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please help me!! i need to find a dress for my bridesmaid but i don't like traditional bridesmaid dresses!

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beautifuldays · 08/02/2008 20:16

i'm getting married in july and i need to find a dress for my bridesmaid sharpish as i can't sort out all the accessories flowers, mens craveats etc until i know what colour the bridesmaids dress is! i have searched high and low but i don't really like traditional bridesmaids dresses, and i really don't like satin or taffeta.

i've only got 1 bridesmaid, she's mid twenties, size 14, and pale with blonde hair. i need something quite plain as my dress has lots of detail on it. colour wise - blue/turquoise/green/lilac.

any suggestions very gratefully received - i can't find anything i like!!!

thanks

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Sidge · 08/02/2008 22:43

Are you sure she will look ok in green?

I am pale and blonde and look like I've been dug up when I wear green, unless it's quite a bluey green, teal sort of colour.

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beautifuldays · 08/02/2008 22:44

quite like the shape, but not sure if it will work with her ample bousums(sp?)

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beautifuldays · 08/02/2008 22:45

very good mmj! will order that for myself i think!

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beautifuldays · 08/02/2008 22:46

i meant the blue one!

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Teuch · 08/02/2008 22:47

colourful, you say?

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beautifuldays · 08/02/2008 22:47

well a pale turqoise/teal kinda colour i think...

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beautifuldays · 08/02/2008 22:47

is that you teuch?

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MrsEi25 · 08/02/2008 22:49

PMSL MMJ
xx ei xx

Teuch · 08/02/2008 22:49

no, that's my stalker..she tries hard to be as stylish and traffic-stopping as I am...

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Teuch · 08/02/2008 22:51

I like that you demonstrate in tiles!!!

...yup, I really suit charcoal

Teuch · 08/02/2008 22:52

yeuch!

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beautifuldays · 08/02/2008 22:54

lol! ok neither of those

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Teuch · 08/02/2008 23:00

No wait...I wore teal and it really did suit me, and I am fair-haired (although I did have a lovely tan at the time )

Quite an autumny/wintery colour though perhaps...

what about a plain style dress in the same colour as you? white/ivory/whatever? That is, after all, where th tradition apparently came from...

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beautifuldays · 08/02/2008 23:09

ok i can't find anything near the colour i'm thinking of, but if blue then this sort of blue

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beautifuldays · 08/02/2008 23:10

obviously not that dres....

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beautifuldays · 08/02/2008 23:11

or this sort of green...

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beautifuldays · 08/02/2008 23:14

well umm no! sorry! it's hard to describe. i know in my head what i want, just can't find it anywhere

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