Choosing Bridesmaid's Dresses
You should be able to find several indispensable facts about
bridesmaids dresses in the following paragraphs. If there's at
least one fact you didn't know before, imagine the difference it
might make.
Besides her own dress the dresses of the bridesmaids may be one
of the most important pieces of attire in the bride's opinion.
The bride may be more concerned about the appearance of the
bridesmaids than she is about the appearance of the groom or her
parents. This is because the bridesmaids are a direct reflection
on the bride. If the groom chooses an unflattering or
inappropriate tuxedo the guests will simply chuckle at his lack
of taste and assume that he picked out his attire by himself but
if the bridesmaids look inappropriate, everyone will wonder why
the bride chose such unappealing dresses. The pressure of
choosing dresses for the bridesmaids is made more difficult by
the fact that the bridesmaids are likely to have a variety of
skin tones and body types making it difficult to find one dress
that suits all of them.
In choosing dresses for your bridesmaids, you may want to
consider involving your bridesmaids in the process from the
beginning and working with them to choose the dresses. The first
thing to consider in choosing the dresses is color. You may have
your favorite color in mind but it is important to remember this
color may not be flattering to your bridesmaids. Each of your
bridesmaids may have a different color that flatters their skin
tone and it may not be possible to find one particular color
that is flattering to all of the bridesmaids. In this case you
will need to compromise and find a color that all of the
bridesmaids can agree on and that is not too harsh on any one
particular bridesmaid.
Once you have decided on a color it is time to choose a style.
This too can be made difficult if the bridesmaids do not have
similar body types. Again, compromise may be necessary to find a
style that will work for all of the bridesmaids. It may be a
style that is not perfect for any particular bridesmaid but that
is also not completely unfavorable for any bridesmaid either.
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The price of the dress is also important in choosing a
bridesmaid dress. It is very likely that your bridesmaid may
never again wear the bridesmaid's dress that you choose so it is
important to take this into consideration when choosing a dress.
It is unfair to expect your bridesmaids to pay a large sum for a
dress that they have not chosen and may never wear again.
Keeping the price of the dress affordable will ensure that your
bridesmaids do not harbor any resentment towards you.
While as the bride you have the right to make the final decision
regarding the choice of dress for the bridesmaids, you may allow
either the maid of honor to make the decision or include the
entire wedding party in the decision making process. One way to
do this is to choose two or three dresses that you would be
happy with and allow the maid of honor to choose one dress from
these options or allow the wedding party to vote on the options.
This ensures that you will like the dress because you are only
giving them the option of choosing a dress that you approve of
but it also prevents the bridesmaids from feeling helpless by
giving them some say in the decision.
Another option to consider in choosing bridesmaid's dresses is
to simply pick a color and allow them freedom to choose any
style that they desire as long as it is in the color that you
specify. Many dress manufacturers have a limited number of
colors and offer most styles of dresses in these few colors.
This is a great idea because it gives each bridesmaid the
opportunity to choose a style that shows their figure to its
best advantage. If you are going to be bothered by having your
bridesmaids not match completely in the wedding photos than this
option may not be a good one for you as it is very unlikely that
all of the bridesmaids will choose the same style of dress and
are likely to not match completely.
Choosing the dresses for your bridesmaids can be difficult
because it is hard to find a color and style that will
complement all of your bridesmaids. Offering the bridesmaids
some role in the decision making process and considering their
financial constraints can help to make choosing a bridesmaid's
dress an easy task.
There's a lot to understand about bridesmaids dresses. We were
able to provide you with some of the facts above, but there is
still plenty more to write about in subsequent articles.