahaha

  • I think Annie handled it her way and did a great job. If their is a catfight over a dress, then none of the girls deserve to be bridesmaids.

    -Veronica, a bridesmaid.

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