It's my Bridal Party, and I'll do what I want to!

It’s my Bridal Party, and I’ll do what I want to!

Nov 30

The wedding dress search can seem like the most difficult part of your style search, but bridesmaids dresses can impose many more issues to take into account. The bridesmaid dress style must be agreed upon by various girls of different shapes and sizes, the color must be chosen by the bride and available in the dress chosen, and the budget the bridesmaids are willing to spend is also a big factor. The following tips can make the whole process a bit easier.

Bridesmaids Dresses from Liz Fields Spring 2011 Collection

My first suggestion is to choose a color (or color family) and a fabric, and let your girls figure out which style they prefer for their body type. Make sure that the color you choose is appropriate for your season, location, and works with your wedding decor. You shouldn’t have everything too matchy-matchy, so if you have light orange flowers you may want to consider a darker orange gown or maybe even one with a reddish-tone so that it coordinates without being the same exact color. If you aren’t too sure about colors, visit my website and use my interactive color tool on each style to view different colors together. When choosing the fabric, you don’t want to choose a fabric or length that is inappropriate for the season and/or location. For example, chiffon and short lengths work for spring/summer weddings, beach locations or garden settings, but are not the best solution for a winter wonderland wedding. For a snowy location, you may want to go with a longer length and a heavier fabric such as Satin.

Oh…one more thing which tends to drive me nuts when I go to Trunk Shows- Please take the time to give your bridal consultant (the person assisting you at the retail location of your choice) the color or colors you are interested in. They can easily let you know which designers offer those colors and in which fabrics. This way, you can be free to roam and search for styles without worrying about color. Most gowns are available in huge ranges of colors, so if it is hanging in the store in Yellow it does not mean that it does not also come in Red or Gray or Blue. Please do not only look at gowns which are hanging in your color of choice…you are only limiting yourself.

When doing your research for styles, you can visit various websites and browse many magazines for inspiration. However, make sure to dig a bit deeper than the front page articles or “top 10″ lists. You have to understand that wedding advertisement is a business like anything else and, unfortunately, it is the designers with the deepest pockets that usually make it to front pages because of the amount of money they spend on advertising. You may find a hidden gem if you just take your time and do your research. Don’t be fooled by the fancy banners and editor’s picks.

My last suggestion is to take a deep breath and allow yourself to enjoy the process. So what if you had your heart set on the one-shoulder short dress and your 5’2″ bridesmaid looks like she’s swimming in it? So what if she loves the sweetheart, strapless bridesmaids dress so much more? At the end of the day, you want your bridesmaids to look like they own their dresses and not like they were hand-me-downs from some other wedding and you want them to feel comfortable in what they are wearing. You want all eyes on you, so the last thing you want is girls tugging at their necklines because they feel like they are falling out, or a dress engulfing your petite MOH because you had to have that style. Just take a deep breath, relax, and enjoy your amazing and special day.

Just in time for the holidays, let’s discuss holiday trends and your style for the New Year in my next post!

Liz Fields
27 year old fashion designer operates Liz Fields, LLC with her father and business-partner, who has been in the Special Occasion business for decades. Liz grew up around the design rooms of all the major bridal, bridesmaids and special occasion businesses in NYC. She began formal education as a pre-med student at the George Washington University. Working as an Assistant Costume Designer in Kazakhstan on a major motion picture afforded Liz the push she needed to switch gears to attend design school at FIDM ( Los Angeles). Her collection focuses on creating gowns that are of high-quality with excellent fit; delivered to the consumer at prices that are appropriate for our economy today. Women do not need to spend $3-$4 K, or more, on a bridal gown to get the same fit and quality. Additionally, for Bridesmaids, gowns are flattering on many different types of figures and are styles which they would actually choose to wear again. The Spring 2011 collections were inspired by the starlets of 1930s-1960s Hollywood films and are a modern take on old-fashioned elegance and sophistication.

Website:

http://www.lizfields.com/

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