So, my mom and I went to check out two DJs this morning. We had an hour to kill in between and it just so happens that we were near a Davids Bridal and House of Brides. We stopped in and I actually found a few styles that I really liked at both stores. (Never heard of House of Brides before and I never found anything that particularly stood out at DB). I found a few I LOVED at David's Bridal and a few other nice options at HoB.
Unfortunately, I can't find the pictures of the House of Brides dresses, but here are the 3 DB dresses my bridesmaids are gonna try on:
http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_...esmaid-Dresses
http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_...esmaid-Dresses
http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_...esmaid-Dresses
(I'm in love with dress #1 and really, really like #2 as well).
The color we would go with is "Sangria". Now the weird thing about Sangria...it's not quite the purple we originally had in mind; it really has a bit of a red hue to it. Also, it looks different depending on the fabric/lighting. So I creeped on Google images to see if I could find some real examples. This is how I think they would actually look, based on the fabrics of the dresses I picked:
http://ps.pastorestudio.com/wp-conte.../sangriaPS.jpg
However, here's another "davids bridal sangria" example:
http://biancaandstevens2010wedding.w...jpg?1299175127
So I'm not quite sure how the end product would look...I like them both, but I do like #1 a bit more. Based on what I saw in person, they should end up looking a bit more like #1.