In that kind of situation, I would probably wear a soft, feminine, but conservative suit. Like a pink boucle or something along those lines. It's clearly not evening wear, but it shouldn't be casual either.

Or you can wear a cocktail dress.

I am invited to a Ukrainian Orthodox wedding with a reception that follows four hours later. Does that mean the wedding is four hours long? I have heard that Ukrainian Orthodox weddings are long.

I need to buy some type of wrap to cover my shoulders. Any suggestions?

I see no trouble with wearing a white or a black dress, IF there's enough of another color involved - which you seem to describe. It's the ones that look too much like a bride's dress that cause problems. But velvet in the summer? That sounds terribly hot!!

Are you the only bridesmaid, that you get to pick a light blue dress? There are a lot of beautiful dresses in the Spiegel's catalogs in light (azure!) blue that could help you out.

http://www.spiegel.com/assets/produc...ge/0907630.jpg

This comes in an awesome shade of light blue, too!
http://www.spiegel.com/assets/produc...0907932629.JPG

Good luck!!

If the Ukrainian Orthodox wedding is the same as a Greek Orthodox wedding (which I'm positive it is, except its spoken in Ukrainian instead of Greek), the ceremony will be approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

Wear comfortable shoes--many Orthodox churches don't have pews--be prepared, just in case. Also if the church is really conservative, you might have to cover your hair, so make sure that your wrap can do double-duty.

I'm probably scaring you, lol--every Greek Orthodox church I've been to has pews and only the little old ladies cover their heads--but some parishes really stick to the Old World traditions and I would rather have you overprepared than embarrassed!

Thanks Maria. This was exactly the information I needed.

Wow, why couldnt I find those dresses myself! Thats why I love you guys!!! No, I am not the only maid, I am one of 5, but since its a somewhat informal wedding, the bride is letting us choose our own dresses, which can be good but bad. I mean, at least I can pick something flattering for myself, but then again, I have to PICK something! It would be so much easier if she just found a dress and told us to get it!! And the dress w/ the velvet, its just a vlevety print on the dress at the bottom. I am going to check out the Spiegals site, see what I can find. Thanks!

Shoot, I can't figure out how to post pictures! Help, please!?!?

ok, so obviously I found the light blue bridesmaid dress for the wedding in June. So I am bumping this because....

I watched Wedding Crashers last night, and at one of the weddings the bridesmaids were wearing MY DRESS!! I was so excited, I obviously made a good dress choice!!;) I was excitedly smacking my boyfriend saying "look, its my bridesmaid dress!! I have that dress at home in my closet!!" He was not amused, trying to watch the movie and all.