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February 1, 2008
Bridesmaids Revisited
If you haven’t seen the movie 27 Dresses, run, don’t walk, to the nearest theater. I’ll cop to the fact that it’s totally formulaic—you know what’s going to happen at the end before the opening credits even finish rolling (if not sooner)—but it’s super cute, laugh-out-loud funny and James Marsden is a total hottie, so what’s not to love? And, hello, it’s about weddings! It’s like, the ultimate chick-flick (and a good cautionary tale for all you brides-to-be about to choose your bridesmaids' dresses!)
Now, I’m no Katherine Heigl, but I have been in my fair share of weddings. And while none of the dresses I’ve been asked to wear were anything like the ones you see in the movie, and while they have all been perfectly lovely dresses, they were, each and every single one of them, without a doubt, a bridesmaid’s dress. And I know that every bride likes to think that she’s choosing a dress her friends will wear again, but c’mon ladies: Would you wear this dress out in public?
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Even with a shortened hem? I thought not. (In the name of total honesty, I did actually wear one of my bridesmaid’s dresses on one other occasion. Halloween. Enough said.)
Luckily, a lot of designers today are taking cues from both the red carpet and the runway, infusing their bridesmaid’s collections with frock star quality. Which means that your BFFs won’t have to dedicate an entire closet to the monstrosities of organza ruffles. Check out David’s Bridal—they always have a few dresses each season that I’m completely dying for, because even though they’re technically bridesmaid’s dresses, I can totally see myself wearing them to a summer garden party or a cocktail soiree here in the city. I mean, how cute are these?
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I also love this dress from Ann Taylor’s Celebrations line:
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It’s super cute and everyone knows that brown is the new black, so she’ll look totally chic for your big day. Later, she can just throw a cardi over it for a great date-night dress, or wear it solo to a cocktail party or a night out on the town. The other great thing about Ann Taylor Celebrations? They’re having an “Ultimate Getaway” contest right now, where you can win a trip to your choice of the Bahamas, Paris, Jamaica or Hawaii—ummmm, free honeymoon, anyone? And the best part is that you don’t even have to be engaged (or buy anything) to play. Check it out here.
One of my all-time favorite solutions to the bridesmaids’ dress dilemma, however, is to just ask your besties to wear a dress of a certain color and a certain length—and leave the style up to them. For instance, when my best friend got married last year, she asked us to wear floor-length black dresses—that was it. The result: We all wore different style dresses, depending on what we thought looked best for our figures, but everyone looked (and felt) great. And because the dresses had unifying elements, we all still had that special “I’m-with-the-bride” vibe. Check it out:
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And I mean, after all, what girl doesn’t either already have or desperately need an LBD in her closet?
Posted by Dana at 10:21 a.m.
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