Comments on: Non-matching bridesmaid dresses

By: skye

skye — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:42:09 +0000

im wondering if this (different dress or different color dresses) works better if there are more than 2 bridesmaids. i am leaning towards either of these options even though i have a feeling my two friends will probably choose to match. the eclectic look might be better with three plus maids….but i think seem to be the only person truly 'offbeat' planning the wedding : )

By: Alexsis

Alexsis — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:52:10 +0000

I tried with my maids also… they somehow picked the exact same David's Bridal dress…

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:39:41 +0000

I think this is a great idea. The girls can pick a dress that fits their body style and that they are comfortable in. And who knows they may actually get to wear it again sometime.

By: ashley

ashley — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:23:08 +0000

I originally wanted to go the non-matching route, but after considering whether or not the fabric, etc. would blend with my dress (it's not a "typical" shade) I decided to go with the same color and fabric type, but let my bridesmaids pick from about 5 different styles/lengths of dresses. All of them were fine with it. Since it's a very universally flattering shade, I knew they'd appreciate it and wear it at a later date as well. BTW- dresses were from J Crew in shade "dusty shale"…:P

By: Yuki

Yuki — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:33:19 +0000

Thanks a lot for the tips! From my experience, I think most bridesmaids still want to be within the wedding color theme. The last time my sister had a wedding, she told her bridesmaid to pick whatever dress they want and would be comfortable with, and she'd pay for it. But then, the bridesmaids actually asked her the color of the wedding scheme. It ended up that all the bridesmaids wearing blue color but all of them were wearing different style.

I think that wearing whatever dress that we like but within the color scheme is much better than randomly pick our own color. Just because, it makes me feel that I'm actually the bridesmaids who knows the bride well ~

By: greenyogini

greenyogini — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:53:40 +0000

Oh NOEZ! The pastel ballerina tulle ladies' pic doesn't appear to be linked! It's so not my style, but somehow I LOVE THOSE DRESSES!!! (And want to see more.)

By: Shi

Shi — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:19:02 +0000

I basically told my bridesmaids that as long as its black and they are can dance and be comfortable in it I'm happy.

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:21:00 +0000

Hydrangeas! They're my favorite — they can be either really fancy or casual. Maybe throw some white in there?

By: lisa

lisa — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:04:43 +0000

I'm choosing the style of my bridesmaids' dresses, but they are each choosing whichever kind of colorful, crazy pattern they want…so the look of the wedding will be some sort of eclectic surprise!

By: intlulu

intlulu — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:40:12 +0000

LOL! Yeah, I think some folks prefer a little more direction because then they can complain about what you "made" them do, instead of having to take the blame if they don't feel great in what they get.

We gave my girls a target color to aim for, but there will be a wide range from royal to teal to almost navy. The guys will have different blue patterned neckties and could wear either black suits or black tuxes with white shirts.