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Bridesmaids Dress Length

charlotteetiercharlotteetier member
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Hello! I have a bridesmaids dress length question for everyone:

I have chosen my bridesmaids dress (everyone will be wearing the same one). Some of my girls let me know they do not need alterations - which is great; I'm glad they don't have to spend the extra money. However, when I was having my wedding dress fitting my seamstress and MOH mentioned I should at least have everyone get their dress hemmed so they are all the same length or it will look odd in photographs.

Is this what other brides do? And if so, how did you choose your length? My bridesmaids dress, by design, is approx "knee length". Did you say X number of inches above the knee?

I guess my confusion is that: If everyone is a different height anyway what does it matter?

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  • OliveOilsMomOliveOilsMom member
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    charlotteetier said:

    Hello! I have a bridesmaids dress length question for everyone:

    I have chosen my bridesmaids dress (everyone will be wearing the same one). Some of my girls let me know they do not need alterations - which is great; I'm glad they don't have to spend the extra money. However, when I was having my wedding dress fitting my seamstress and MOH mentioned I should at least have everyone get their dress hemmed so they are all the same length or it will look odd in photographs.

    Is this what other brides do? And if so, how did you choose your length? My bridesmaids dress, by design, is approx "knee length". Did you say X number of inches above the knee?

    I guess my confusion is that: If everyone is a different height anyway what does it matter?

    So you would make your girls pay to have their dresses hemmed so they hit at the knee?  That is a waste of money!  My girls all had short dresses, 3 were around 5'9 (one being 6 months pregnant), 1 is about 5'5, and the other is 5'2.  Guess what?  I never noticed the differences in the hems because I was too busy looking at their smiling faces in my photos.  This is a non-problem.
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  • RedJacks25RedJacks25 member
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    Please let your bridesmaids choose the length of their dresses. Seriously.

    I was in a wedding a couple years ago where we each had the same dress, but we all chose different lengths and we're all different heights. Do you think it ruined the wedding?


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  • Maggie0829Maggie0829 member
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    Your seamstress is wrong.  No one will notice any subtle difference in length.

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  • HisGirlFriday13HisGirlFriday13 member
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    It will not look weird if the dresses are different lengths on women of different heights. Trust me. No one will notice or care.
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  • delujm0delujm0 member
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    yeah this sounds like the seamstress is just trying to make some cash.  absolutely no one would notice this.  unless you have a BM who is extrmely short and the dress length looks odd on her, hemming is unnecessary.

     

    i'm betting this seamstress would recoil in horror if she knew that all of my BMs are wearing completely different dress styles.  and since they range in height from 5'0'' to 5'9'' there will definitely be a difference in the hems.  i do not care.

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  • charlotteetiercharlotteetier member
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    Perfect! That was my feelings but my MOH was adamant she was correct  and I truthfully don't care :)
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  • thelastdreamerthelastdreamer member
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    Oh my gosh, my cousin made us all alter our dresses like this and it was ridiculous. I'm only 5' 3", so I had to mega alter the dress so that it was an inch above my knee like the tall girls. I thought it just made my dress look stupid because it had obviously been shortened. Please don't do this to people, nobody will notice or think anything of it, and like you said they're all different heights anyway so who cares.
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  • QueerFemmeQueerFemme member
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    I'm glad you asked, instead of being bullied into doing this. 

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  • KaurisKauris member
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    Do you think she was possibly trying to make more money by suggesting this? 
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  • charlotteetiercharlotteetier member
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    The only reason I saw no is because she didn't even mention "and they should all come to me" or anything like that. The seamstress was also pretty packed and not hurting for business - so I don't think the money she'd make form hemming four dresses would really keep her lights on.

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