bridesmaids accessories...

schellzinator · July 2013

Happy Day before a Holiday! I don't know about you guys - but it is RAINY where I am...made it extremely hard to get out of bed!

Now for my question....my girls are wearing different style dresses from David's Bridal but all in Lapis (dark purple color). My MOH (sister) asked me what color shoes they should be looking for. I honestly don't care what color shoes they wear...so I said silver, gold or nude. If you can't find anything you like - any other color works too...Now on the Knot checklist - it says finalize bridesmaids accessories...originally I had wanted to get necklaces for the girls - however, I poo poo'ed that idea when I realized - hey wait two of them don't even wear jewelry. So now - the big question is - do you guys think it is o.k. if I tell them to pick whatever jewelry the want to wear - even if it is gold or silver? Last thing I want to do is dictate what they wear. I'm thinking it really won't have an effect on pictures - and everyone will be comfortable that way. I guess I'm just looking for validation....

hardlyhannah · July 2013

Yup - I have a similar situation. They are all wearing different style dresses in the pewter color from DB and they wanted to know what color shoes - black. And I told them to accessorize however they want. They are all so different that I am excited to see what they do!

Stina51286 · July 2013

I said the same thing with shoes. Well actually I told them if they really wanted to, they could wear hot pink. I really don't care. I did buy them all necklaces though since I have this "theme" with lacey, vintage-y look. My dress is all lace and beads, their dresses have lace on, I am wearing pearls, so I want them in pearls.

rkbo · July 2013

We are letting our BM's wear whatever they want. We chose the color Plum from davids bridal and said they can choose whichever dress they wanted and we would pay for it. We also told them they can wear whatever jewelry and shoes they want as well. I want them to be as comfortable as they can. (without being in jeans & tshirt lol)

archerstar · July 2013

I bought the BM's jewelry as part of their gift, only because I have a specific sort of vision that they will all be wearing little black dresses (all different) with glamorous jewelry (statement earrings and bracelets, also all different). I think letting them pick their own shoes and jewelry is totally fine if it doesn't matter to you.

jenphotochick · July 2013

I agree! It won't be a big thing in photos; such a minor detail! I got my girls jewelry also as part of there gift; we are all doing pearls also. But I got a strand of 90" pearls and there's a dozen different ways to wear it; and the jeweler for the direct sale company is in the wedding party so each girl will look like she has her own different necklace to suit her style but yet they are all the same

kristingregwedding · July 2013

I think thats fine! I asked my girls to wear nude shoes ( which they all have so they didn't have to buy new ones unless they wanted too!) and told them to wear their own jewelry as long as it wasn't crazy outrageous!

Nicole0613 · July 2013

My girls are wearing long eggplant strapless dresses. I told them they all can wear black shoes, since they all have and won't really show in pictures. I want them all to be comfy and not have to ho out and buy something else for my wedding. As for jewelry, I looked around and really didn't see anything I loved and didn't want to give anything wedding related as a gift, so I nixed the whole idea. I decided to tell my girls they could wear whatever earrings and bracelets they wanted, so they are still uniformed. Some necklaces could be really chunky and show up in pictures. None of my girls seemed to have an issue with this, unless they aren't saying. I'm trying to make it as easy as possible for them and me.

jessyk1065 · July 2013

I was in my MOH's wedding last year and she got us all necklaces, and I wear mine almost every day! I was also a BM in my brother/sister-in-law's wedding, and I will say this: my father "made" me wear pearls to represent my grandma, who could not be there. Because the bridesmaids wore strapless dresses it was very obvious, IMO, that my necklace was different than all the other BMs (and there were 9 of us!). I personally would not be offended (and was not) if I was told to wear a necklace or any other kind of accessory that was purchased for me by the bride, especially after seeing how I (sorta, not that bad, but still) stuck out in my SIL's photos.

schellzinator · July 2013

Thanks ladies. I'm going to stick with my plan of leaving it all up to the ladies discretion. All of them have great taste (I'm probably the least fashionable out of them all) and I want them to be comfy!

jenphotochick · July 2013

snippet17 said:

jenphotochick said:

I agree! It won't be a big thing in photos; such a minor detail! I got my girls jewelry also as part of there gift; we are all doing pearls also. But I got a strand of 90" pearls and there's a dozen different ways to wear it; and the jeweler for the direct sale company is in the wedding party so each girl will look like she has her own different necklace to suit her style but yet they are all the same

Are these real pearls? If so are you sure all of your BM's would be comfortable getting real pearls as a gift?

They are considered High fashion; so not real, but not costume jewelry either. 2/3 of them were there for the party when we ordered them; and helped play with the jewelry and see the looks; the other one we texted ideas to and shes okay with it. Our dresses are all very bold statements BRIGHT pink and orange. so the neutral ivory is going to look very pretty with it I believe.

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