{"id":35209,"date":"2014-11-26T07:30:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T20:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/articles\/bridezilla-alert-seven-ten-brides-force-bridesmaids-wear-unflattering-dresses-make-look-prettier\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T03:34:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T16:34:22","slug":"bridezilla-alert-seven-ten-brides-force-bridesmaids-wear-unflattering-dresses-make-look-prettier","status":"publish","type":"au-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/bridezilla-alert-seven-ten-brides-force-bridesmaids-wear-unflattering-dresses-make-look-prettier\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridezilla alert: Seven out of ten brides force bridesmaids to wear unflattering dresses – to make themselves look prettier"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nA revealing (and slightly disturbing) new report out of Britain suggests some brides will go to any length to shine on their big day – including putting their bridesmaids in unflattering dresses.<\/p>\n

The report, which was commissioned by online jeweller Vashi, surveyed 1000 bridesmaids and the results will, likely, make a few bridezillas blush. The survey claims a whopping 72 per cent of bridesmaids suspected they had been forced to wear an unflattering dress in order to make the bride look better.<\/p>\n

Only a third of respondents said they received a say in what they wore, but bridesmaids who felt too hard done by didn’t hesitate in insisting that changes be made to a dress they didn’t like the look or feel of. Whether their protests were granted is another matter.<\/p>\n

Vashi Dominguez, founder of Vashi, told London’s Daily Mail<\/a> that, “We’ve all looked at wedding photos and thought, ‘What are the bridesmaids wearing?<\/p>\n

“Well, now we know the answer.”<\/p>\n

He continued: ‘In seven out of ten cases, the bridesmaids are convinced they have been lumbered with a dress to make the bride look prettier.<\/p>\n

‘I am sure most brides wouldn’t see it that way and they would say that they chose bridesmaid dresses which went well with the wedding dress.<\/p>\n

‘The solution is for brides to relax a little and involve their bridesmaids more in choosing their outfits.’<\/p>\n

Worse still, the majority of bridesmaids surveyed said they had negative thoughts about the wedding they were attending. Forty three per cent of respondents said they felt the wedding was a “bit naff’ while a whopping 37 per cent truly believed the couple were mismatched and shouldn’t be marrying.<\/p>\n

Six per cent of bridesmaids admitted to secretly fancying the groom.<\/p>\n

Oh, dear!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12577,"template":"","au_article_tag":[78,55,54],"class_list":["post-35209","au-article","type-au-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_article_category-wedding-news","au_article_tag-bridesmaid","au_article_tag-bridesmaid-dresses","au_article_tag-bridesmaids"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/35209"}],"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\/35209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_article_tag?post=35209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}