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SarahLovesJS

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Hmm, it's probably too early to be thinking about this, but what kind of fabrics and dresses are appropriate for a only moderately formal outdoor June garden wedding? I always love the dress on Siri's website. My dress is satin, do they need to match? Any advice would be great! I am just curious. I really like taffeta, duponi, lace, and chiffon more than satin for them if it's acceptable.
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ETA: Instead of garden..I typed farden..sooo I corrected that. I am now going to sleep. Silly me.
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They don't have to match your fabric and I think all of those fabrics are great. If tafetta though it would depend on the color and style I think as it's more of an evening fabric for me. I personally would like a chiffon or georgette for a June wedding, something flowy and cooler that hides wetness. I like Tea Length for what your describing in terms of formality (which is what I'm doing)... I actually personally love alvina valenta BMs gowns.

Here's one: http://www.alvinavalenta.com/alv_bm/display_dress.php?imageno=9840&multimatch=x
 
Hi Sarah,

We''re having a similar type of wedding - gardeny ceremony outdoors in Aug. I agree that knee or tealength are the way to go, and a nice, flowy fabric would be good. I feel like tafetta might be a little heavy?

My dress is doubel faced satin, and my girls are wearing a light, flowy type of shantung called "eastern silk shantung" - it has more flowiness than regular shantung. (it is by jenny yoo, btw).

Good luck with the bridesmaid dress process! I know I definitely found it to be challenging, but there are tons of good options out there! What color are you doing?
 
I had an outdoor garden in June...not to scare you, but our wedding day was 90 degrees... the average temp on our wedding day was 78. Gotta love global warming!

So, think light and what will be sweat-proof. My best bets are organza or chiffon...my girls'' dresses were organza, and mine had a chiffon skirt. The organza was great, and sheers are very in right now. We did strapless tea length (including me - I did an elongated tea length).

If you do taffeta, you''ll see sweat the second it shows up. Same goes for any kind of crepe. Silks will look really formal and will also be very hot. I''ll admit, finding organza or chiffon dresses isn''t all that easy - not many styles suit outdoor weddings, but I promise you, your friends will thank you. :)
 
Actually Jasmine''s B2 line has quite a few lovely Chiffon tea length gowns (my BM''s gown is B2 and it''s really nice in person). They are affordable and have lots of color options.

Here are a few.
http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=141


http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=1207


http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=1111

http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=950

http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=1483

http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=1199

http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=1480

http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=1217

http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=1212

http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=1201

http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=144

http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=154

http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=966

See... They have LOTS.
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My wedding is the end of July, my bridesmaids are all under 12 and I''m not a fan of ''big'' fabrics (satins, taffettas, lace etc) on young girls.

So, I have designed dresses that are high waisted with little sleeves and a skirt that hangs in nice folds, and a soft sash that ties at the back. The 4 year olds have it to the knee, the 8 year-olds to mid-calf and the Maid of Honour to the ground.

The fabric is a french lavender colour and is in three layers - bottom layer is a cupro lining, then a cotton lawn and the top layer is a cotton voile. I dyed the whole lot in the washing machine - took ages as I was really scared of going too dark so had to dye it up a shade at a time.

The voile is gorgeous and is all soft and floaty. Cupro is breathable so if it''s a hot day it won''t stick to them like polyester would. I''ve put my mother to work at the sewing machine
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it sounds like my wedding was similar to yours-- moderately formal, outdoor garden. mine was in spring, not summer, although in southern california, that really doesn''t mean much. hehe.

anyhow, these were my bmaids dresses-- they were in chiffon, and i think they matched the "feel" of the wedding pretty well... so i think gypsy gave great suggestions and chiffon or georgette tea length work really nicely!


http://www.jennyyoo.com/chiffon10.html
 
Woohoo! Thanks for all the replies! Okay, I agree looks like taffeta is a no-no. It''s at 6pm hopefully that will help with the heat. Maybe it''ll be like..85 as opposed to 90? Haha. One can dream, right?

I like them all, but these are my favorites that were posted:

http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_b.asp?id=1207
http://www.jennyyoo.com/chiffon10.html
http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=1483
http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=1199
Might be a bit too promy, but sooo cute!
Reminds me of the movie My Fair Lady
http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=154

Wow definitely lots to choose from!

So here''s my only dilemma so far. The two BMs are FI''s sisters one is a few months younger than be so she will be 22 and the other will be about 20. So all of these dresses would work for them since they''re not too young or too old for them. The third BM I am considering will be about 21 so it''d work for her as well. However, my MOH is going to be my Mom. She doesn''t want to show her arms, so she wants to wear like an organza jacket or something like that. Which of these/what styles do you think would work for her? She doesn''t have to wear the same dress, so we could also just try to find a chiffon dress somewhere else. Do you think that would work?
 
I am in love with this dress: Honeydew
 
I am having the girls wear chiffon for my outdoor June ceremony!
 
http://www.jasminebridal.com/html/en/web1_b2_3_a.asp?id=152

This is the dress my gals wore - they didn't have the exact perfect color, so they sent my bridal shop samples and then my consultant there found the PERFECT combo - and I think it was only $30 per dress more to do the custom fabric pairing, and ended up being about $185 per dress (not bad!).

It's also very figure flattering!! Looked beautiful on my friends.

ETA: Sarah, I like that dress VERY MUCH for your mom! My mom wore a dress very similar to that style (rouched at the tummy, v-neck wrap) for the rehearsal and it was very, very flattering. She's petite but round at the waist and sometimes wears a plus size, and it gave her a nice figure and she seemed very comfortable. It's really hard to find tea-length, appropriately formal MOB dresses, and that's definitely a good find!
 
Woohoo Allie we can be dress fabric twins! Does that exist? Does now!

Skippy I was still thinking about that dress this morning..
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Elmorton thank you for posting the dresses you used! They are beautiful and a great price!! I added them to my list!
 
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