Bridesmaid Dress Mess! Need Opinions!

daninadam

So long story short, received bridesmaid dresses for my wedding on July 31. According to the sample in the store I thought I was getting a latte brown/tan color. I received the dresses and while they may be very pretty (for someone else's wedding), they are just not the latte brown/tan color I thought I was getting. The company will not return the dresses, I have already went around and around with them. 

So my options now are: 

Selling them (or trying to!) and getting new dresses that can be ready next week....

OR 

Dyeing the dresses professionally to the color I originally wanted.

What do you think?! 

baystateapple

Wow.  Honestly, I'd go with number 3: try to find a way to accept the dresses as is.  There's no guarantee that you're going to be able to sell those dresses before July 31, so if you're intending on using the money from the original dresses for the new dresses, you might be out of luck.  If you're planning on buying the dresses outright, they're going to be expensive, since you'll probably get slapped with a rush fee.

It takes a VERY good dressmaker to professionally dye a specialty dress.  I think I would be afraid to risk it.

Is there ANYTHING you can do to make the dresses suit your wedding?  Add a sash, a flower, something?  That's probably your safest and cheapest bet.

daninadam

Thank you for your opinons! We will make them work! Sometimes I just get too caught up in the idea that everything needs to be perfect, and in reality it doesn't matter what color the bridesmaid dresses are, it only matters that at the end of the night I will be married to my best friend! 

girl2bewed

I'm glad you decided to do that, it doesn't have to be perfect and I can guarantee no one but you will think the colors are a little off. No one will notice! dont worry And way to see the big picture, stop worrying about the little details

futurepivko

i agree! make the dresses work. im sure they are gorgeous!