another question ! re weddings

I got my bridesmaid and flower girl dresses from a place in Northcote, chinese place where they make to measure.
I can't sew, and my chief bm is plus size, so off the rack wasn't an option. Also had an 11yr old and a 6 yr old to fit.
The $$ of the dresses was the same as Staxs so comparable to buying.

I hired my girls dresses. It was great and hastle free and they had loads to choose from. They were happy to adjust them slightly to fit properly so we were very happy

Bizzy wrote: i didnt have bridesmaids but my niece carried one of the rings to us and my mum made her dress, along with mine and her own.    i think it would depend on how many bridesmaids you were having. didnt we all give you ideas on bridesmaids dresses already?

haha yup you sure did...but you should know by now Deb that just as soon as i make up my mind ,im likely to change it again

stacey , where did you hire them from ? i wonder if theres anywhere in Auckland ....

I wish i could sew ...anyone want to teach me ?

I had mine made and they were all different. My 3 sisters were my bridesmaids and they are all so different that they each picked what they wanted.

What colour are you having? and what size are your BMs?
If your BMs are smaller than a size 16 and wearing black there are loads to choose from, Ezibuy have some great styles for real cheap.

Oh ours included matching wraps too

I got my 2x bridesmaid dresses from Shanton for $20 each at an end of season sale almost a year before my wedding. I knew I was definitely having 1 bridesmaid and got the 2nd one incase I ended up with 2 (which I did).
There are so many dresses out in shops this season, theres no reason to spend hundreds on a dress that may only be worn a couple of times!

I got mine off trademe, can't remember how much i paid though but I did get 2 the same and had them altered slightly to fit, it was so much easier that way.
They were originally dresses from pagani actually.

When I was a bridesmaid back in March, my dress was made in Tauranga... and I was in Wellington! And also in the midst of losing weight. So I had to email my measurements through to the bride almost weekly as they kept changing. When the dress arrived with only about 3 weeks to go, the zip did up only half way and I really started to panic. I felt bad for the bride (although she was as calm as anything and not panicked at all!) and I had to organise to get it adjusted. It was far too much stress, but everything turned out fine and the dress fit perfectly in the end.

For my bridesmaids, I bought material for the skirts and had those made by a friend, and bought tops from Stax. I would rather buy than get made! So much more room for error with getting them made.

My BM bought her own (she got about 4 or 5, lol) and I was a BM in feb and that dress was made and what a PITA that was. lots of fittings and had to be so carefull with wirhgt (and it was hard especially inthe boobie area with BFing as they 9well, one) is HUGEER at the end of the (non feeding) day, Persoanlly I thought it was a real pain, especially int he last few blinking days, plus, like others have said youy can get lovely dresses from everywhere for good prices.