This has been one of the harder decisions for me to make so far. It’s not that I can’t find anything; quite the opposite! I’m finding waaaay too many gorgeous dresses for my ladies to wear!
I’m a firm believer that my bridesmaids should feel beautiful (or at least comfortable!) in their dresses like I will in mine! So my search has led me to dresses that are wearable again. Most of the dresses I’ve singled out are ones that I would love for myself!! LOL
This search has been going on for well over 4 months now, on many different websites and in several different stores. I knew from the get-go that I didn’t want anything blatantly “bridesmaid-y”. And one stipulation was that the dress had to look cute with brown cowboy boots! Sound funky?? Trust me! Look for yourself…
SEE?! I told you so. Anywhatsits…
I also set a price point (for myself) while shopping. I want to be able to accommodate EVERY girl, no matter their financial situation. AAANNNNNNDDDDD I really don’t like intruding by asking how much they can afford. SO the limit is $100 (+ or – a few dollars). And seriously?! Why are BM dresses so expensive?! Some of the ones I really liked from Jenny Yoo and Watters cost more than MY dress! Sheesh.
I looked through all the dresses at stores like Forever21, Anthropologie, and J.Crew. Since nothing there really struck my fancy, I started searching lesser known stores, mostly online. In the midst of this, I read a blog post about a store called Ruche. They have the CUTEST clothes! Seriously. And they are super affordable! Here’s what I found that could work:
The top two are really my inner hippie coming out… I absolutely adore them and would wear them on any given occasion. But I’m not sure any of my friends would like them. My sister says I have a “weird fashion sense”. Whatev.
The last dress would be totally perfect! But, there are one or two snags. First off, it’s sold out!! I could probably wait for it to come back. The second one may just be me overthinking (my favorite new pastime), but I really don’t want the brown in the dress to “clash” with the brown boots… Since everyone is picking their own, I really have no idea what shades they will be. What if it looks funky with two shades of brown??? I don’t know if anyone would even notice this other than me, but it would bug the CRAP out of me… ALL DAY.
So, what did I do? I kept looking…
Am I over-analyzing the brown-on-brown thing? Was it this hard for anyone else to find the right bridesmaid’s dress?
This article was originally posted onWeddingbee.
