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Originally posted by wrigley
Probably but hey it's all good. 
Former bridesmaids, how soon did you have place an order for the lovely dress? Is it still six to eight months before the big day?
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Try 6-8 weeks in some cases.
When my friend got married in March of 02, we ordered our bridesmaids dresses literally like 8 weeks before the wedding. If even that long. We got them in about 2 weeks before the big day.
Now the wedding dress on the other hand is 6-9 months before the big day.
As for the bridesmaids picking the dress, that is what happened in the wedding I was in. My friend wanted this halter style dress with a poufy skirt. Although when we tried it on it did nothing for most of us. For me the bust was waaaayyyyy to big so altering would have been a major hassle and it made us look like we were 2 sizes bigger in the hips. We finally ended up with a strapless dress that worked well on me (size 10 in David's Bridal sizes) and our friend Tania (size 14, again DB sizes) and even the bride (who tried a 22 on b/c her sister and the other MOH were around that size). For my friend, she just realized that as much as she loved the other dress it just wasn't going to work when all of her attendants were very different sizes. We needed to find something that flattered all of us.