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KH25 
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 Posted: 29 October 2008 at 5:49pm |
I'm going to be wearing black when I'm bridesmaid next year. And another close friend had black. Both are outdoor weddings and in this day and age, is totally accepted 
Ohanlon82 - did you get married at Belsaas?
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Hopes
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Posted: 29 October 2008 at 5:57pm |
 Mikaela wrote:
With my BM dresses, it was a bit tricky because two of them lived OS and they all have quite different tastes. In the end I bought fabric and sent it to them with instructions to get it made up into a dress, any dress, and left the rest to them. Oh, and I asked them to wear silver shoes and silver jewellery.
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What a lovely idea! They (and you!) look stunning.
We did a similar but opposite idea. My three bridesmaids had very different colouring, and we couldn't find one colour which looked good on them all. So I chose one fabric and one dress design, and they all had a different colour (teal, purple-y blue and light blue). I loved the effect - it made it look a bit less formal (and less 'quadrupley' lol) and they were all happy too.
We got the dresses made - I would do it again, but would say to be careful about who you get to do them! My dressmaker made some mistakes that caused me a few moments, but she fixed it all up in the end.
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Posted: 29 October 2008 at 6:51pm |
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I thought you liked the burgundy, how come you have gone off
them, if you had black you would have to have white like ohanlon because I think all black with no white in the reserve would look like a funeral
I think the burgundy would suit Murvale reserve better
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Posted: 29 October 2008 at 7:03pm |
I think black is totally fine these days for BM dresses. A black dress does not go out of fashion (usually).
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Posted: 29 October 2008 at 8:24pm |
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What sizes approx are you Bms? I had burgandy dresses for somereason i cant put the pic on but could email it to you if you want, If they suited you would be more than welcome to them as they are currently just hanging in the wardrobe.
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Posted: 29 October 2008 at 8:29pm |
oh that would be cool Shannon , thanks , they are size 6 (but has dress alterer that alters clothes for her quite regularly) , size 12 and about size 16 , maybe 14 ...I'll have to ask her actually ....have put off asking outright , cos shes put on a bit of weight (last year she was a size 10 ) and she might get upset  , but im going to have to ...its either that or measure her when shes sleeping ...
My email address doesnt work atm , but you could email it to my DFs email address , i'll pm it you
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Posted: 29 October 2008 at 8:39pm |
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I think black bridesmaid dresses look really classy. We went to a wedding in Australia and they had black and white jelly beans on the tables and the black looked great against the cream of the bride. HUGE options for flower colours as well.
I had brown bridesmaids... one was about a size 6 and one was about 6 months pregnant. I brought the fabric and they got them made. One paid $200 and the other paid $60.... Moral of the story.... money to be saved by shopping around.
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Posted: 30 October 2008 at 2:56pm |
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Ohanlon82 - did you get married at Belsaas?
Yeah Kelly we did in Feb this year...
i think black look stunning if i do say so myself LOL
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Posted: 30 October 2008 at 7:48pm |
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I had my dress made and DH's aunt made my bridesmaids dresses. It worked out pretty cheap in the end. I sold my dress after the wedding and got some cash back. It is not like I was going to wear it again. My friend hired a dress which worked out cheaper.
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KH25
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Posted: 30 October 2008 at 7:52pm |
ohanlon82 wrote:
Ohanlon82 - did you get married at Belsaas?
Yeah Kelly we did in Feb this year....
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Cool! We got married there back in 2004 - eekkk under a month til our 4th anniversary  ! I actually have an almost identical photo (just with different people lol!!)
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Posted: 30 October 2008 at 10:54pm |
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Ive heard of Belsaas! (sorry , just wanted to join in convo )
ok , so ive pretty much decided on black ....in a forest setting , what colours look nice for a "belt" around the waist ?
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Posted: 30 October 2008 at 11:43pm |
Kelly - personally I thing any color goes with black ....but you could look at green? to blend things in..... 
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Posted: 31 October 2008 at 7:25am |
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I like black dresses - they look classy, and I'm sure there's much more chance that they'll be worn again in the future.
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another question ! re weddings
