Help me pick a bridesmaid dress

shelly3950 Posted: Apr 20, 2004 09:38 AM

Help me pick a bridesmaid dress

I need to order a dress this week!!! Please help me decide. I am 5'8 and my tallest BM is 5'3.

I have included pics of my dress and pics of me in my dress. Thanks!

sammi102 Posted: Apr 20, 2004 09:39 AM

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I like the red beaded one, it reminds me of my BM dresses

jvs77 Posted: Apr 20, 2004 09:46 AM

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I posted this on the other thread, but I'll add it here too!

B/c your dress is so beautiful and elegant in its design, I would go with the 2nd dress. (The first BM dress looks like it has beading, while your dress does not, which is why I wouldn't pick that one.)

tourist Posted: Apr 20, 2004 09:50 AM

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I agree.
I pic tea length, but I like that dress & think it work work longer too, but its not neccessary.

MrsBrad Posted: Apr 20, 2004 12:55 PM

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I like the tea length dress A LOT

Bebalina Posted: Apr 20, 2004 12:57 PM

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JMO- i voted red one

skew Posted: Apr 20, 2004 12:58 PM

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i LOVE the tea length. what do the girls like and what looks best on them?

Niecey Posted: Apr 20, 2004 01:05 PM

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I voted #1 only because that was one of my faves from Dessy/After Six when I was planning. Two of my BM's chose that dress for my wedding and it looked great on both. But I do think the tea-length one is very pretty too! Go with what looks best on most of your girls - you have 2 great choices!

nov2004bride Posted: Apr 20, 2004 01:07 PM

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I voted for red. I ordered the 2nd one for my girls and stopped it. My girls are all on average short and some are a little heavy and this dress made them look even heavier. I love the dress though but not on them

shelly3950 Posted: Apr 20, 2004 03:10 PM

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Its so hard to tell. My BM are all tiny and when they tried on the sample in the store it was enormous on them so you can't reallly tell what it will look like. I like T length on me but I am not sure about on them.

Also, my wedding is Sunday evening and I am wearing gloves. A few peopel told me that T length will be too casual with my dress and gloves. Arrggghhh!!! I hate these kinds of decisions. Why can't they just make sample dresses in every size??????

My BM all tried on the dresses and told me to pick. What should I do?

julesn5 Posted: Apr 20, 2004 05:39 PM

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ok, this is a hard decision, especially since both dresses are great!
But, since it is a formal, Sunday evening wedding, I would have to vote for the full length dress.
If you do go with the T-length, which is a great length, there are definitely ways to dress it up more, like having the BM wear high-heeled fancier shoes, maybe doing something more formal with their hair and makeup, etc. Just to let you know, I am getting married on a Sunday at 12 noon and my wedding is casual, the groom is wearing a blue blazer and white dress pants and my BM are wearing strapless, T-length dresses similar to the ones in your picture.
As for height, I do not think it matters, one of my BM is 5'2 and she looks great it T-length-its all about the heels!
I hope that was slightly helpful! Good Luck!