the ugly bridesmaid dress

[ellie]

Please help me avoid having to wear one!

My sister in Hawaii is getting married this May and wants her attendants to wear...sigh...lavender. A friend had suggested the Ann Taylor celebrations line, but my sister doesn't like any of them. I recently sent her a picture of this dress, hoping that she would like it:


Here is the actual link for the dress:http://www.watters.com/product.php?c...ers&showid=462

My sister still wants it in lavender. She says that if she goes with this particular dress, she only likes it in "thistle." I may just have to suck it up and wear that ugly bridesmaid dress.

Unless there are bridesmaids dresses out there that actually look good in lavender??? If it helps any, I'm 5'6" and fluctuate between a size 10 and 12.

:anyolne:

ETA: I have that mommy pooch to hide too.

be kind...this is my first foray into this forum and I have very little fashion sense.

[v-girl]

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Wow! Beautiful dress. But thistle is um...well...thistle. Reminds me of Eeyore. Let's look some more. Surely there are pretty shades of lavendar bridesmaids dresses!

[v-girl]

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Miss America pageant dress?


Show some leg and some cleavage


Reminds me of Edie from Desperate Housewives


This looks fun!


I know this isn't the right color, but oh so pretty!

[v-girl]

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Love this!

[DCJenn]

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Most pastels make most people look several weeks deceased.

It's the sad fact of life.

Jenn

PS- Hawaii? What's wrong w/ a hawaiian shirt and leis.

[ellie]

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If this were my sister, I would say, "No, seriously, why are you making me wear a dress that you know I'm going to talk about behind your back?" But that's the kind of relationship we have!

Good luck, sister. Lavender is hard to pull off. So is seafoam green.

Hey, I'm already talking about this potential dress behind her back. Unfortunately my sister and I don't have that kind of relationship. She'd be offended.

Does anyone ever look good in lavender? I think the last time I wore lavender was in the eighth grade and didn't look good in it then either. I shudder to think how it's going to look against my sallow Asian skin.

Veronica - the color of those dresses is so much better, but my sister is set on a pale watery shade. Now that you mention it, "thistle" does look like Eeyore. And I love the color of that last raspberry colored dress.

Jenn - nothing wrong with an aloha shirt and leis and DH would be thrilled with it...but my sister has turned into somewhat of a bridezilla (she is getting married in May because she wants to be a "summer bride"...though why it matters in Hawaii, I don't really know). Sooo...there is no way that hawaiian shirts and leis will be okay at this wedding.

I keep reminding myself that it's her wedding! I'll just smile and stand there in an Eeyore dress. But it could be worse...her other color choice is lime green. :huh:

[v-girl]

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How about this:



Just remember, many have had it so much worse: http://www.uglydress.com/index.html

[ellie]

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DD just caught a glimpse of that dress and was thrilled. She thinks it's a dress a beautiful princess wears.

[medpedspouse]

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OMG - I spewed my drink when I saw the dress above.

[Vishenka69]

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I love that poofy dress! Thanks for brightening up my morning.

Ellie, try to steer your sister toward the chiffon tea length options. I don't remember if J Crew has anything in lavender but they just expanded their BM collection to include chiffon. Another site to check out is Jim Hejlm. He has tons of designs and many 2-pieces. I would love to give you my BM dress but it's light blue, if you can convince your sister to change colors, it's all yours.

[ellie]

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Thanks for the offer and advice Vishenka. I'd gladly take you up on the dress, but my sister wants to stay with purplish shades for her wedding.

And....after some gentle campaigning, she has decided not to go with the "thistle" swatch and now likes the "crystal blue" for the Watters bridesmaid dress I first posted.

http://www.watters.com/product.php?c...ers&showid=462
Sorry, I can't figure out how to paste the image of the color swatches here. It's an improvement!

Now I have to find shoes. My sister's requirements: silver, open toed, with...rhinestones. It can have a heel. Shoe divas, help?? I have wide feet, so cute thin strappy shoes never look good on me.

[v-girl]

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The blue is much better! As for shoes, well, I love shoes! Here are a few I found on my fav site (Nordstrom.com).







I know this one doesn't have any rhinestones, but I like it.