What do I do? I hate my bridesmaid dress

[Jess N Jeff]

One thing you may want to consider...

Did she ask you what you thought about the dress? If not, she may not care about your suggestions. Some brides are like that, they want it their way...period. If she did ask you...give her your opinion!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I have to say that many of the "hideous," "ugly" bridesmaid dresses y'all have posted I find attractive; a tad dated, but not ugly. Face it, regardless of the dress colour or style, there will be a timeframe when it is so different than the then current styles that people will say "UGH!!!"

 

[Atlchick]

If the wedding is in England .... don't upload any pictures on YouTube and nobody'll ever know! Just smile and be gracious.

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

I'ts HER day!
On YOUR day, you choose.
She won't order anything that SHE doesn't like, so.........

 

[Atlchick]

Froggie 71... I really, truly still have that pattern as wallpaper in my bathroom. There's a matching valance over the window. I just now realized it's been there too long, but I really loved it at the time. I bet that was expensive material...the wallpaper was.

I am in SHOCK!

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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I like the first one. Why not see if you can convince her that the fru-fru going on at the bottom will detract the attention from her dress.

?? They are the same dress--one a view of the front, the other a view of the back.

I was wondering why the "second" dress was so low cut! HA!

In that case...lose the flowers completely and you've got a cute dress!

Here I thought it was two different dresses, with two different frontal cuts being shown!

 

[lockedhearts]

Let me give a point of view here.
In December I made 2 Bridesmaid Dresses and a Flower Girl dress for a friend of a friend. The bride was very non hands on and simply told me she wanted and A-Line Scoop neck dress in Navy.
I find the pattern and drive from Georgia to Chattanooga, Tn to find the Navy Fabric. Took forever to get measurements and they emailed me measurements, the one bridesmaid and flower girl I never saw them. (The other Bridesmaid was a friend and she came right over)
Anyway, I busted my butt and made the dresses and 3 days before the wedding (my birthday) the other bridesmaid shows up and of course hates the dress, after all the work I put in to it, I had to totally remake the dress!

Also, having been a Bride, she is under a lot of stress and is nervous..... try to speak carefully to her about it, but if she really wants these dresses, then just grin and bear it. After all, this is her day. I have been a bridesmaid several times and hated every dress, I wore each one with a smile!

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

i would also suggest going to a bridal shop and looking and trying on different styles that you could send some pics to your sister so you can show her some other styles that may be more pleasing to her eye and yours and don't cost you a fortune. if you could find them in the same color as the one she wants she may change her mind on the style and you may be able to get something a little better that you could wear over again.

i do think that where your sister is in England that it sounds like it might be a tough sell to her. you may just have to 'grin and bear' it for the day.

 

[Buckguy20]

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Grin and wear it!

 

[Elite Silkies]

I say wear it, it's her special day. I wore one that I swear was made out of paper. I'm sure it will look pretty on you.