Spring 2010 Bridal Runway: 57 Grand

by Azure

Want to do something great for your bridesmaids? We know you do! Then take a gander at the totally chic, modern and hip dresses your maids will wear again and again. Best suited for the city gal off to wedding pre-party cocktails! The shapes, the draping, the colors--LOVE! 9 styles, 90 colors, endless opportunity. Thanks 57 Grand for sharing your new line with us!

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Dessy for Off-the-Chart Beautiful Dresses!

by Azure

We’ll admit it, every once in a while we make fun of bridesmaid dresses. There’s one company though that we NEVER mock, we love dresses from The Dessy Group. Lucky for us (and for you) The Dessy Group is participating in our Off-the-Chart Wedding Giveaway. Dessy Group is offering five (5) Bridesmaids’ Dresses! You can select from over 100,000 color combinations from Dessy Collection, After Six and Alfred Sung. Dessy Group doesn’t want you to feel left out, you are the bride...

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Calling Chicago Bridesmaids and Flower Girls

by Azure

If you're a Chicago bride, bridesmaid, or mother of a flower girl, you might want to check out this event at Caroline DeVillo's Studio. The couture designer has a new line of cocktail dresses perfect for bridesmaids, as well as "kiddy cocktail dresses" perfect for the littlest member of the bridal party. To attend, RSVP to rsvp@skirtpr.com or 773-661-0700

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Project Bridesmaid: Design Your Own Bridesmaids’ Dresses

by Azure

WARNING: If you need to get work done today, do NOT read this post! OK, so after writing about my obsession with OPI’s personalized nail color picker thingy, and my idea to have a toy for designing a wedding dress, a co-worker helpfully gave me a new obsession! Olivia Luca lets you design your own dress, picking the color, fabric, bodice, and skirt and then trying it on a model. This is perfect for bridesmaids’ dresses because you can email the link to the dress around and...

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A DIY Project for the Resourceful Bridesmaid

by Azure

It's a question as old as time... what to do with that damn bridesmaid's dress? ReadyMade magazine (a great resource if you're a DIY kind of gal) recently held a contest and the winner turned hers into a pillow! Here are the directions: 1. Remove all bows, ruffles, and ties from the dress using a seam ripper or sharp scissors. These will be your accents. 2. Use the bottom half of the dress for the body of the pillow. Cut the bottom of the dress away from the top, and slit it...

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Say “I Do” To The Sunny It Color Of The Season!

by Azure

Yellow is the IT color this season, so outfit your bridesmaids in something sunny and fabulous! For a fresh, youthful and sweet look, the buttercup yellow Lela Rose dresses, with rosette details, are perfect for your maids. Or go simple and classic with the strapless, canary yellow bridesmaid dress from the Vineyard collection at Priscilla of Boston. And if you are looking to go bold, this maxi, patterned halter dress from J.Crew is a fantastic choice.

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Loving Jenny Yoo’s Spring 2009 Bridesmaid Dress Collection!

by Azure

Clean and simple, yet flattering, stylish and beautiful. Every bridesmaid's dream come true, right? These bridesmaid dresses from Jenny Yoo's Spring '09 collection are so lovely! I adore the understated elegance and whimsical, romantic colors present in this collection.

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Bridesmaid dresses – Why All The Drama?

by Azure

Special to OneWed from Bridelines.com Have you had a relationship with a bridesmaiddress that is more tumultuous than Heidi and Spencer’s faux marriage? We know there are lots of women who curse the day bridesmaid dresses were invented, so Bridelines has some tips for brides on how to choose dresses that won’t make your bridesmaids regret answering the inevitable question “Will you be my bridesmaid?” As your friends are trying to be sensitive to you and your every whim,...

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Budget Idea for Dresses: Think Prom

by Azure

As a mom, I hate that kids’ clothes look so adult these days. As a short shopper on a budget, I love it! It’s one of the few benefits of being short, kids’ clothes and shoes cost less than adult clothes and shoes. I’ve found a few places where the smallest adult size and largest kid size are identical, except for pricing. Even if they aren’t short, your bridesmaids can take advantage of a similar “youth discount.” Instead of looking for bridesmaids’ dresses in bridal...

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Priscilla of Boston Bridal Party Dresses: Go Bright or Go Bold

by Azure

How fabulous are these cocktail dresses from Priscilla of Boston? Maybe its just me, but when I saw the frocks above, I literally wanted to take a bite out of the papaya-, nectar- and clementine-coloreddresses. The vibrant, tropical colors took me to a place far, far away- laying on the beach under a palm tree with a pina colada in my hand. And with short and breezy styles dominating the bunch, these are perfect for your destination wedding- pick one up for your rehearsal dinner...

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