Bridemaids differnt colors?

LilMissTiff6190 · September 2010

i have three bridemaids including my moh.... they all want to wear differnt colors moh black one purple and and one silver my moh wants to wear a long dress and the other two want short...i havent been to alot of weddings myself will that look funny? I need help on this one ladies...thanks in advance

hisalwaysandforever · September 2010

I think that should be okay as long as those are your wedding colors. One thing you can do is go onto www.davidsbridal.com "Dress Your Wedding." You can style and accessorize the whole wedding party, including you and FI. It is great to see what your wedding can look like. You can even make everyone's dresses different lengths too.

banana468 · September 2010

i think as long as there's some sort of cohesive element pulling them together it can work. You'd need them in similar fabrics or with flowers that hold similar colors.

[Deleted User] · September 2010

I agree with banana. My BM's wore two different colors, but the dresses were all the same length and fabric, and they all carried the same bouquet except for my MOH.

muamanda18 · September 2010

I think it would look a little odd but that's just me...I think it is more the different lengths than the different colors. Just my opinion though.

gottahavashorti · September 2010

Different lengths are NMS but I know a lot of people are fine with it. With both different lengths and colors, I'd probably want the same or very similar dress styles to have a cohesive element. Or the same sash, maybe.

Could they each choose their own dress in one color from the same designer and accessorize with different colored sashes or a bold accessory of their choice in their chosen color? For example, all champagne Mori Lee dresses where MOH has a black sash, BM#1 has a chunky purple necklace and BM#2 has a silver headband.

mbcdefg · September 2010

It's really up to you.

I personally prefer it when BMs are in the same skirt length and the same color (or the same basic color scheme, or at least different colors that work together - like all jewel tones, or all autumn colors, etc.), but I don't at all mind them in different styles. Some brides really love the identical dress-look. But whatever you want to do is fine. I think that drastically different dresses might look like you just randomly pulled friends up out of the crowd to stand with you ... but that's not a BAD thing, if you decide that you like that option.

If you want to put your foot down on skirt length and/or a specific color scheme, that's your right as the bride and it won't make you a bridezilla - as long as you're polite, of course. It's YOUR wedding and this is something that you have the right to get your way about. I mean, obviously you should work with your friends if they have legit reasons as to why they dislike certain colors or skirt lengths (maybe they all look hideous in yellow, or maybe someone has a big leg scar that she'd rather not show by wearing a knee-length skirt), but you also don't have to let them steamroll you into something you don't want if there's no good reason for it.

If you are open to different colors but aren't sure you like their ideas, another option could be to have them all in a neutral color (black, grey, charcoal, chocolate brown, white) and then give them all a different color for their flowers, sashes or wraps.

Manwaithiel · September 2010

I think the black, purple, and silver sounds REALLY pretty. If you like that color palette, then try and get them to agree to a length and fabric to make it a little more cohesive. But I've seen BP's in different colors like that and I always think it looks really nice.

LilMissTiff6190 · September 2010

Thanks everyone.. i guess im a lil weary of it cause FMIL started tellin me it would look funny. The two bridesmaids will be in the same dress just differnt colors the MOH will be the one in a differnt length but... same neckline as the others.. what ya think better then differnt all around?

bablingbrooke · September 2010

No one's going to be paying that much attention to it and when you look at your wedding photos you're going to see your friends, not dresses with your friends in them. Look at the YouTube wedding dance video--they BMs have something like 3 different colors of dresses but are you really focusing on that? No, you're focusing on the dance and how much fun everyone's having. That's true to the nth degree with your own wedding. If FMIL doesn't like it, too bad--it's not her wedding.

I let my BMs pick out not only the dress but also the color. They opted to get the same dress and looked amazing. When I look at my wedding photos (which, truly, isn't that often) I see my beautiful friends looking beautiful, not a bunch of dresses. That will be true for you, too. So I opt for the dress(es) that make everyone look their best. If that means different colors and different lengths, so be it. Try googling it--you'll come up with hundreds, if not thousands, of photos that should give you an idea.

Manwaithiel · September 2010

I honestly think that matching dresses is just kind of weird. I have no issues with people who opt to do it and I'm certainly not going to sit there and say "I can't BELIEVE the bride had them get matching dresses," but just as personal preference, I think it looks odd to see a bunch of people in perfect uniformity. Especially since it's a rare sight that the same dress looks good on every girl. I think the best wedding photos I've seen are where the girls are in different dresses because everyone is thrilled with how they look and THAT comes through in a photo much more than the clothing.

"Bean dip" your FMIL.

"The dresses will look odd."

"I appreciate your concern, but I think it will be fine. Have you tried this bean dip/seen this movie/watched last night's episode of *insert TV series here*?"

=D

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