Please Help: Taffeta

my bm's wore taffeta- Bill Levkoff # 557- in sable brown w/ a camel sash. I personally think taffeta looks better in darker colors. Its a very light fabric, which is good for July.....another option is chiffon- also very light & comfortable (I've worn it as a BM and loved it!!, I just didn't really care for it in brown).

good luck!! you can check out pictures in my album of some of Duet's pictures or my non pro pics. oh and btw, you're not really cutting it too close- we ordered the BM dresses in mid February and they came in by mid May.

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Posted by Angelicanka

Thank you so much. You're right the those dresses look great in darker colors, unfortunately I have to stick to light (long story) and basically out of all the color choices, the one the girl in the picture is wearing seems to be the closest. It's not very flattering on her and she is a model so I am wondering what taffeta would look like in the wedding pictures.

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I forgot who makes it but I think the first dress you posted is at the Wedding Plaza on Jericho Turnpike (right by Floral Terrace). maybe you can go check it out there? I was thinking more of a wine color I had considered in taffeta, it looked more berry-ish than what I wanted. I actually really liked that first dress if its the same one I saw at the Wedding Plaza. it just wouldn't have looked good on some of my pale bridesmaids.

I'm using tissue taffeta (I know there are a few kinds, satin-faced-taffeta, tissue taffeta, etc).

I started out with an open mind but decided I hated the way satin wedding dresses looked on me and felt they might look goofy for an afternoon wedding in August. I thought tissue taffeta looked much better with my dress (although I was open to satin for BM dresses as well).

My BMs fell in love with Bill Levkoff 555, and luckily they had a blue I liked. (pictures in my album)

I ordered a yard so I could get a better idea of color, and also tested it with some water. If you look really really closely you can see where the water was but it didn't do any major damage and hopefully my girls won't spill all over themselves. We're doing our pictures before the ceremony so everyone will look fresh at least in our posed pictures.

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Posted by HelenZ

my bm's wore taffeta- Bill Levkoff # 557- in sable brown w/ a camel sash. I personally think taffeta looks better in darker colors. Its a very light fabric, which is good for July.....another option is chiffon- also very light & comfortable (I've worn it as a BM and loved it!!, I just didn't really care for it in brown).

good luck!! you can check out pictures in my album of some of Duet's pictures or my non pro pics. oh and btw, you're not really cutting it too close- we ordered the BM dresses in mid February and they came in by mid May.

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I just saw your professional pictures. I love how the dresses look and you look absolutely beautiful. Congratulations!!!

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Posted by Angelicanka

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Posted by HelenZ

my bm's wore taffeta- Bill Levkoff # 557- in sable brown w/ a camel sash. I personally think taffeta looks better in darker colors. Its a very light fabric, which is good for July.....another option is chiffon- also very light & comfortable (I've worn it as a BM and loved it!!, I just didn't really care for it in brown).

good luck!! you can check out pictures in my album of some of Duet's pictures or my non pro pics. oh and btw, you're not really cutting it too close- we ordered the BM dresses in mid February and they came in by mid May.

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I just saw your professional pictures. I love how the dresses look and you look absolutely beautiful. Congratulations!!!

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thank you so much!!! you can also check out my album 'Mimi's wedding pics'....my bf also had her bm's in taffeta- Levkoff style # 555 in black taffeta- very flattering! I loved the dress!!

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Posted by HelenZ

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Posted by Angelicanka

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Posted by HelenZ

my bm's wore taffeta- Bill Levkoff # 557- in sable brown w/ a camel sash. I personally think taffeta looks better in darker colors. Its a very light fabric, which is good for July.....another option is chiffon- also very light & comfortable (I've worn it as a BM and loved it!!, I just didn't really care for it in brown).

good luck!! you can check out pictures in my album of some of Duet's pictures or my non pro pics. oh and btw, you're not really cutting it too close- we ordered the BM dresses in mid February and they came in by mid May.

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I just saw your professional pictures. I love how the dresses look and you look absolutely beautiful. Congratulations!!!

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thank you so much!!! you can also check out my album 'Mimi's wedding pics'....my bf also had her bm's in taffeta- Levkoff style # 555 in black taffeta- very flattering! I loved the dress!!

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555! My BMs fell in love with that dress so we're going with it even though I probably would have otherwise picked strapless. Glad to hear you liked it and thanks for posting pictures... it's always nice to see what it looks like on real people (my BMs are tiny and the sample was about 8 sizes too big on all of them)

my gown is taffeta as are my bm dresses.
i never thought twice about the material because i loved how it felt and looked...

now i'm kind of worried haha