Hi ladies. I haven't posted much here because I've been so busy in real life. We are getting married over Memorial Day weekend. Our ceremony is outside (in the garden area of a bed and breakfast) and our reception is inside (in a banquet hall of that same location/bed and breakfast).
Our color are mainly black and white, with a pop of red. We are going for a less than traditional/slightly offbeat vibe. My fiance and his groomsmen have a Hives theme going on (the band from Sweden)-- they are going to dress in black and white suits, with my fiance standing out by wearing a black jacket, or a red tie, or something. It's not totally planned out yet but it's his idea and I'm fine with it. Here's a pic of his general inspiration, I think:
I am thinking of this dress for my bridesmaids:
So as you can see, we have kind of a little rock and roll/50's theme going. The hard part is my dress, as I seem to like either very fancy (lace), or really offbeat, like red or black and white, but my options are pretty limited to an empire waist, free-flowing dress because I'm pregnant.
If the dress was entirely white I was thinking of accessoring it with black (and probably carrying red flowers). However, the dress I've found that looks the best on me is this one:
As you can see, it's pretty traditional and would be hard to do much with, except I was thinking of adding black beads into the design beside the white beads, and/or wear a long black necklace... still, I feel like I would be "casual-fying" the dress too much if I were to do these things.
My concern is that the wedding dress doesn't really match the wedding party attire. It's more traditional whereas theirs are more casual and fun. What do you ladies think? I can keep looking but I would like to nail down some options since it's coming up pretty fast.
Thanks!