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Originally posted by AGDee
hahaha.. the rainbow weddings of the 70's! Every bridesmaid was in a different pastel color of the same dress. My cousin Linda had a wedding like that! And the guys wore brown tuxes with ties and cummerbund to match the dress of the woman they stood up with. HIDEOUS!

I think the idea of matching gowns for bridesmaids serves a couple purposes. It is easy to pick out the members of the bridal party and it looks nicer in photos. What if they all chose colors that really clashed with each other? And, you have to find flowers that would look good with each woman's dress too. Sounds like it would be a pain.

Dee

One of my NY cousins did this in early 90s. I think the colors were (pastels) pink, lavender, blue, and peach. She had a ton of bridesmaids so it kinda looked cool. The guys wore black tuxes with the matching cumberbund and tie. My cousin (the blood cousin) wore a white tux. It was a pretty hot thing.

My friend is getting married in June (or April... she wants to move it up... military wedding) and she said for sure it was me and her cousin standing up, and for us to decide the color and that she'd base the wedding around that color. We do't have to have the same dress... thank gosh cuz her cousin is way taller than me and much skinnier.

I was at a wedding shower yesterday and trying to figure out what her colors were going to be. It was the most gorgeous shower I've been to (Dee you might know who I'm talking about) and they had these Tiffany style lamps as center pieces but they were made of beads and each table had a different color.... multi-color, dark blue, dark goldish, burgundy, dark green. (they gave them away as a prize) They were so beautiful. The napkin holders were big beaded bracelets that kinda resembled Swarovski crystals (if not real) in the dark blue, burgundy, and dark gold and dark green. Her wedding is the day after Thanksgiving so I'm really curious. Of course the bride is absolutely gorgeous, her fiance is hot, and her bridal party might as well be a model runway show.

I got to thinking... for a wintery wedding, as long as the style is right and classy, a mix of the same dress but in the colors I mentioned would be gorgeous. The bouquets would match the color of their dresses and they would wear little rhinestones in their hair. SHIT. I wana plan a wedding.