Fashion

[San Antonio Gal]

I don't care for the frills, lace, or boho look.  I prefer a more simple look.  I'll take this one below:

[Carmie]

I have been a bridesmaid and maid of honor in quite a few weddings.  Thank heavens I never had to wear a dress that looked like any of those shown.

Yuck....I am not into the fru fry cupcake dresses and the skimpy tight dresses with skimpy bodices would never hide my DD's.

I can't imagine anyone being happy wearing any one of those dresses.. Many look like the dresses my sister wore when she was a bridesmaid back in the 60's.  

We always laugh when we go through those pictures.  They are awful.

[Goldengate8361]

Oh Lordy! Nice to see the timeless tradition of horrendous bridesmaid dresses continues on! LOL! ....it's sort of a karmic payback, perhaps......they are ALL hideous. 

[Desert Lily]

@San Antonio Gal   That blue one is one of my favorites, too. I also like the pink one in #3. The simple white wedding dress in #23 is very pretty IMO.

Aah, to be young again.

@Kachina624  I agree. The designs & dresses have evolved from when we were young.

[Desert Lily]

@Goldengate8361   What style did your bridesmaids wear?

I was married in winter. My dress had a matching cape with a hood & a muff, and my bridesmaids had short jackets with hoods that matched their dresses.

IMO today's brides (& for their bridesmaids) have a greater variety of styles to choose from than back in the day, most have good taste, and they seem to like designer styles.

[Sooner]

Kind of goes from Bo Peep to Peep Show doesn't it? Honestly, I'm not a fan of most of them.  But I never claim to be up on fashion.

But to me, a bridesmaid dress shouldn't call attention to itself, just be a pretty enhancement to the wedding party look.

[FancyPhillyshopper]

The Marchesa website  has an entire section just devoted to brides' and bridesmaids'dresses.  Sadly, I am now way past the bridesmaid age.

Here a few examples:

[AngelPuppy1]

I was a bridesmaid several times eons ago and we certainly never had anything like these!  They were pretty dowdy but of course as I said, it was a long time ago.  Still, I doubt we could have afforded any of these dresses!  A lof them are so pretty they might outshine the bride!  

[shoptilyadropagain]

Most of these are hideous, IMHO. However, I do love number 7.

[Iwantcoffee]

I like different dresses for bridesmaids.