Bridesmaid Dresses Part I

Who would have thought finding the right bridesmaid dresses would be such a challenge?!

My sister Amy got married in January and she wanted her bridesmaids and maid of honor (that was me) to wear midnight blue - an amazing color! She preferred that her ladies wear a dress that they love and would want to wear again as well as show off their own personal style. So, she left it up to us to find the perfect dress however there were some guidelines; the dresses should be floor length, the same fabric, and the same shade of blue. Piece of cake, right?.... Wrong!

The bridesmaids (there were six of us; one is missing in that picture) sent emails daily. I kept a trail of all our emails and they went on for weeks. Do you know the button..."share with a friend" - we shared dresses and forwarded dresses from every bridesmaid designer and website out there. I tried on dresses from 5 or 6 different designers, and while in the dressing room we snapped pictures of each other with our Iphone and blackberry to send off to Amy for her approval (she lives in Boston). At the end of the day, while she appreciated our efforts she really was not crazy about any of them; and nor were we. So, the search for the perfect bridesmaid dress continued. After many more rounds of clicking share with a friend, we all liked the Priscilla of Boston styles the best. I went their twice, mixing and matching the different dresses to make sure the shade of blue was the same blue as the other dress, and that the fabric and shimmer of the dress was just right. We lined the dresses up next to each other to make sure that they all had the same look (well the same but different) and they did.

After an exhaustive search, we finally found the dresses. We wore 4 different styles of Melissa Sweet and Priscilla of Boston. They were perfect, and in the end each of us were so happy with the dress that we picked out. Part II continues with my search to find my bridesmaids the perfect dress...