Does the flower girl dress have to match the bridesmaids dresses?

AddyChica

My bridesmaid's dresses are chocolate brown, while my wedding colors are chocolate brown and gold/yellow. Our flowers are sunflowers. I was thinking of having a yellow flower girl dress. Would that be a good idea? Or too different? Thanks!

portialoveschris

My new understanding is that the flower girls are suppose to match you, so the dress would be white with perhaps a brown or yellow sash.

I thought the same thing as you when I started out on this journey, but people looked at me crazy when I said I wanted black flower girl dresses (my colors are black and white and silver).  They bridal shop lady told me the flower girls are usually in white.

Hope this helps!

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Yeah, that is what I have been reading as well. My FG's matched my dress (well the best that we could) with the beading and all. My gown was a designer gown and we got the FG dresses at DB. But quite honestly, I think these days whatever goes, and it is your wedding, so you can really do whatever you want.

morainemom

My daughter's dress was white, BMs dresses were cognac (copper) and the FG's dress was champagne.

Your FG's dress can be any color that you want it to be.
I like the idea of a yellow dress. 

ldn1824

I think the yellow will look pretty next to your bridesmaids. I say go for it!

careconley

Whatever you think looks best, really. All of the weddings I've been to recently, they've all been in white. I think yellow would be cute though.

girl2bewed

The FG really dont have to match anyone if you dont want them too. Im trying to picture yellow next to brown but it doesn't look good in my head. If you like it though, they will be photograhed seperately a lot.

My FG dresses are white with a blue sash to match my BM's.

dizzinea

yellow would be super cute! go for it

ring_pop

Traditionally, FGs usually wore white to match the bride but as PP said, anything goes these days. Most brides opt to have them at least coordinate with the BP, but I think yellow would work nicely in your colour scheme.

I wore ivory, my BMs wore purple with champagne sashes, and the FGs wore champagne with purple sashes.

luckyme502

No, they do not have to match.

Knittibell

Some cute images here- http://www.pegeen.com/Images/GALLERY/yellow-weddings.php
The little girl at the top with the yellow underlay is lovely, I think...

and I can also imagine a white dress with a brown sash and a silk sunflower pinned at the back, in lieu of a bow.

Whatever you do, it'll be great!

aerinpegadrak

Yes, they have to match.  The penalty for a flower girl who doesn't precisely match the bridesmaids is a minimum six months jail time for the bride, with the flower girl going into foster care.  It can only be appealed to the Supreme Court, and they're known to be pretty strict on Wedding Law.

simplycee

Absolutely not!  My daughter chose to dress her flowergirls in peach, while her BMs wore fuschia. Everybody LOVED them!
 

alehayes

I like the contrast of  having the other color in there.  And nobody HAS to match ANYONE.  It's YOUR wedding...do it up how YOU want, not what other people say you need.

annieLCC

Our wedding colors are black and white and green. we're going untraditional and just doing what we want. That's the pro, but the con of untraditional is that I've had to work harder to make everything attractive and work right.
I put my bridesmaids in black and white with small green ribbons on the dresses, and the flower girls in green, I think it's going to work out.
I say as long as it looks good it's fine, it's your wedding.
A tip: Ask your bridesmaids what they think before you decide on something, I almost had the flower girls wear little white aprons. My maid of honor bought me back to my senses.

SweetCharade

I'm in white, BMs are in black, and FG will be in red.

Our flower girl is three.  If I put here in a white dress, it'll be stained in an instant.  Plus then she can use the red dress for her Christmas dress, as my FSIL pointed out to me.

loritajean

Do what you want!! Sunflowers sound awesome, btw.

For ours, my dress is champagne, the BM dresses are black, and the flower girl dresses are gold.

Muffin'sMom

Back when I got married...they matched/coordinated with the bridesmaids.  Times change.  You should do what you want, as there is no bride jail!  If you read enough of these boards...there are WAY stranger things thn this going on!