Bridesmaid dress issue

irishangieb

So, I have a rather large wedding party, 7 bridesmaids and my maid of honor.  I always had planned on letting my sister, Maid of honor, chose her own dress and that it would be in the same color family as the rest of the bridesmaids, so she did. Its great. I love it.
As for the other bridesmaids, I had said that we need to start looking for ideas, each girl really has totally different body shapes, sizes etc. (tall and curvy, tall and thin, short, long legs, short legs....)
Of the 7 remaining, 3 of them all like the same dress, one said she's fine with anything, one really wants a long dress, one likes a short dress but a different style and the last one is going with me tomorrow to look at dresses.
My concern was, assuming that 5 of the 7 girls all want one dress, is it going to look incredibly strange if 2 of the 7 are wearing different dresses.  And also, if only ONE of my 8 bridesmaids is wearing a long dress isn't that going to look off?  Am I just worrying too much?

saharnshard

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_attire-accessories_bridesmaid-dress-issue-2?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:15Discussion:8949c414-f3cc-4304-b4c4-0e4b4a1b0aa8Post:fb61324d-b0e1-44ba-aae4-1b456b18a013">Re: Bridesmaid dress issue</a>:
[QUOTE]In your situation, I'd probably specify a color/length/designer/fabric and let the girls pick the dress they want that meets those guidelines. <strong>Personally, I don't like the look of varied dress lengths.
</strong>Posted by ILoveMilkDuds[/QUOTE]

I agree. If the styles and/or colors aren't going to match, I think at least the length should. I'm sure the BM that wants a long dress will be able to compromise.

stefpet22

You might want to pick out a few dresses and have the girls try them on. I want a week before my bridesmaid and I were going dress shopping and picked out the dresses I wanted them to try on. It made the process very easy and fast. With 45 minutes, I picked the dresses that looked the best on 6 girls of ALL different body shapes. And the best part, everyone was happy with the dress. So it might be best to just pick dresses you want the girls to try on and pick the best from those.

irishangieb

Thanks for the advice everyone! It all helps a lot!