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Should bridesmaids wear the same dress?

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I was thinking of letting them pick their own dress but they are all different personalities but I don't want to upset them either.

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  1. well if you think about it not everyone looks good in the same dress you know


  2. I told my girls they could but they wanted me to pick.. but I told them the guidlines for the dresses....  

    color

    length

    basic style ( basically not a tight fitting S****y dress)

  3. No, not necessary to wear identical dresses.  I like the idea of giving bridesmaids a color . . . and a level of formality.  Their dresses do not have to match.

    These brides asked their bridesmaids to wear the color blue.

    http://community.theknot.com/cs/ks/user/...

    http://www.theknot.com/co_profileview.ht...

    Both weddings look lovely to me!

  4. It's your wedding.  Do what you want.  Not all bridal parties have the bridesmaids with identical dresses.

  5. i told my girls they could pick there own dresses as long as i approve (i told them the color length etc.)

  6. its up to you and how fomal your wedding is.

    I picked the color and general length and either small straps, halter or strapless (so basically no sleeves) and I am letting them pick the dress so theya re comfortabel in it.

  7. it just depends on the girls and their personalities. my bridesmaids are all wearing the same dress because ive picked something that they can all wear again if they want, and if you want you can have your maid of honor wear a different color then you can. my wedding colors are espresso and tea rose and ivory. my dress is ivory and my maid of honor will be in espresso and my two sisters will be in tea rose. so that kind of makes one standout above the rest.

  8. I have been to wedding were they all dressed differently.  Same color but different styles.

  9. I wanted to do that, but I was told that they'd prefer to have a dress picked for them. My sister raised the issue that she would be uncomfortable with the hems being different lengths. Find out from them how much guidance they want. If they don't have any say, odds are that they won't wear the dresses again, so make sure that they get a voice.

  10. There's no right and wrong when it comes to weddings. If you want to have your bridesmaids wear different dresses, then I say go for it!

  11. I think its common now a days for them to have different dresses. I say let them pick b/c not everyone has the same body type and you want them to look good for your day. So let them pick just have the same color, my girls had different dresses but they were pretty much the same...

  12. You get to decide what sort of look or color theme you want for your wedding.  It's totally up to you whether they wear identical dresses or dresses of different styles in the same fabric and color or dresses that have nothing in common with each other.

  13. It's becoming more and more popular to let bridesmaids choose their own dresses. I'm MOH for a wedding in August and the bride made some gentle rules for our outfits - she specified the color, the length, and how formal they should be - but let us choose our own. This lets every bridesmaid wear something that suits her size and body type, so she can look her best too!

  14. I would think you would want some continuity in your wedding photos, rather having them all be in different colors and different style dresses.  I suggest that either you pick the dress, or give them enough guidelines to have some uniformity in dress:  such as color, hemline, sleaveless vs. sleave, etc.  Don't forget guidelines for color- and type of shoe as well.  One option is having them wear the same dress, each in a different color.

    Don't worry about upsetting them.  People expect brides to pick the dress or at least provide guidelines.

  15. No, your girls do not have to wear the same dress. I let my girls pick their own dresses, I just picked the color.I have 4 girls and when we went dress shopping, two of my girls liked one dress and the other two liked another dress, so in a way, my girls are coordinating without me trying.

    I would suggest going dress shopping with all the brides maids, then they could see what each is looking at and you can make sure that there is some kind of coordination in the dress scheme.

    Good Luck=)

  16. mine all wore similar dresses but they were all different. I would just make sure they stay within the color scheme of your wedding and it should be fine

  17. They don't all have to wear the same exact dress but what you can do is kind of give them a 'range' and have them pick out a dress. Your bridesmaids should all wear the same style dress in a similar tone. Make sure they run it by you before they buy it! Good luck!!!!

  18. I don't think so... as long as they are the same color and preferably similar, things like length and the like should be similar... but other than that I don't see why they would have to be... one of my bridesmaids wore a different dress than the others because the dress that had been chosen didn't suit her body type at all....

  19. It depends on the bride. I let my girls pick their own dress-as long as they were long, same color, and same material...

  20. Cookie cutter/matching bridesmaids is kind of out.  I've had some brides tell me parameters to stay within:

    color, length, no strapless, etc.

    For my own wedding, I just had my two sisters as attendants.  They knew what my dress looked like so they tried to find something in the same "style" family and their colors were the same, but I gave them the freedom to choose.  Provided you trust your bridesmaids not to pick something tacky, I think they'd enjoy picking something that will flatter their body and personality.  Both of my sisters asked me to approve of what they picked--made it kind of fun to go shopping with them to help them pick something out.

    Good luck!

  21. I've done many weddings like this; same color, different style.  It's b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l.

    I've done rainbow weddings where the dresses are the same style but different colors.  And there's always different dresses, different colors.  It's all about how YOU envision your wedding.

    Why would it upset them for you to give them the freedom to chose what they wear???

  22. i think that as long as they are the same colors and made out of the same material then they should look fine...try to see all of them together beofer its too late to return them to make sure they work together.

  23. davids bridal has a set up for this...mix and match tops/bottoms

    for my wedding i picked the skirt style and length and i let the girls pick the tops to fit their bodies...i also let my MOH pick hers first, and ask the others to pick anything but that...so my MOH stood out, but didnt outshine me, and my girls looked cool cause they weren't matchy matchy

    www.davidsbridal.com

  24. If you want some uniformity but also want to let them have some individuality, you can pick color/length of the dress and leave the rest to them (for example, "you can choose your own bridesmaid dress as long as it's tea length and lavender).  It's up to you.

  25. I didn't have time to go shopping with my girls since they all live in different states and have different schedules, so I gave them a color and fabric guideline.  I didn't even care if it was  dress they already owned.  Worked out fine.  

    The last wedding I went to the bride did the same thing.  This seems to be the growing trend since not everyone looks good in the same dress.

  26. not the same dress but the same idea. u shudnt have a bunch of random dresses at ur wedding. this is just an idea.   pick two colors. then let them design or pick their dresses with those colors. if u design them then u can make one strapless, one with sleeves, one long, one short, one with a different design, one with differernt beading. many possibilities and it will look great

  27. Lots of people do the matching thing, but you don't need to.

    I was in a friend's wedding last summer, and she had 6 bridesmaids. All of us were of various shapes, sizes and skin-tones. So she didn't want to stick us curvier/bustier girls in little strapless dresses, or put the super-skinny girls in unflattering, shapeless dresses. She just told us all to wear a black, tea-length dress. It worked out so nicely. We all had the same color dress, all the same length - so it looked nice and uniform in the pictures, but our individual styles shone through.

    I also know a girl who had a multi-colored wedding with every bridesmaid in a different bold color - it looked awesome!

    Just play with some ideas, it is ultimately up to you.

    Congrats!! (And good luck;)
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