#103 Bridesmaid Dresses!

Sister P and I have been texting each other on and off for the past 6 months with bridesmaid dresses. We agree on everything, it's fantastic! So today I made time to seriously look at BM dresses for her. Since she's my only attendant, she basically gets to pick whatever she wants (with my approval, of course).

We're looking at what some people call teal or turquoise. It really depends on which site you go with what they actually call it. I'm looking for a knee-length dress with some kind of straps. My sister is a lot older than I am wonderful at picking styles. Pockets. Pockets get an A++ for sure!

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I think we've decided on a budget of no more than $150. I know there may be slim pickings, but we can't go over this amount. We started with unionstation.com to look at renting a dress for her. We knew there would be some basic options, but it would be the most cost effective. We chose the color "Peacock". I ordered a swatch eons ago, and it looks a lot better than what's online.

One shouldered Catherine. Source

Two strapped Kate. Source

Both are absolutely adorable.  I like the look both on the model. I believe they are both Chiffon fabric. My major concern with both of them is how casual they look. I'm concerned I'll be so formally dressed and Sister P will just blah next to me. Plus, Sister P is anything but blah. We're both amazing.

 


Then I looked at Target.com because I know they have some really inexpensive BM dresses. The only problem is they have very limited colors. So they don't have anything in teals. So, we moved on from there.

Unfortunately from there, we moved on to drooling over Alfred Sung dresses on Dessy.com. We keep on going back there, but I know how expensive they can be. We really can't afford any of the dresses there. So, we did pick some favorites there as well.

Alfred Sung Style D666 in Niagara

Alfred Sung Style D502 in Caspian

We did look at some others, but we knew they were going to be too expensive, so we moved on. However, I decided to share these because of how f-ing cute they are. I believe they both have pockets as well. Done and done, hahaha. 

Moving on.




 
Then I remembered Alfred Angelo has some great prices. I was able to find some super adorable dresses there. Yes, maybe 3-4 of them were way over our budget, but I was able to find some great ones that were under or right around our budget. As an added bonus, AA offered prices online, so I don't have to call anyone. 

AA Style 7324S in Tealness

AA Style 7375S in Tealness

AA Style 8632S in Dark Pacific

AA style 7351S in Tealness

So, I really love these styles. All of them are so adorable. The top left one does not meet any of our criteria. However, it was just so cute and sassy. The bottom left one, I like. The only problem I can see is that Sister P is 30 and I think that dress is very young looking.

Aren't those great? I can't believe they're all right on budget.  I think the color "Tealness" is hilarious. I want to be the person that gets to go and name all the colors. We haven't made any decisions on dresses yet, we're just searching right now. I know we should be making a decision pretty quick, but I really do like these. 

Delight Downtown Dress

This is the last dress. This is from modcloth.com. I think it's super cute. It has the teal and purple which are the main colors of our wedding. I just don't know if it's "bridesmaid-y" enough. It's only $70. I really do like it though. We'll have to see what Sister P thinks.

So, what are your thoughts? Bonus question: how soon do I need to order her dress? Do you have any ideas you can share for inexpensive BM dresses in teal?