About bridesmaid dresses (BTW I know I am not)

[HairsprayBabe]

Ok so I may have been a bit clickbaity but I am getting so frustrated.

3 adult bridesmaids, we are paying for the dresses budget of £80 each. One size 8 petite, 2 size 16/18s.

All I want is sage green dresses with sleeves (don't mind if they are 1/2 full length or 3/4), all bridesmaids happy with the style. I am basically totally flexible on length and on embellishments...

I can't find anything anywhere with sleeves. They don't exist! I am getting married in October I don't want freezing cold blue bridesmaids! Plus the two bigger girls are conscious of their arms.

Also I don't know if I can trust janky sites like jjs house or bliss extra. I have already checked johnlewis, coast, phase eight, Dorothy Perkins, monsoon etc.

Please help me! Where did you get your bridesmaid dresses from?

AIBU in thinking that there should be somewhere I can get these dresses from or am I being picky and unreasonable?

How about buying three of the DP dresses in size 18 for £40 each.

That would leave you with £120 from your budget to get them remade to fit.

Found this one from www.lulus.com

Please buy the original DP ones. They’re lovely and none of the others are even close.

The 18s into 16ishes wouldn’t be hard. The 18 into an 8 would involve the whole dress being recut but a decent dressmaker would be able to do that for you.

When I was struggling with BM dresses to match our colour scheme, I bought white dresses and dyed them the colour we wanted

Mine were from Debenhams, also when I was a bridesmaid it was Debenhams. They came with things in the same material as the dresses, to drape over the shoulders. I was a bridesmaid in October and I was OK with that.

Definitely do buy 3 of your dream DP dresses and have them professionally altered to fit. You will probably only need to alter one or two of them.

Not sure if this has been suggested already but you could buy the DP dresses and have them taken in? If you use the same seamstress for you wedding dress they might give you a good deal. You could also use the leftover fabric as ties for bouquets and pocket squares for groomsmen to tie everything into the colour scheme? And hairbands for flower girls if you are having them

Oh last post suggested it

i bought my granddaughter BM dress from jjhouse it was fine just what i wanted

Ghost will dye their bridesmaids’ dresses any colour you like.

I was a bridesmaid in January when I was 18, we wore long-sleeved blouses and skirts from Dorothy Perkins. Are you dead set on dresses?

'Please buy the original DP ones. They’re lovely and none of the others are even close. '
Hairspray Babe she's right sweetie

The DP dress she wanted is now sold out - hopefully its the OP who picked them up!

I was worried that someone else would buy them before the OP did too. I hope it was the OP.

Oh God me too l really hope she had them , fingers crossed they were lovely

Did you get them OP?
I just saw these dresses online and thought of you!
www.silkfred.com/boutiques/little-mistress/clothing/spearmint-lace-prom-wedding-bridesmaid-dress?utm_source=FBINSTA&utm_medium=LINK&utm_campaign=20171101_05_bestsellers_dynamic

I’d go to eBay for monsoon dresses - very easy to sell on after the wedding as superb quality and the fit flatters all sizes 8-22

rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F192814961086

Flurry bolero for over the top, cream is most flattering

I'm sure someone will have already suggested this but could you buy white or cream dresses and dye them?

Look a like size 8 in original DO dress is back in stock - says 2 available.

@HairsprayBabe

ALL sizes back in stock! Go go go!

Go go go!!

mesejet.com/category/womens-pants/

Could they wear wraps in a coordinating colour?
As a wedding photographer I've found that wraps can be a lovely contrast and very forgiving in terms of upper arms etc

This thread is four years old. 😁