Black bridesmaid dresses?

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Would you choose black bridesmaid dresses? Why? Why not? Are they considered bad luck?
YABU = no
YANBU = yes

Getting married next August and I’ve always wanted a black tie, classy cream/gold/black theme. I’d love for the groomsmen to match the bridesmaids, and with the groomsmen wearing black suits, I’m so tempted to have my bridesmaids in black too. Husband’s suit is black too, and I think it’s all such a nice contrast to my white dress.

I just think it’s such a good, solid color and the dresses could be reworn so many times. But everything I read is about how wearing black is like mourning or bad luck.

I had black bridesmaids dresses 15 years ago at our wedding and even now looking back at the pictures my bridesmaids look stunning, it was timeless and classic looking and really tied in well with the groomsmen who wore black suits

My friend had a summer wedding with black bridesmaids' dresses. They looked stunning and they are still happily married over 20 years later so no bad luck there!

It's all subjective, but I think those black dresses upthread look awful. They're deliberately very sexy, but still look wrong .Same with grey. Good suggestions for navy or dark green or even dark red. I don't wear black other than to funerals though and like a bit of colour, so it's all personal.

My bridesmaids were in black, albeit 15 years ago now! The men were in deep charcoal grey, with pink ties, and the girls had pink flowers, to lift it all. The girls have all worn their dresses again since.

Black over champagne all the time.
As a PP said, champagne washes many people out and can just look bland.
Black is a great choice.
Your wedding, your choice!

This is lovely but such a hard colour to wear, it will show every lump and bump!

I don’t look good in a black dress personally so it won’t be my choice for others. French blue looks really nice or other dark colour. I also don’t like too much black at a wedding as it gives it a bit of funeral vibe. Weddings should irradiate joy and for this you need a colour.
If you are so keen on reusing choose a simple and classic style and your bridesmaids will be able to reuse their dresses again. I also wonder if some people can’t reuse their bridesmaids dresses as they don’t look their best at them. Bride chooses colour and style so however considerate she is - it’s still not a personal choice.

I wore one in an August wedding. It had a bright, bright pink underskirt/petticoat. Groomsmen had the same bright pink accents in their ties, etc.

Looked very nice, but never had a reason to wear it again.

I had a winter wedding and my bridesmaids wore black evening dresses from monsoon. They had Pearl accessories and carried bouquets with white roses and thistles. Our groomsmen were in grey kilts with black/red accents. Looked great and they wore their dresses again.

I also wore a black evening dress as a bridesmaid a couple of years later. Also a winter wedding and I've worn it since.

I'd have been uncomfortable in the lighter dresses you suggested because of sweat! Speak to your bridesmaids and pick whatever colour you want! :)

I had 5 black coloured bridesmaids dresses last year. I just asked for plain black knee length in what ever style suited them best. We had a military wedding as my husbands a veteran and got married at his regimental museum. So it fitted really well with the theme and colours. All the 'maids found dress hunting easy and were then able to wear them again if they wanted.
For us it worked really well

I've seen a few pictures of weddings with black as the bridesmaid colour and think it looks very classy. You can lift it with the flowers and maybe shoes/sash/whatever, if you feel the need, but go ahead! It will look lovely, timeless and elegant.
(I wore a black wedding dress - It was a gorgeous dress and we were getting married at 4.00pm in a castle with only our parents and son as guests!)

Groomswomen in grey and BridesMaids in black maid of honour had embroidered flowers on hers

The girls all really loved the dressa they picked

I think it is your wedding, you must do what you think is best and screw everyone else's opinions!

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For me, I wouldn't do black just cos from looking at the pics above, it looks more 'business meeting' than celebration. It can also go down the early naughties 'emo' vibe.

But if you see it as classy and elegant then do it! I am sure hundreds of people would hate what I did for my wedding (bridesmaids in different shades of blue) and it doesn't matter at all. I did what I thought was prettiest at the time :)

Anything put pale bridemaids dresses stand out, when you look at the wedding photos afterwards all you see is the bridesmaids, the bride just disappears into the back ground.

I'd absolutely go black for a bridesmaid dress but probably more for a winter wedding if I'm totally honest. For summer, I love the gold option. I nearly had gold bridesmaids actually but went for a different colour in the end. I'd be happy to wear black as a bridesmaid though, as it's generally quite flattering on me and definitely re-wearable.

I went to a wedding where the bride wore a white strapless fishtail dress. Her bridesmaids had the same style in black and the groom and groomsmen wore tuxedos. It had a great vibe to it.

I agree. I think those grey and black dresses are quite functional but don't say celebration, or wedding. The grey ones in particular you could wear to work. Anyway, whatever makes you happy. It's all personal tastes

Black looks great for bridesmaid's dresses. Think Charlotte's wedding to Harry in Sex and the City, the others all wore different styles of dresses that suited them, but in black - it was very classy and adult looking. They were also all the type of dress you would wear again, so not a waste of money.

I find most traditional bridesmaid dresses, where all the women are put into the same dress regardless of whether it suits them or not, look chintzy and quite frankly cheap, even if they're not! And champagne isn't a great colour for bridesmaids because it doesn't suit that many people, and also because it blends in too much with most standard bridal gowns. I always think of colours like champagne, ivory and white as bride's dresses, not bridesmaid's.

I think if you can wear it to work or wear it to a funeral it's not particularly "wedding". You don't have to go floral chintzy or pastel, plenty of nice shades and colours that aren't black.

Our wedding was black tie. No bridesmaids but lots of guests in black dresses.

Honestly I think the champagne looks far nicer. Who cares if they wear it again?

People who care about the environment and excess consumerism would probably care.

I did this for our 2004 July wedding. We got married at 5pm, DH & male wedding party in white tie & tails, everyone else in black tie, evening dresses for the women. Adult bridesmaids in long, black evening dresses, little bridesmaids in white.

We then had champagne, canapés & a jazz band in the garden of our venue, followed by a 5 course, candlelit dinner at 7pm. We didn’t have a separate evening reception, it was essentially a dinner party for 50. It worked brilliantly, but I think mainly because it was an evening wedding, so the style suited the occasion.

I don't know why people always say on these threads that black dresses can be worn again because of the colour. The colour can suit various occasions, but apart from as the bridal party at a wedding (or a school prom) where else do normal people wear these expensive satiny formal gowns? It's not like you can turn up to the office in it unless you're Barbie

Maybe wear them to a fancy wake?