Bridesmaid Dresses...

dmeade86 Posted: Sep 22, 2011 08:18 PM

Bridesmaid Dresses...

Ok so I just got my wedding dress and I have decided on a color for the bridesmaid dresses - Sangria (David's Bridal) with a possible accent color of Wisteria...I have not chosen a bridesmaid dress yet, but I have a question - does the dress material have to be the same as the wedding dress?? My dress is chiffon and all of the bridesmaid dresses that I like so far are all satin...does it matter or does it look weird that the dresses are different material??

SoonToBeEMM Posted: Sep 22, 2011 09:01 PM

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I dont think so at all. My dress is actually satin and the bridesmiad dresses are chifon

IrishAli Posted: Sep 22, 2011 09:11 PM

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I don't think so

My dress was lace and MOH wore chiffon

Royalgem21 Posted: Sep 22, 2011 09:21 PM

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In my opinion, satin would not look right if your dress was chiffon. If it was the other way around, it might be different. Chiffon is more traditionally used for Bridesmaids and so it might look strange if they are the ones in satin and not you. David's Bridal has tons of chiffon choices.

linda_art Posted: Sep 22, 2011 09:30 PM

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They dont have to match but the above bride makes a good point- you wouldn't want their dresses to over power yours. Im not sure what your chiffon looks like but its just something to think about. Good Luck!

KDNY133 Posted: Sep 22, 2011 09:44 PM

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Posted by SoonToBeEMM

I dont think so at all. My dress is actually satin and the bridesmiad dresses are chifon

Same here

dmeade86 Posted: Sep 22, 2011 09:47 PM

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thank you for all your advice...now one more question lol...june wedding - ceremony in church & indoor reception - short or long bridesmaid dresses???

LBCJRS1125 Posted: Sep 22, 2011 09:48 PM

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I kind of agree with the bride talking about not over powering your dress. I have a tulle based princess ball gown and am having my girls in chiffon (for color purposes. The color I wanted was hard to come by in any other material) and the girls won't overpower... So it is a good point...good luck..Bridesmaid dress shopping was def rough for me!

Royalgem21 Posted: Sep 22, 2011 09:54 PM

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Posted by dmeade86

thank you for all your advice...now one more question lol...june wedding - ceremony in church & indoor reception - short or long bridesmaid dresses???

Unless you are having a beach/vineyard/outdoor wedding at night...in my opinion, short dresses should only be worn for a daytime wedding. Sorry to anyone who is doing this, I just think it says semi-formal.

bowlergyal Posted: Sep 22, 2011 10:04 PM

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I don't think it matters at all.

PSP Posted: Sep 23, 2011 07:26 AM

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Posted by dmeade86

Ok so I just got my wedding dress and I have decided on a color for the bridesmaid dresses - Sangria (David's Bridal) with a possible accent color of Wisteria...I have not chosen a bridesmaid dress yet, but I have a question - does the dress material have to be the same as the wedding dress?? My dress is chiffon and all of the bridesmaid dresses that I like so far are all satin...does it matter or does it look weird that the dresses are different material??

Show some pictures please. :)
It's your wedding you can do whatever you want!! But I generally think that if you have a light and airy dress that your bridesmaids should have one too. I think that looks nice. They don't have to be the same material in my opinion though.

I'm in a similar dilemma. I had picked out bridesmaids dresses in dupioni because of a certain color I liked. Unfortuantely or fortuntely it was discontinued, but now I'm leaning towards two dresses, one that has organza, so if I got this I wouldnt stick with the dupioni bridesmaids and will go with chiffon most likely. The other is silk I believe, if I do this, the dupioni is still a contender but so is the chiffon.

I want short dresses for my bridesmaids too if possible. Its an all day to night indoor event, not outside in a tent or anything like that.

bridetobesteph Posted: Sep 23, 2011 08:06 AM

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It does not look weird, the only way it looks weird is if the girls are in different dresses and are wearing the same color and different fabrics. As long as they are in something simple it won't take away from you!

TeemHenn Posted: Sep 24, 2011 12:37 PM

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my dress is chiffon and I was having all the girls in satin. We went to look at bridesmaid dresses and now I am letting the girls choose whichever fabric they want. All of my bridesmaids are choosing their own dress from the same designer.

dmeade86 Posted: Dec 16, 2011 01:18 AM

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I know it's been a while since I last posted about the bridesmaid dresses, but I found a gorgeous dress from David's Bridal in chiffon & they are perfect with my wedding dress! :)

Thar1127 Posted: Dec 16, 2011 06:34 AM

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Post Pics!

Lana and Johan Posted: Dec 16, 2011 08:40 AM

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I don't think it matters. My dress was a different material than my girls and it still looked nice!

cdh2672 Posted: Dec 16, 2011 12:54 PM

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Does not matter!!

angelicd77 Posted: Dec 16, 2011 04:01 PM

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I dont really think that matters. I was actually in my friends wedding in Sept and we all had different dresses by davids but some of us were in satin and some of us in chiffon. Personally I wouldnt do it but it did look good in pictures.

ETA: The color she had us wear was sangria too!! Its such an awesome color!

kattus Posted: Dec 17, 2011 05:10 PM

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Not at all. As a matter of fact, my MOH's dress is a different material from everyone else's (she picked cotton and they's wearing satin, it was her preference). Btw, the Sangria color at DB's is gorgeous!

AngnShaun Posted: Dec 17, 2011 05:52 PM

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Posted by kattus

Not at all. As a matter of fact, my MOH's dress is a different material from everyone else's (she picked cotton and they's wearing satin, it was her preference). Btw, the Sangria color at DB's is gorgeous!

Same here, well she wasnt my MOH, but my other sister was about 8mos pregnant and needed a different dress... but i was the MOH at my other sisters wedding and wore a completely different dress than the rest of the BMs