styles<\/a> such as empire waists and A-line skirts rather than ball gowns with puffed sleeves, or consider separates that your maids could wear again individually.<\/p>\n<\/h3>\nBe sure they’ll look good<\/h3>\n
We’ve all heard about brides that dress their bridesmaids in unflattering gowns so they don’t outshine the leading lady, but if you want happy bridesmaids and great wedding pictures you’ll want to choose dresses that make them look good.<\/p>\n
Think about the complexions and hair colours of your bridesmaids when choosing a colour, and bear their body shapes in mind when looking for styles. For example, if you want a strapless style, bigger busted bridesmaids may have trouble getting enough support, and if you want short skirts make sure your bridesmaids are happy to show off their legs. You can choose different styles or colours to suit individual bridesmaids; this is currently a fashionable option.<\/p>\n
Get your maid of honour to help<\/h3>\n
Your maid of honour should be someone that you trust completely and who is able to be honest with you. This means that their opinion on the bridesmaids’ dresses is invaluable.<\/p>\n
As well as doing some of the leg-work in looking at dress styles, they can find out whether the bridesmaids are really happy with the final choice. Your bridesmaids are more likely to tell your maid of honour if they don’t like the dress than to tell you. Don’t take this personally; they just don’t want to upset you in the run up to your big day.<\/p>\n
Stick to your budget<\/h3>\n
If you are asking bridesmaids to pay for their own dresses, make sure you choose something that isn’t extortionately expensive. Glossy wedding magazines are full of designer bridesmaids’ dresses, but you can often find something similar for a fraction of the price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5354,"template":"","au_article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-32615","au-article","type-au-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_article_category-bridesmaids"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/32615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/32615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_article_tag?post=32615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}