I'm getting married this summer. We chose a dusky pink for the colour to run through the wedding. Bridesmaids dresses are dusky pink. My partner has chosen beige suits with pink ties and pocket squares (not an exact match but as close as we could get). The problem is our children. He has an 8 year old girl, and I have 12 and 10 year old boys. My stepdaughter is being a flower girl, so walking down the aisle. I assumed we'd be able to get a nice dusky pink children's dress (she wants a big puffy dress with a bow!). Ordered what appeared to be the correct colour. Nope. It was so wrong that it made the bridesmaid dresses look brown! A real awful clash. I can't find anything that fits the bill at all. The next alternative is to get an ivory dress (assume ivory not white as my dress is ivory with a pink blush undertone) with maybe a pink sash (seen on JJs house website, so have ordered swatches to match the colour). So she would maybe not match but at least be complimentary. For my boys we'd hoped to match the men's suits - again, just not possible! I've ordered suits and they are all wrong in the shades! It doesn't help that my partner has ordered his hired suits from a store that is over an hour away, so not just easy to keep ordering and taking them to check the colour!
So I decided that we'd have to hire the boys suits too. It was more than I was happy with (an extra £200!) but for less stress I thought fine, and made peace with it. I've just contacted the shop, to be told that no, the suits to hire for children are £170 EACH! WTF!
So now I'm left with the only other idea I can come up with, and that is to go with a green suit and white dress with green tulle layer and bow that I've seen in Monsoon. So we match the children as closely as possible, but not to the bridesmaids or groomsman party? Even though my stepdaughter will be walking down the aisle with a bridesmaid next to her (she won't go alone).
Is this always so difficult? Does it matter? I don't even know anymore. I just know that there are 3 young children that I want to make happy, and make sure they feel good on the day - and part of the celebrations!
Help me before I lose my mind (I've been totally chill until this, so I'm rather cross at myself!).