Comments on: LOVE/HATE: The Magic Eye Edition

By: Accidental Housewife

Accidental Housewife — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:28:57 +0000

Liked this post enough to make up a series of posts with patterned dresses, or "mismatched".... Even challenged myself to do it in every colour of the rainbow! It was a blast! Check it out!

By: Toni

Toni — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:03:40 +0000

Does the link not work? Try this:

http://flickr.com/photos/tonibduguid/3053864365/

By: Toni

Toni — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:02:52 +0000

My mother had floral patterned dresses on her bridesmaids. They were all different colors, too. The best part is that my grandmother sewed all the dresses. You can see the photos here.

By: rabrab

rabrab — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:52:37 +0000

I think the only thing wrong with # 2 is the damn sash cutting across the design.
#3 is gorgeous!

De gustibus and all that.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:20:26 +0000

My maid of honor (and lone member of my bridal party) had a sort of patterned dress (the tulip jacquard green dress from the Ann Taylor Celebrations line – i don’t think they sell it anymore). I think a nice way to use a pattern in a bridal party would be to have the maid of honor wear a pattern, and then the bridesmaids in a solid color from the pattern (or a couple in solids, a couple in patterns). That way there is no pattern overkill.

By: Accidental Housewife

Accidental Housewife — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:46:39 +0000

I think a pattern can be great. My personal favorite way to use this is in a particularly small bridal party. More than two or three girls starts to look like a sale on fabric or a row of curtains more than anything. But if you only have one pretty lady standing up with you, why not let her go all out??? When we settled on single attendants one of my first thoughts was “YES! Now she can wear something really cool!” since you don’t have to “match”. Also, there was a wedding I saw where all the attendants wore sunshine yellow dresses, but the bride surprised the MOH with an Oscar de la Renta in the same shade but with a very bold pattern along the bottom. It was killer!

By: La BellaDonna

La BellaDonna — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:15:05 +0000

Heh. A true example of To Each Her Own! While I think the first one is pleasant, it looks as if it had an Unexpected Encounter with a bottle of bleach; I think number three is a lovely dress for a summer wedding, even for attendees (and would be even lovelier if it had a full bodice, so that one could wear an actual bra), my dress choice is … number two, which looks to me very Japanese-inspired, what with the gigantic chrysanthemum.

I do miss the days when one could buy an entire dress for one’s money. Contrary to the delusions of designers and manufacturers, not all women are enhanced by – or entranced by – strapless dresses.

By: Twistie

Twistie — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:13:32 +0000

I think there are several factors involved in whether or not patterned bridesmaids’ dresses will work: level of formality of the event, level of formality of the print (polka dots would be adorable at a low-key, outdoor wedding, but might look quite odd in a cathedral, whereas that first dress in the above lineup would work nicely for a summer church wedding), the always surprising minefield of bridesmaids’ personal taste, how confident the bride is that people will remember to look at the woman in the Big White Dress if there’s any potential (if imaginary) distraction…there’s always something to be considered.

Still, I think it’s not only workable, but an option that’s often more likely to lead to being able to say ‘and you can wear it again because it doesn’t scream bridesmaid’ with a straight face.

Dress two gives me Saturday Night Disco Fever Dreams. Dress three looks to me like Scarlett went for grandma’s sofa rather than the drapes. Dress one, however, gets a big thumbs up from Twistie.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:22:12 +0000

I think that first dress is so cute, and I even kind of like the third one, though maybe not for bridesmaids. The first one is subtle, but doesn’t look bridesmaidy at all. If I were assigned to wear that for a wedding, I’d be thrilled, because I would definitely be wearing it afterwards for summer barbeques and the like.

By: blablover5

blablover5 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:57:36 +0000

I think if it’s something your maid can rock there’s nothing wrong with it. It would be wrong to put someone who just feels uncomorfable in a busy print but if she really loves it, why not?

And think of all the money you can save if she already had it in her closet?