This past weekend I had a lovely little bridesmaid meeting with all the girls to start chatting about their looks for the big day.

Here are the options I was considering:

1. All wear the same exact dress.

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2. All wear the same color/fabric of dress , but different styles.

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3. All wear totally different styles of their choosing (with one common theme to make the look cohesive).

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We’ best short prom dresses best short prom dresses;re going with #3 for the High Wire 0. (Could you tell by the unbalanced swarm of pictures for mismatched 3?) Sure, this will be the only time in my life that I have the opportunity to dress my best friends up like living, matching dolls discount engagement rings online , but that mentality made me feel a little…weird.

Plus, grandmother of the bride dresses for women grandmother of the bride dresses for women all of my 6 have very distinct styles, and they know better than I do about what looks good on them and makes them comfortable. We’re all adults here, and I trust their style judgment. I also really like this idea because it allows for wiggle room if a particular bridesmaid is less well off financially; this way everyone can find something in her price range.

Finally, maybe (maybe?! please?!) they might be able to wear their dresses again another time, since they picked them out for themselves. You know plus size evening dresses 2011 , what every bride claims to say about the 7’ An On-line Catalog of Wedding Invitations and Wedding Accessories priced in Canadian $ and offered at a 20% discount. Available for order on-line! prom dresses for cheap 2011 prom dresses for cheap 2011; dresses they choose. But I really hope they are something they can wear again!

Aids to to put the look together

When I talked to one of my bridesmaids about letting them choose their own dresses, one asked if I would please, dress l dress l please, please send some guidelines to help, so that is what I am doing!

To keep the look cohesive, I’m going to send all the girls a color swatch to try to match (Holly from David’s Bridal), an ideal fabric choice (chiffon), and a length (knee). As long as it comes close to those criteria winter wedding dresses , I’m A-OK with a little wriggling away from the guidelines. (Maybe someone will find a really awesome floral-printed dress or something with a belt!) I’m excited to see what they find.

There are some great sites out there to help develop a cohesive bridesmaid style, and my favorite is The Dessy Group.

This website has a feature that pulls dresses from a variety of designers and lets you narrow down the options until you have a selection of dresses from different places that meet your criteria.

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What did your bridesmaids wear?

As a bridesmaid, would you prefer to: 1) pick out your own dress, 2) buy whatever the bride wants so you don’ cheap dresses ;t have to think about it, or 3) something else?