What You Must Never Seek To Do When Choosing
Bridesmaids Dresses?
Author: Sarah H

Bar none, the most important thing you shouldn't do when
choosing dresses for your bridesmaids is pick the ugliest dress
you find to cut costs. This leads to unhappy bridesmaids who
will look like it in your wedding pictures. Not to mention
aggravating your friends is not the best way to have the
perfect day. They may pretend they don't mind, but think about
it, would you want to wear something you absolutely hated and
have your picture taken in it? Your bridesmaids can be
beautiful without outshining you and in any case if you happen
to have a friend who is prettier than you are, you will
outshine her without a doubt because happiness lends beauty.

Ugly dresses extend to ugly colored dresses so all those
fuschia, magenta, lime green, teal, aquamarine, burnt orange
etcetera are all out. Don't even glance at them regardless of
how pretty they are to you, unless you know for sure they
compliment your bridesmaids skin tones and honestly, no one
looks good in lime green or fuschia.

Be sure to avoid ruffles, bows and hearts, there's enough love
between you and your groom to be, don't make your wedding look
like a kindergartener's valentines day card. Subtle works just
as well as or even better than overt sometimes. Stay away from
sequins, no one needs to have a show girl as a bridesmaid, they
make for tacky wedding pictures.

Look for simple bridesmaids dresses and don't go overboard on
the embellishments or embroidery, too much can be overwhelming.
Choose a color that compliments the complexion of all your
bridesmaids, pastels work nicely for almost all skin tones and
simple dresses do well for almost all body types.

Never choose bridesmaids dresses that you yourself wouldn't
wear but don't allow yourself to be pulled in all directions by
your bridesmaids either. They can have their opinion but if they
can't all agree on the same dress initially then take their
preferences into consideration when choosing a dress but
ultimately it is your decision to veto or accept a dress. What
you can do if everyone can't agree on a dress and you feel like
you absolutely need to cater to everyone, have them all agree on
a color and allow them to get different dresses in the same
color as all your other bridesmaids. Remember that this is your
wedding and while these rules are helpful ultimately it's your
decision so make yourself happy above all else as you won't
have another special day like this again.


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