Look at the adorable bridesmaid dress I get to wear in my BFF’s wedding coming up.
It’s in a super fun hot pink, shown in this photo below, but it doesn’t look that metallic in real life.
There are seven bridesmaids and we all get to choose our own shoes and jewelry in any color and style. There are some VERY stylish girls that will be standing up with me so I’m feeling the pressure to find cute stuff. My friend wants to see our personalities show and be ourselves, not just all look exactly the same.
One girl is getting black shoes and getting a huge black necklace to wear. I was thinking of doing yellow shoes and big yellow beads for a necklace, but I don’t know. The guys are wearing summery searsucker suits, so I was thinking perhaps a fun blue color. It’s going to be a gorgeous fourth of july summer wedding, so I want it to be light and fun, but don’t want to detract from my gorgeous friend.
I don’t know which way to go and I never have time to shop (and honestly, I’m not one of those chicks that excels at shopping. I kind of freeze up when it comes to events. You should see the ugly dress I recently bought in a pinch for a wedding.) So please HELP ME SHOP!!! I would love some links and photos with some ideas for shoes and jewelry.
Just remember, I do have hobbit feet so as much as I know I’ll just need to suck it up for the ceremony, I do want to enjoy myself instead of wanting to cut my feet off after five minutes.
THANKS! Oh, and did I mention I only have three weeks to figure this out?
AHH bets. my friends prom dress was like this and she got some FUNKY patterned shoes and big banging colorful necklaces and braceletes… but i meannnn to express your personality.. id wear a camera around your neck and a BIG ol smile on your face!
Well, of course, my unimaginative self immediately thought black until I read that someone else already went that route. I’m not a fan of yellow, but I’m sure you’d pull it off! However, I’d like to throw out the idea of silver accessories.
okay i don’t know what to say about the hobbit feet, but if they give you that much trouble honestly you could go with some sassy thong flipflops that have those big gemstones on the straps – comfy AND edgy. i would vote for big fun earrings – play down the neck- you can pull of strapless so well with your arms and chest – i’d do ears, a big bracelet and the flip-flops (it sounds terrible, but i swear I can see it and i’m not talking 2$ old navy numbers. i like the yellow idea that or a grassy green would look hot with that pink. good luck!
hi Betsy! I know that etsy always has so many choices that are unique and expressive. I have more classic taste myself so I can’t get myself to think past matchy matchy but found a few fun things..like this amazing cuff: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25967508&ref=sr_gallery_12&&ga_search_query=gold+and+pink+jewelry&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&order=date_desc&includes%5B%5D=tags&includes%5B%5D=title
and when all else fails, pearls are perfect for any occasion.
I think you could pull off green. Your eyes would then stand out. I personally would stay away from silver and gold. Go with a bold color. Ps hair up to show off your neck line. Good luck can’t wait to see the end product!
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You could totally do yellow or blue – both colors would compliment the pink dress. Maybe even some printed shoes? Places like Charlotte Russe and Forever 21 will definitely have some spicy accessories. These shoes are pretty awesome: http://www.charlotterusse.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3454747. There are few necklaces on this page that would work with those shoes or some yellow ones: http://www.charlotterusse.com/family/index.jsp?totalProductsCount=58&pageType=family&categoryId=3456443&cp=3456443&f=PAD%2FCategory%2Fnecklaces&fbc=1&fbn=Category%7Cnecklaces&view=all. Sorry if I am no help at all. I saw this as an opportunity to get distracted at work! 🙂
my dress for my sisters wedding was similar to that. i wore big white pearls on a silver loose chain kinda thing …and a matching bracelet and silver shoes. that dress is super cute.
Truthfully, I feel like you’ve just handed me a Barbie doll and I get to finish dressing her!!! Oh, to be 8yrs old again and playing in my room with my old sister, listening to Thriller and dressing up our Barbies.
My suggestions: Peep-toe heels, rockin bracelet (love the Etsy find from another comment!) and a belt (yep…I said a belt!). I’m thinking that you could pull off a funky heel/peep toe shoe in yellow/orange/bright “pool” blue and a skinny belt (maybe in yellow patent?????).
Nothing like armchair shopping — my favorite! Try Shoes.com and look at these brands — Gretta, Steve Madden (they have some funky turquoise ones) and Carlos – by Carlos Santana (they have some REALLY funky ones — with a lot of color). I think turquoise would look really nice with the dress color. Don’t rule out looking at Charlotte Russe in the mall — they have a lot of inexpensive shoes and lots of bracelets and necklaces. Have fun — even if it isn’t your bag!!
Hey Bets…check out Anthropologie.com. Got to the necklace category, and look up these: 1) Thunderstorm necklace in the color slate 2) Sweet Petunia Necklace 3) Perpetual Spring necklace. I think all of these would work. See what you think!!!
How about a golden bird necklace — honestly way more awesome than it sounds: http://supermarkethq.com/product/golden-bird-necklace
Hey this dress is so cute..where did you find it?
Who makes this dress??? I’d love to use it for my wedding!!!
Yes..please..please…where did you get the dress? I am looking for a teal dress exactly like that!
Where did you get this dress? i think a j.crew link comes up when I click on the picture. was it j.crew? my color is aqua and this is close to what I want! Please let me know!