Ruffles, Rhinestones, And Synthetic Silk: Bridesmaid Dress Horror Stories
Posted by: Lily Q
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10:00AM, Monday June 1st 2009
When you’re a bridesmaid, everything is supposed to be about making the bride’s life easier, making the day go smoothly, blah, blah, blah. Know what it’s really all about? The dress. While a classic dress in a nice color shouldn’t be too much to ask for, bridesmaids generally end up covered in heinously colored ruffles, walking down the aisle in mild shame and kind of wishing for death. The madness must stop! Matching dresses and rhinestones of any kind need to be banned immediately. Not yet convinced? Check out these bridesmaid dress horror stories, and you too will dedicate yourself to the cause.
“I have a friend who’s super self-conscious and is always asking if her body looks shapeless. I don’t know if it was intentional or subconscious, but when wedding time came around, she picked out dresses that were essentially olive-green tents. Talk about shapeless.” —Minara
“The hands-down worst bridesmaid dress I’ve ever been subjected to was pink, yellow, and covered in ruffles. It looked like a clown had vomited.” —Laura
“My best friend got married last year and put us all in bright-pink bubble-shaped dresses. Any pedophiles in the audience must have been all over that one.” —Nelli
“My worst bridesmaid dress wasn’t even that ugly. But the wedding was really last minute (if you know what I mean) and the bride guessed our sizes, bought the dresses and presented them to us the morning of. It would have been a sweet gesture if we hadn’t all been squeezed into dresses two sizes too small.” —Jenny
“I’m having traumatic stress flashbacks just thinking about this. If you’d seen the bright-green, ‘80s-style puffy dress I had to wear once, you’d know that I’m not exaggerating.”—Ginette
“It wasn’t bad enough that the bride made us wear dresses of shiny pink lace, we all had to wear tiaras.” —Linda
“I was lookin’ like a hoochie mama at my friend’s Vegas wedding. Girl made us all get tight white mini-dresses that the groomsmen liked a little too much.” —Zula
“Puke green does not look good on anyone. Neither does synthetic silk and rhinestones.” —Sandra
“I will never get over the bridesmaids dresses my sister made us wear when she got married. Not ever. She’s always been a bit eccentric, but full African tribal ceremony wear at an Irish Catholic wedding was pushing it, even for her.” —Colleen
“One friend made me wear a too-shiny baby blue dress covered in crystals and paired with a corsage. We all looked like we were going to a really tacky prom.” —Chloe
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misspixie
wrote on June 1 2009 @ 10:10 am: [report]
Haha, this reminds me of that 27 Dresses movie. I’ve already told my two best friends that when I get married, I’ll just tell them what material to use and they can have the dresses made up however they want them. I refuse to put them in hideousness, I love them too much xx
Chebs
wrote on June 1 2009 @ 10:21 am: [report]
@ misspixie - Exactly! Bridesmaids are supposed to be people you like, why on earth does the bride do stuff like this? I am very clueless when it comes to fashion (jeans and a button-down shirt, that’s about my whole wardrobe), but even I can look at something the color of baby vomit and say, “hey, this is not attractive”. And I’d really hope that a bride wouldn’t be so offended if a bridesmaid were to delicately point out a dress looks tacky or cheap. Everyone knows the dresses are picked out by the bride, so by extension, wouldn’t a cheap or tacky dress reflect poorly on the bride’s sense of style?
moriah
wrote on June 1 2009 @ 10:37 am: [report]
I’m the MOH in a few months for one of my best friends weddings.. the best part is that she picked an absolutely gorgeous dress! She did it so we could wear it again some time. I thought that was sweat.. plus is made it easier to throw a few hundred down for it.
writergirl
wrote on June 1 2009 @ 10:38 am: [report]
I was pregnant when I walked down the aisle. The bridesmaids had this very stylish gown that flattered all of them and as an added bonus—they all loved it.
*They* looked smashing and overshadowed me—garnering more compliments and attention than I did.
fallonthecity
wrote on June 1 2009 @ 10:40 am: [report]
I honestly think it’s just to ensure that the bridesmaids don’t look prettier than the bride on her Big Day.
But puke green is just unnecessary.
kristy1584
wrote on June 1 2009 @ 10:46 am: [report]
If you elope you dont have to worry about it! Should I ever get married again, my to-be-husband and I will simply go to Punta Cana on “vacation” and come home married! Thats the PERFECT wedding! No stresses of flowers and if everyone will show up on time, the cake, etc! Then just come home and throw a big party to celebrate!
juliePS
wrote on June 1 2009 @ 11:21 am: [report]
and this is why I almost burst into tears when my bff told me I could wear whatever I want to be in her wedding. phew!
sam04
wrote on June 1 2009 @ 11:44 am: [report]
Yeah, I never understood why bridesmaids dresses are typically so heinous. People who chose to have weddings look at it as this HUGE day and they want everything to be perfect and look perfect. So… wouldn’t you want the bridesmaids to look as lovely as possible?
Ginger
wrote on June 1 2009 @ 02:16 pm: [report]
One of the reasons I love my step mom is because when her and my father got married, she not only got utterly beautiful dresses for the bridesmaids (I was one of them and about 14 at the time) but she made sure that it would be a dress that I could wear to dances in high school. She even got the dress tailored for me so that it could be let out as I grew.
I haven’t gotten to wear it a second time because I never really ended up going to dances (I considered going to one once just because I really loved that dress), but I still thought that it was a wonderful gesture on her part.