Posts Tagged ‘Bridesmaids’
Perfect Bridesmaid Dresses
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Choosing bridesmaid dresses can be really tricky and sometimes quite stressful. How do you find a design that looks great on everyone? What do you do if you want the same colour but everyone looks good in different neck lines and styles which don’t stock the colour you want? How many shops must you trek round to try and find the right dress? How sad to spend all that money on a dress that is worn once and then gets hung in the back of the wardrobe.
Well I think I have found the perfect answer. Arian Goldman of Two Birds has designed the perfect solution. It’s one dress that can be wrapped around the body, using the shoulder ties, to flatter all body types. It comes in two sizes 4-18 and 18-22. A bridesmaid dress that is incredibly versatile, affordable, available in eighteen different colours and can be worn in fifteen different ways with various lengths.They will even colour match for you for a little extra on the price. Another added advantage is that there are no alterations! How hard is it get your bridesmaids in one place for fittings.
The Two Birds name came about because the dress is perfect for formal and evening wear. There are three different styles to choose from.
The material is of a very high quality and does not cling to the body. I certainly wish I had found these when I was getting married. Yesterday I met a lovely bride who was having five bridesmaids. The logistics are getting them all together on the same day is hard enough, but trekking around many shops to try and find the right styles for everyone can be very time consuming. You really have to do your research thoroughly to ensure you find what you want in one day. I speak from experience of being a bridesmaid early this year. It was quite a task and in the end we had to have dresses made for each of us.
You can also buy wraps to match in case its a little chilly on the day.
I understand it may be tricky wrapping these dresses correctly, but there are plenty of videos on line which show you exactly how to do them. Its a perfect opportunity to get a night in with your bridesmaids for a practice session. Happy bridesmaids makes for a happy wedding day. No one wants to wear a dress they feel uncomfortable in. The growing trend nowadays is for the bridesmaids to pay for their own dresses, this way you can be sure of a dress that can be worn many times after the wedding and one that can be adapted depending on the occasion. Check this out, to learn all you need to know.
If anyone has bought and worn these dresses please let me know the experience you had with them. The prices are from £200 – £300 and there is a store in London in Notting Hill which you can visit by appointment. If you like this advice why not book a place on our Bridal Workshops? You will learn all my insider tips and advice so that you can create and plan your perfect wedding. Call me for a chat if you want to know more.
Until next time, happy planning.
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Stylish and Useful – Silk Velvet Bags
Friday, November 20th, 2009
I could not resist sharing this gorgeous find with you. These range of velvet bags are so stylish, reasonably priced and useful. They would make great presents for your bridesmaids or yourself. Because they are available in different sizes, they can be used for either jewellery or cosmetics or both.
The bags also come in deep red, and damson colours. The prices range from £15.00 to £22.00. If you decide to buy jewellery for your bridesmaids its a lovely way to present it to them. Of course they can always use them for the evening too. For winter weddings the deep warm colours and velvet texture works a treat.
Check out the website www.sibona.com
Until next time, happy planning.
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Bridesmaid Heaven – Tips & Advice
Friday, October 30th, 2009
Today its all about Bridesmaids. I have the privilege of being one for my best friend next year in Cyprus. There are four of us and we have been discussing our dresses, and the various ways in which we are going to help our lovely friend Melanie, enjoy her day, and reduce her stress levels on the run up to the wedding. This got me thinking about all things bridesmaid.
Here are my top tips for choosing your bridesmaids, keeping them happy and how to get the best out of them during the planning of your wedding.
Choosing your Bridesmaids
This can be very difficult especially if you have lots of friends. First of all choose the friends or relative that will be the best support to you. Planning a wedding is very stressful not to mention time consuming, so you really want someone on your team who is calm, has time to help, and who understands you. The number of bridesmaids is another issue and how many you choose will depend on a number of things, probably the most important one is budget. Explain to your friends that you can’t have all of them, they will understand. You can always give them other roles to play on the day to make them feel part of everything.
The Dresses
The four of us are all totally different in personality, not to mention size and shape. You can ask your bridesmaids to choose their own dresses if you give them a style, theme, and colour to stick to. The picture in this blog illustrates perfectly how lovely bridesmaids can look when the dresses don’t all match. You don’t have to go with tradition, unless you want to. To reduce costs there are great choices on the high street, such as Monsoon, Coast, and French Connection. This way your bridesmaids may not even mind paying for their own dresses, especially if they can wear them again, and feel comfortable wearing them. There is nothing worse than making bridesmaids squeeze into dresses that don’t fit, or choosing colours they hate. At my own wedding we had different bridesmaids dresses and to pull the look together they all had the same shoes and matching jewellery.
Hair and Make-up
If you are having your hair and make-up done it is lovely if the bridesmaids can have theirs done to, but if your budget won’t stretch you can always pay for a make-up lesson for them. This can be fun and you can make an evening of it. Alternatively you can visit a department store where they sell MAC or Bobby Brown, get free advice and a free makeover. An alternative idea is to combine the make-up lesson with a day out, and that could double up as your hen party. Another idea is to visit somewhere like Beauty Boutique where a trained make-up artist makes you all up to look fantastic, and gives you lessons along the way. You even get afternoon tea, and if you really want to spoil yourselves take champagne to sip as you are being pampered.
Bridesmaids Gifts
Bridesmaids are a big help. On the morning of the wedding they will be running round doing all the last minute details, not to mention the time and effort they will have put in, in the run up to the wedding. Giving them a small gesture as a thank you is really appreciated. Jewellery is a lovely present and can be bought at really good prices. You could try Bead Fusion. This is a fantastic web site that makes custom jewellery for excellent prices. You can order the same style to go with the dresses to wear on the day, or different items for each bridesmaid. Another good idea which is really inexpensive but shows a lot of thought is giving each bridesmaid a framed picture of them with you taken on the wedding day.
Thank you cards are a nice idea especially if you personalise them for each bridesmaid. A little tip here is to try Ebay, they have a great selection of companies who make cards that are personalised at really good prices.
Let me know if you have any great ideas for bridesmaids gifts or advice and I will post it on my blog. If you have a bridesmaid question you need an answer for just call or contact me and I will be happy to help.
Good luck choosing your bridesmaids, until next time, happy planning.
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