Aria bridesmaid dresses?

eastunder1 · December 2009

Anyone used them, put made to wear one in someone elses wedding, went to wedding that had them?

Are they as atrociously ugly in person as they look on the website?

crfische · December 2009

I didn't know what they were until I googled them.

I haven't looked at them all, but the what the hell fabric is that?

pandasquishy · December 2009

I must be looking at the wrong website, because they don't look bad to me. Just shiny, which I do not care for. Looks like a shiny taffeta.

sarahmk5 · December 2009

The designs themselves aren't that bad, it's just the material that boggles my mind.

crfische · December 2009

Silk I don't think should be nubby. :hurl:

crfische · December 2009

This one isn't HORRIBLE, but it's a rare gem in that collection:
http://www.brides.com/fashion/dresses/gallery/bridesmaid_dresses/vendor/designer/ariabridesmaids/detail/163575?offset=5

eastunder1 · December 2009

That gross sheen fabric is only found in bridesmaid dressed and DEB prom gowns. Thats it.

Im in a wedding next year and the bride wants me to look at the site and tell her what I think and which dresses I like because she wants to use them. I have absolutely no idea what to say to her. She's so nice and I don't want to be all "you've got to be f*cking kidding."

Nebb · December 2009

I feel like an ass asking but east are you married yet? Youre engaged right? When is the wedding? I dont know why I dont know this after this long.

ricksang · December 2009

They aren't too bad as long as you aren't wearing numbers 127, 108, 102, 110, and 148-144

ricksang · December 2009

I'd be honest. Sheen like material can be very unforgiving IMO.

[Deleted User] · December 2009

I am doing Aria bridesmaids dresses and I love them. There are some really atrocious styles, but the ones that my BMs picked out are really pretty to me. They came in last week and I got to see my FSIL's over Christmas and it's gorgeous.

crfische · December 2009

And dude. They aren't cheap. What the hell.

julezlee · December 2009

I work with a girl who had to wear one of those dresses. It was absolutely terrible. She had to wear one that was an orangish color and it was one of the worst things I've ever seen. It was like that fabric you liked in elementary school because from different angles it was different colors. Not so great when you're a grown woman wearing an ugly overpriced dress that required expensive alternations.

ricksang · December 2009

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_aria-bridesmaid-dresses?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:f0a18cb6-9627-4f2d-8a5f-d55aeeb169d5Post:2b17f199-424b-4494-b56d-2774b2eb6fca">Re: Aria bridesmaid dresses?</a>:
[QUOTE]And dude. They aren't cheap. What the hell.
Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]

Holyshitballz you are correct!

thesuninherhead · December 2009

Dear God those are all hideous. The only one that is even close to alright looking (and by 'close', I mean really, really far) is this one, and that's only because it's not covered in tacktastic shimmer fabric. http://www.ariadress.com/Desciptions/Desc161KA.htm

ricksang · December 2009

East,I don't know if you did this yet but, If you type in Aria Bridesmaids you can see real BMs in the dresses. I just don't like the way the fabric falls.

Nebb · December 2009

It looks like a stiff, slightly thicker type of fabric. It doesnt hang, it sticks out.

thesuninherhead · December 2009

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_aria-bridesmaid-dresses?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:f0a18cb6-9627-4f2d-8a5f-d55aeeb169d5Post:7d84f0cc-6ffe-49ac-8160-5fea9b00351b">Re: Aria bridesmaid dresses?</a>:
[QUOTE]I am doing Aria bridesmaids dresses and I love them. There are some really atrocious styles, but the ones that my BMs picked out are really pretty to me. They came in last week and I got to see my FSIL's over Christmas and it's gorgeous.
Posted by cew515[/QUOTE]Which one, cew?

ricksang · December 2009

[Deleted User] · December 2009

They picked out 191, 185, 140, 171, and 130.

eastunder1 · December 2009

oh sweet jesus.

eastunder1 · December 2009

Oh god, I did that Ricks and they are HIDEOUS. I don't even know what to say.

ricksang · December 2009

Ewwww The purple is business trashy to me.

ricksang · December 2009

This wedding dress is beautiful though

http://www.ariadress.com/Desciptions/Desc141FB.htm

crfische · December 2009

Yeah, I'm hard pressed to find anything that looks good on a real person.

I don't know what to tell ya.

Brie2010 · December 2009

They remind me of my prom dress, which was totally cool in 2002.

thesuninherhead · December 2009

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_aria-bridesmaid-dresses?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:f0a18cb6-9627-4f2d-8a5f-d55aeeb169d5Post:45e9c6ae-c261-4d06-b8ad-0eb1aab27dde">Re: Aria bridesmaid dresses?</a>:
[QUOTE]They remind me of my prom dress, which was totally cool in 2002.
Posted by Brie2010[/QUOTE]
 Hahahaha! I mean, uhh, nice! I think the dress the cew has in her bio for her BM's looks nice...but the fabric that this company uses just screams 'bridesmaid'. Which is ok if you want your bridesmaid's dresses to scream bridesmaid. One of my friends is planning a wedding next year and I have a sneaking suspicion that part of her would like us to wear something like this.

mags0607 · December 2009

IDK, but there is something about them that looks juvenile to me. I don't know if the colors pictured remind me of the prom, or what, but they don't look very refined on whole. A couple of them aren't bad, but for that price it would be a hard pill to swallow if I wasn't the one who had picked it out in the first place.

notquiteblushing · December 2009

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_aria-bridesmaid-dresses?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:f0a18cb6-9627-4f2d-8a5f-d55aeeb169d5Post:45e9c6ae-c261-4d06-b8ad-0eb1aab27dde">Re: Aria bridesmaid dresses?</a>:
[QUOTE]They remind me of my prom dress, which was totally cool in 2002.
Posted by Brie2010[/QUOTE]

OMG so cute.

terbear_86 · December 2009

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_aria-bridesmaid-dresses?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:f0a18cb6-9627-4f2d-8a5f-d55aeeb169d5Post:bcbc7215-ed29-4721-8e69-82630525520d">Re: Aria bridesmaid dresses?</a>:
[QUOTE]according to the website, silk shantung, which apparently means nubby silk? Maybe? I dunno.
Posted by mag920[/QUOTE]

Silk shantung is a form of natural silk that comes out of China. Real raw silk is made by silkworms, like a web that they spin, and in the raw form is nubby and supposed to be that way, worms aren't machines. Not outrageously so, but it lends some texture. Anything "silk" that you may own that is perfectly smooth has been refined farther. It is like the difference between sugar cane and table sugar. Same thing, one has been more refined.

kimbrout · December 2009

I used them in my wedding - PIB. I agree that some of the styles are fug but I really loved the green for spring. I let my BP pick out the style that they liked best because everyone's body type was so different.

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