My brothers wedding

[agzg]

Originally Posted by groovypq

Word up. What happened, IL? (if it's not too painful to recount)

Also, in retrospect... I don't understand why brides get soooo caught up in a certain dress/color etc. and don't care how it will look on the bridesmaids or how they feel in it. I originally wanted either turquoise or purple for my maid/matron of honor. And believe it or not, even with only two girls it was HARD to find a dress that worked for both of them - they had two very different body types (i.e. one curved here and the other curved there).

I ended up with midnight blue dresses. They both loved them and honestly could even wear them again. And they looked fabulous!

Side note: One of my sisters got married last fall, and her bridesmaids wore turquoise. After seeing the pics, I'm glad I didn't go that route - floor-length shiny turquoise isn't flattering on anyone. Even on skinny girls, it just seemed like TOO MUCH.

The last wedding I was in had turquoise dresses, but they were short and summery (and had pockets), so I could see myself wearing it to other summer weddings, I think, with a few modifications (I thought the fit was fine when I tried it on after it came in, I must have done something to my body between then and when I wore it because it was a bit awkward on the day of the wedding).

The wedding I'm in this year is going to have black, strapless, floor length dresses. I'm cool with it because it's her wedding and I've been in so many at this point that I'll wear whatever, but I've been through this before. The last black, strapless, floor length dress that I wore in a wedding (black so you can wear it again!!!eleven!!!) was worn exactly 0 times again before being donated to the Glass Slipper Project. Oh well - I try not to quibble about any of it because although I've been in a decent number of weddings, I've been so happy for the bride and love them so much that I'd literally wear a burlap sack that costs $500 if she asked me.

At least I get to wear awesome shoes again (which WILL be worn again). And so far, it's the only one planned for 2012 that I'll be involved in outside of attending - 2011 saw me performing MOH duties, daughter of the groom duties, and de facto daughter-in-law of the bride duties - so I'm looking forward to the break. And I've only attended one other wedding this year so far!

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by agzg

The last wedding I was in had turquoise dresses, but they were short and summery (and had pockets), so I could see myself wearing it to other summer weddings, I think, with a few modifications (I thought the fit was fine when I tried it on after it came in, I must have done something to my body between then and when I wore it because it was a bit awkward on the day of the wedding).

The wedding I'm in this year is going to have black, strapless, floor length dresses. I'm cool with it because it's her wedding and I've been in so many at this point that I'll wear whatever, but I've been through this before. The last black, strapless, floor length dress that I wore in a wedding (black so you can wear it again!!!eleven!!!) was worn exactly 0 times again before being donated to the Glass Slipper Project. Oh well - I try not to quibble about any of it because although I've been in a decent number of weddings, I've been so happy for the bride and love them so much that I'd literally wear a burlap sack that costs $500 if she asked me.

At least I get to wear awesome shoes again (which WILL be worn again). And so far, it's the only one planned for 2012 that I'll be involved in outside of attending - 2011 saw me performing MOH duties, daughter of the groom duties, and de facto daughter-in-law of the bride duties - so I'm looking forward to the break. And I've only attended one other wedding this year so far!

You could wear it at Feast of Roses at Convention.