For 16 years, yours truly has dutifully stood in line at the altar, watching friends and family recite their eternal vows while dabbing my eyes with a tissue and contemplating the trouble I’ll be getting into later at the wedding. Ohohohohh, but not this time, my pets.. No, this time I’m the bride, which means I get to pick the ever-fun get-up of my bridesmaids for the day – a gaggle of girls and even one boy (!) Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy.
But apparently, there seems to be no advocate in the wedding industry for the bridesmaid. Y’all got left behind somewhere ’cause the dresses that are being made for you, oh hell naw. Silky, bright blue messes that accentuate your pear shaped bodies and flatten your boobs. Noooo thanks. It’s time to make our bridesmaids look good. Lesson #451 in wedding planning. THERE IS SUCH A THING AS ADORABLE BM DRESSES. Case in point: these gawgeous selections below:
(Venus dress via Modcloth. Sadly, this dress is no longer avail, but… it’s still cute.)
(Isn’t this alternately cute and pretty? Via Judith March)
(Love the twinge of country, the romantic floral… via Style Me Pretty)
(Source unknown. Ooopsies.)
(Ruffle Wrap Dress via Topshop)
(Pretty Penelope Dress via French Connection – and currently on sale, homies. I mean CAN YOU HANDLE.)
(via Once Wed)
(Alice + Olivia Leighton Ruffle V Neck Dress. Alice + Olivia, if you were two real women, I would ask you to take turns having my babies. Because they would be gorgeous.)
(Left: A+O One Shoulder Drape Dress. Right: A+O Faux Wrap Drape Dress)
(Via JeanBean 1909 Company on Etsy. Steph’s current fave.)
(Glory Be to Saja for making these dresses)
(Fuuuuudge, I love you bridesmaid dresses. I love your color and everything about you)
Anyone have any favorites from above? Other suggestions for great dresses? As much as I’d like to make Stephanie wear a burlap sack to my wedding, even our girl deserves to look a little fabulous for a bit.
xoxo,
I love them all! Now I just have to get my thunder thighs back in check after this baby comes. Lawd, baby please come soon. I miss you.
Your drumsticks will look juuuust fine. I miss you and have had a card ready to send you for months now and still have not sent. Doggone it I need to do that. xoxo
I just bought the Alice & Olivia dress! I think I”m in love! Thanks Karrie!
Which one, which one?!
Saja — beautiful, stately, romantic, sexy and classic.
Donna – I’m loving the Saja too. Just discovered that gorgeous line of dresses.
I still love the Etsy! I still love the Etsy!
I think they are all pretty and unique!! But I am with Meghan when I beg you to remember that I will be working with a post-baby body!! 🙂 I am getting so excited!!
Love you!
Do not worry, I am definitely taking into account that there’ll be a couple post-baby bodies there… and post peanut butter cookie-gorging bodies (ahem, Steph)
I ligity LOVE the ‘no longer available,’ the ‘source unknown,’ and the ‘A+O faux wrap drape dress’… or maybe I just like her legs… SO CUTE!!!
I like the Net-a-Porter or the Pretty Penelope via French Connection…classic! Steph, the Esty dress looks like something a girl living in Selma all her life would choose! 🙂
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. So… a Wapahani girl might wear that to her prom, you’re sayin’?
I love the one shoulder Alice & Olivia dress!! so classy… and I feel like that style is flattering to most body types… which is always the issue… 🙂
Love the Pretty Penelope dress……..just saying. Wish they had it in a tea length for frumpy old MOG!!!
I LOVE the green one by Alice and Olivia. I like anything with ruffles!
I think all the bridesmaids will shine not to mention “the Princess”bride because you are all nothing but gorgeous and “classy” especially Jonathan.:)These dresses are all surreal.They are soooo breathtaking and scream stand up and take notice! Colors spark and dazzle
ohh love all of these…faves mmight be Saja, the long ones from etsy…
Love em all. Love you best.
Such pretty dresses! The French Connection dress is amazeballs! WOW!
I reall like the net-a-porter one!! So cute:) yes, even though Nyla turned 1 yesterday…still working on my post-baby bod….ha! Talk about some much needed motivation:)
Go’on get it, gurrrrrrl.
Where can I find the 1909 company one on Etsy? The link doesn’t work and I’m obsessed with the dress!
Hey Lindsay! This is tragic. I am equally OB-SESSED w/said dress and just went through my Etsy account to look up my conversation with the designer (I almost had them made for Karrie’s wedding). Her Etsy account no longer exists, which is why the link doesn’t work. I do know that her name is Jean (JeanBean1909Company was her Etsy site), and I know she was booked a few months out when that blog was posted. If I can find any additional info, I’ll pass it along to you! So sorry!
Love these dresses – so cute! The one I picked for my girls is pretty cute too! From David’s Bridal!
Do you know where the 1909 company has gone? (Link no longer works….)
Hey Jennifer: Gurl, I know… I am devastated too. The dress was handmade by a woman on Etsy who did them in all different colors, and her Etsy store has VANISHED. I was having a conversation about them with her because we were thinking of doing them for Karrie’s wedding, and one day I went back and her site was gone. I have googled and cyberstalked to no avail! I am so sorry 🙁 Best, Stephanie