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Is this unflattering for a bridesmaid?

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Froum · 09/04/2025 22:02

My bridesmaids range in size from 8 to 12. No one happens to be plus size.

Would this dress flatter most of the women do you reckon?

We are late 20s

i have chosen to show the image of the plus size model as I think it highlights that it works on bigger sizes. What do you think?

Is this unflattering for a bridesmaid?
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VaguelyDownwards · 10/04/2025 07:01

@Watermill that's what I did for my wedding. I just let my bridesmaids wear what they were happy in.

VaguelyDownwards · 10/04/2025 07:00

I'm a fairly toned size 6/8 and I would HATE being made to wear that dress.

It's the sort of fabric that clings and reveals. I would feel really self conscious wearing that all day.

Much better dresses you could choose.

Watermill · 10/04/2025 07:00

I’m a size 12 and there’s no way I would wear a dress I couldn’t wear a bra with, even in my twenties.

Your taste appears to be quite cheap and booby.

Could you choose a colour and let each BM choose her own dress?

Musicalitymum · 10/04/2025 06:56

Worst bridesmaid dress I’ve ever seen! Get them a different style. Even if it looks half decent on the model, it won’t look good on a size 12.

Marshbird · 10/04/2025 06:55

Also colour, absolutely horrible on most people. It looks cheap, too clingy, looks like nightie, and very exposing
i would refuse to be brides made if told to wear thst.

Neemie · 10/04/2025 06:44

It is cheap looking and ugly. They aren’t even genuine images. It is photoshopped onto pictures of different sized models. They have identically weird hips and the top of the dress isn’t the same on both sides because it has been badly photoshopped. The colour wouldn’t suit many people either.

Evaka · 10/04/2025 06:15

I think that's a tough style to pull off OP, particularly in the boob/bra department. Agree it's a pretty style but unless lined and a really quality fabric it will likely cling and be a bit uncomfortable to wear x

WordleAway · 10/04/2025 06:11

It’s a no from me. That cut and colour are really unflattering regardless of your shape or size. Looks like a night dress.

HoppingPavlova · 10/04/2025 05:17

I think it looks nice on the plus size model

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but a lot of people wouldn’t think that. Basically unless someone is a tall supermodel, it’s going to be unflattering as it shows every single little bump. Them there’s the problem that the vast majority of supermodels- talk, extremely thin - have zero bust, whereas this dress basically needs someone to have Barbie proportions.

That’s completely aside from the fact you will have many people wondering why your bridesmaids are wearing nighties.

thesecondmrsdewinter20 · 10/04/2025 03:53

Honestly the colour is my main concern. It’s pretty much universally unflattering. Expecting bridesmaids to fake tan is not reasonable: they have lives outside your wedding, for one. Would you consider jewel tones which would flatter most skin tones? I also don’t think this colour works with groomsmen in navy.

Notashamed13 · 10/04/2025 03:37

Ye gods!.......bloody awful, sorry OP

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 10/04/2025 03:15

You can’t ask your bridesmaids to fake tan, that’s really weird and something that should be their choice. If you do then I hope you’re paying for it.

Dogaredabomb · 10/04/2025 02:47

I like the colour

Tbrh · 10/04/2025 02:40

The problem with that kind of material is its very unforgiving despite how good or bad you look, the colour doesn't help either. I'm sure it would look much better in a dark blue or green.

Sunnyperiods · 10/04/2025 02:37

The last one you posted was lovely OP, and I can’t see a problem with the fake tanning if your bridesmaids are happy with that.

daisychain01 · 10/04/2025 02:17

sweetpickle2 · 09/04/2025 22:05

Why have you shown it on a plus size model if none of your bridesmaids are plus size?

And the dress is available in regular sizes. Feels a bit 'fat shaming' .

the dress is awful, not sure why the OP would even consider it as an option.

Boutonnière · 10/04/2025 01:28

I have a nightdress that looks so much like that, in colour and style, though in non shiny fabric. M & S a few years ago ? A favourite. I really don’t think the bridesmaid version would suit many shapes or sizes, it just too tricky around the bust.

viques · 10/04/2025 01:19

Even on the very tall, very slim professional model who has been styled and fitted into the dress looks grim and badly cut. I imagine that after a day when it is creased and probably marked with food/ drink it will look even worse. That colour will show every mark and won’t suit many skin tones.

Sayithowiseeit · 10/04/2025 00:51

No it looks awful

user1492757084 · 10/04/2025 00:49

No, there is no room for any bumps.
If I had to wear that dress, I would have it professionally lined by a dress maker so that it was not figure hugging every crevice.

Stinkbomb · 10/04/2025 00:48

It wouldn’t work on me, even as a size 12.
if you want the colour, I’d look for different styles

Joystir59 · 10/04/2025 00:45

It looks like a nightdress. Vile.

ClairDeLaLune · 10/04/2025 00:35

You’re showing the plus size because ……….. you think a size 12 is big??!! If so you most definitely ABU.

Wildegeese · 10/04/2025 00:31

My concern would be the fabric. Satin dresses look lovely for a few minutes at the start but as the day goes on, it creases and crumples and doesn't look as elegant. It also easily picks up moisture stains from sweat/ drinks/ coming into contact with most anything. It's not ideal for something you want to look good in pictures throughout a long day and reception.

TryForSpring · 10/04/2025 00:27

TaggieO · 10/04/2025 00:03

It doesn’t fit properly on the bust on either of those models?

But it does fit the scheme...

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