Comments on: Dressing groomsmaids and bridesmen

By: Nony Mouse

Nony Mouse — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:18:24 +0000

That’s what I did when I was the groom’s honor attendant. I got the bridesmaid’s dress in black, and wore the bridesmaids color in jewelry. As a slight difference, I got a groomsmen’s corsage instead of a bouquet (but then, I also had the rings, and I suppose no one wanted me to get confused). The bride had some hesitation on what to call my slot, with ‘honor attendant’ or ‘best woman’ or ‘best friend’ — some people had a bit of hearburn over it initially, but they got over it; fortunately for her mother’s peace of mind, one of the groomsmen was my fiance.

By: de

de — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:35:31 +0000

My very dearest friend is getting married in the fall and the ‘best man’ is actually a woman (the groom’s oldest friend). This friend has always been more at home in pants, but they were going to let her take the lead on what she’d be *comfortable* wearing (seeing as how they care more about her standing up for them than what she’s standing in…).

She said she was debating a dress or skirt-ensemble, and then it struck her that this was an opportunity to get something really nice tailor made….and now she’s actually is quite excited about getting a tux tailored just for her. I think she’ll look smashing.

By: Ceri

Ceri — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:31:22 +0000

Our solution was to mix our attendants up. My brother stood on the groom’s side along with his brother and his sister was on my side along with my sister. It saved several older male relatives who were paying for the wedding from dying from shock. Though come to think of it, putting his 13 going on 35 sister in a tux would have solved some dress selection problems.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:44:41 +0000

And lovely as all the outfits are in Nanette’s wedding, The lucky groomsmaid is the one who can truly wear her cute black dress over again and again.

I had a similar issue- as all our attendants were female. We had them vote on their favorite style and my side wore dark blue dresses, while my hubbie’s side wore black. We also had an uneven number of attendants, too. It worked.

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By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:29:34 +0000

Yay, I’m glad you stopped by, Nanette. Your wedding was really beautiful, and I like everyone else love how you integrated your groomsmaid into the wedding party. You are officially an inspiration!

By: Style Spy

Style Spy — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:07:33 +0000

Nanette, you & your party look wonderful and, even more importantly, like you were having a really great time. Congratulations and well done!

By: Nariya

Nariya — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:20:24 +0000

Nanette, you look lovely, as do all the ladies in the picture! Great solution. There’s a best woman in my party, but as it’s an Indian ceremony there is no dress code for the wedding party other than general superfantasticness.

By: Tizzy

Tizzy — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:00:19 +0000

Oh I never thought of putting the groomswoman in a black dress! That’s so cool!

By: Twistie

Twistie — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:43:13 +0000

Nanette, I love your solution of choosing a dress for the groomsmaid that matches the bridesmaids in style and the groomsmen in color…and this comes from someone who is normally violently allergic to black dresses at weddings!

It happened that when I got married, Mr. Twistie wanted my brothers on his side and all of my closest friends were women, so we didn’t have to work out an answer to this question at all, but there were a couple points in my life where I would definitely have had to figure out how to dress a bridesman. One thing I do know, friendship is more important than fashion to both of us, so we would have worked it out without a lot of fuss.