Mismatched Bridesmaids Dresses
June 27, 2012
One of the hottest trends in bridal fashion is mismatched-but-coordinated bridesmaids. Many brides are foregoing the tradition of having all of their bridesmaids dress exactly alike. There are many ways to embrace this trend.
Same Dress, Mixed Accessories: The easiest is to have all of your bridesmaids dress in matching dresses, but to create interested with coordinating accessories or with different bouquets:
Different Dresses, Same Hue. For those that want to dive a little deeper in the mismatching trend, allowing your girls to choose there own dress and just picking a color that you like. The key is to give some guidance to your bridesmaids. For example, long or short? Do you care if the fabrics are different? The more flexible you are, the greater variety you will have in the dresses your girls choose.
Different Color Dresses. This final option is not for the faint of heart! Each bridesmaid has a completely different color dress. The best way to keep the look cohesive is to make one thing consistent, whether it is matching bouquets or accessories.
Image sources in order: Arrow and Apple, Jolynne Photography, Carl Zoch Photography, Kerry Morgan, Ruth Anne Photography, Ben Blood, HPM Photo, Bayly Moore, Jill Thomas Photography, Stephanie Williams Photography, Art by DNA, Stephanie Williams Photography, Caroline Tran, Dixie Pixel Photo, Emily Photo, Kellie Kano Photography, SohoMode Etsy Shop.
Absolutely love the idea of different dresses same hue! It brings life to the usual bridesmaid dresses. i am going to be a bridesmaid in June, hope the bride takes this into consideration.
Sarah, what awesome inspiration. I have to tell my brides to check out this post. Different is beautiful!
I was in a wedding (granted, it was 1982) with different color wedding dresses and it was hideous (I thought, anyway!). But the photos you are showing here are wonderful. Perhaps it was the style of dress in 1982, as I recall we also carried parasols. I had forever written off going with different color dresses, but I’m inspired now!