Wedding Tips
How to Choose the Colour for Your Bridesmaids’ Dresses
Oct
The bride squad, the bride tribe, and #TeamBride – the bridesmaids are the bride’s handpicked lineup for the wedding day. Get to dress up your lovely ladies with dresses that best represent your wedding day and what better way to start the process than by picking the colour of their dresses.
Get to set the wedding vibe and beautifully create the wedding theme through the bridesmaids’ gorgeous dresses. Think about it: the ladies will be with you from the preparations, the ceremony vows, and even up to the wedding toasts at the reception. The bridesmaids will be with you for the entire day and while you are wearing your magnificent white dress, you can still express yourself and your wedding day’s vibe through the bridesmaids’ colourful dresses.
To help you figure out which shade to go, here are a couple of tips and guides from Giftware Direct so you can start the process of picking colours for your beloved bridesmaids’ dresses today.
Match it with the season.
Winter, spring, summer or fall, your bridesmaids’ dresses will have to pair well with the season and the climate. It makes it easier for you as the bride to pick a colour palette or a colour family where you can further narrow down the choices for the dresses. However, if you would want your bride squad to be able to reuse their gorgeous dresses, you can also opt for neutral or classic colour schemes which will elegantly blend with any climate and any season.
Blend it well with your chosen wedding location.
Just like when going out for a weekend getaway to a scenic spot, picking your outfit to complement the surroundings is a must for your bride squad. Florals for an intimate garden affair, light shades for the sandy beach, and darker elegant shades for formal city weddings. The fabric can play an important part, too, in determining the appropriate colour, as velvet long dresses would not go well against a ceremony held right by the ocean and under the heat of the sun.
Focus on the wedding theme.
If you have a certain theme or colour to be used for the wedding decorations or taken off of the wedding invitations, pick one colour which may best suit your lovely ladies. You can pick one main colour for the ladies and another colour for the groomsmen, or if you want to make a statement, opt to choose the same colour for everyone so you could have a uniform entourage.
Take note of your bridesmaids’ unique body shapes and skin complexion.
Consider the bridesmaids’ individual body type and skin colour as these have a huge factor when it comes to picking their dresses’ cuts and colours. Of course, you would want the entire group to look like a cohesive bride tribe but take into consideration each one’s uniqueness and individuality. Make the big day enjoyable for them especially when they look their absolute best in a dress that makes them feel like a million dollars. With the popular trend of unmatched bridesmaids’ dresses, you can opt to get different shades of the same colour for each of the bridesmaids or have them pick colours from a set of colour palette that can complement the wedding theme. Each bridesmaid can pick a colour that suits them well while still being cohesive with the rest of the gang and the wedding entourage.
Don’t forget about putting your own style and personality.
It is still your wedding day and you get to express yourself and your partner’s uniqueness through each and every element of the big day, including the bridesmaids’ dresses. So if you think you’d rather get married with a bang and have your bridesmaids go all prints or all stripes, then go ahead and enjoy. Other sensational entourage outfits may include having the ladies wear the same cut of dresses but in different colours and fabrics or you can get rid of dresses all together an opt for comfy casual jumpsuits for a more modern look. Better yet, surprise everyone and break traditions by having everyone wear a dress as white and as pristine as the bride’s own.
