Cute incarnate

December 6, 2006 in Dresses,Weddings with 5 Comments

“Wintertime flower girls get cold, too, ya know.” That’s just a little message I’d like to shoot off to the designers and manufacturers of most flower girl dresses. Luckily there’s Smitherman & Barnwell. This purveyor of luxury at its best (and littlest) will keep your flower girl cozy in teeny tiny ankle-length gowns with….drumroll please….sleeves! And let’s not forget the matching jackets!

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This beautiful silk beaded diamond pintuck jacket and gown comes in gold, white, champagne, lilac, and celery

On a Christmas-y and Chanukah-y note, if you happen to know any pre-k age future flower girls dancing with excitement over upcoming weddings, The Flower Girl by Laura Godwin makes a great holiday gift. This book explains the wedding from the point of view of the flower girl…in rhyme, of course.

About Christa Terry: Christa Terry is a writer and wedding and lifestyle expert whose book iDo: Planning Your Wedding with Nothing But ‘Net is a one-stop planning resource for modern, free-thinking brides and grooms. With one husband, one toddler, and more on the way – kids, not husbands – Christa somehow manages to stay on top of the tricks and trends that make getting married and living life stylish and fun.

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5 Responses to “Cute incarnate”

  1. Twistie December 6, 2006 at 3:58 pm #

    SLEEVES!!!! Yay for sleeves!

    I swear, I was beginning to think pretty soon we would see the strapless tuxedo at the rate things were going. I’m glad to see the pendulum swinging back a bit.

  2. Kai Jones December 6, 2006 at 5:38 pm #

    Oh, I saw the cutest flower girl on Sunday. I was at the Pittock Mansion and there were a couple of different bridal parties taking photos. One group had 4 bridesmaids and a flower girl. The bride had a fur shawl and the bridesmaids and flower girl all had pretty white fur capes tied at the neck with a big ribbon bow over their gowns.

  3. Never teh Bride December 6, 2006 at 11:05 pm #

    Strapless tux? HAWT!

    Wowzer, Kai Jones, Pittock Mansion looks like one luxurious place to tie the knot. Were you there for one of the weddings or for a tour?

  4. JaneC December 7, 2006 at 1:24 am #

    Hey–can I have one of those flower girl dresses in an adult 12? Pleeeze??

  5. Kai Jones December 7, 2006 at 5:18 pm #

    For a tour–it’s open for a self-guided tour afternoons year-round, I went with my sister and her daughter, then we went to tea at a fancy-schmancy restaurant downtown, which was also full of little girls in their best fancy dresses. I think wedding parties just come up and use the grounds for photos without needing a permit or reservation; there are lots of good places to take pictures, from romantic couple shots on a bench nestled in trees to sweeping vistas fronted by the entire bridal party.

    The non-profit that runs it does rent out a large, attractive room that used to be the billiards/play room, but not for private events, only to other community organizations.