the
WEDDING
ISSUE
2019
So You’ve Been
Asked to Be a
Bridesmaid …
Now What?
No, lime green doesn’t look good on everyone.
And no, you can’t cut every dress short and wear
it again (although I did once!).
Says wedding planner Laurie Haag: “We tend
to recommend that the bride picks the color that
she wants, maybe the stylistic look of what she’d
like her bridesmaids to look like –– not that she
should get any opinion from her bridesmaids,
and we all know that bridesmaids are of varying
ages, sizes various stages of life (like bridesmaids
who are expecting or will have just had a baby
and are more body conscious), you really try to
keep that process simplified. We would hope that
bridesmaids realize and understand that we think
of bridesmaids as they’re going to be framing the
photos. They’re going to be side by side with the
bride in the total bridal party. They’re the frame
to make the bride and groom shine.”
Haag recommends the bride choose a couple
of dresses, a couple pairs of shoes and have
their bridal party come to a consensus. Letting
bridesmaids choose their own, say blush and
back, is an invitation for disaster as there are
many interpretations of both colors.
“You give bridesmaids total control, and it just
gets crazy,” Haag says.
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