Short BM Dresses and Matching shoes?

GJones27 · August 2010

So, how necessary is it for knee-length BM dresses to have matching shoes? My mom tells me it's absolutely necessary, otherwise it will look weird. But recently I've been seeing pictures where the women don't wear matching shoes. What do you think?

opalsky007 · August 2010

Not necessary at all; my BMs did not have matching shoes with their knee-length dresses. You can only tell in one of our pictures, and even then, who cares?

Save them some money and some pain by letting them pick out their own comfortable shoes. Shoes are so personal, and they can't be altered to fit like a dress can.

loop0406 · August 2010

I don't think the shoes should match the dress (ex: purple dress with purple shoes ? Nope, I think silver heels work best with most colors)

nhelene · August 2010

It's much easier on the bridesmaids' feet and wallets if you let them pick out their own shoes. It's fine to tell them to get shoes in the same color if that's what you want, but it's not necessary.

intherough · August 2010

I'm letting my bridesmaids pick out their own shes. The only thing that I've questioned is that one wnats to wear flats, while the others want heels. In the end, I don't really care, as long as they all look good, which I know they will.

staceytaylor0704 · August 2010

No, not necessary at all. At my sister's wedding, we wore clover green and silver shoes. My girls are wearing navy blue dresses and black shoes.

Beachy730 · August 2010

My girls wore short black dresses, and I originally told them to just wear any black shoes that they wanted. They were the ones to actually suggest matching shoes though, and said they thought they should have them since the dresses were short. So I agreed and we were on a hunt for cute ones. I ended up finding amazing ones at Nine West that were black white and pink, and all the girls loved them. Since they were doing matching and it was an added expense I decided to buy the shoes for them. The shoes were awesome, super fun, and all the guests commented on how great they were. So I'm really glad they had them, but only wanted to do matching shoes if they were something fun like that.

aerinpegadrak · August 2010

Matching shoes are WAAAAAAY overkill. They're never, ever necessary. If you're really worried about it, you could give them a color and maybe some basic style guidelines (strappy sandal, open-toe pump, whatever), or you could just trust them to pick something that looks decent with the dress.

SuMmErKuTiE · August 2010

My BM's wore knee length dresses, and at first they were going to wear whatever shoe they wanted as long as it was in gold, but then I found cute strappy gold sandals at Payless for super cheap and they all went out and got those except for one BM who wasn't comfortable walking in heels.

I went to a friend's outdoor wedding last week where the BM's wore knee length dresses and walked down the aisle barefoot. They were on grass so they didn't want their heels sinking in.

TheCranberry · August 2010

Do you mean shoes matching the dress (as in same color as the dress) or shoes matching the other BM (as in each BM wears the same shoe)? I say no to both.

I think shoes matching the color of the dres usually looks cheesy, and requiring all of the BM's to wear the same shoe is unnecessary. At the most, I would say tell them what type of shoe and the color. No one is going to be looking at their feet. As a PP said, shoes are very personal so you want them to be comfortable.

hz80408 · August 2010

My BM dresses are knee-length in watermelon pink.

I asked the girls to wear gold shoes...one already have them from a previous wedding, one bought new BCBG heels b/c they matched a dress she's wearing for a different event, and one found some on sale for $13...it's nice to let them have the freedom to decide if you're not paying for them.

aliwest_86 · August 2010

It is not a "have to" when it comes to matching the shoes with the BM dresses, what you can do is have them wear the color that matches the dress but all of them being a different style. You can even have them wear different colors if you wanted depending on the color of the dress of corse.......All my BM are wearing silver shoes but all of them are different style.. My mother had the same problem......she eventually got over it... remember this is your wedding....

Good Luck

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