Bridesmaid-Zillas

So who is a bridesmaid? According to Answers.com, a bridesmaid is a woman who attends the bride at a wedding. That’s it!  Really? They get away with that definition? You’ve gotta be kidding me! In my definition, a bridesmaid is someone who attends to every need of the bride, note, “every need”. Well ofcourse not every every need, and you obviously know that, but every need relating to the brides big day! Ah if they were only this helpful, for my fortune, (or misfortune), my bridesmaids were biologically defined/assigned. My sisters! Woo hoo!!!!!! (YEAH RIGHT). Okay okay so they’re not all that bad but a bit slow on the helping out every need area! Now ofcourse I could have had another friend or 2 or 3, BUT I prefer 2 cuz as you know, (bit of a drum roll there), lesser the better, (cheaper rather... ha-ha)

Seriously though ANOTHER reason is simply cuz my sisters are closer to me than any other friend could be, (something else biologically defined) therefore I would not want any other shorties next to me. Yeah trust me they are short in comparison to me. SIGH. So what’s my point really? Oh yeah I just remembered, their dresses!!!!!! Oh my gosh, deciding dresses, 3 of us are of 3 different types, and our tastes clash almost all the time! My idea of a bridesmaid dress is something that looks nice and simple; they obviously need to stand out a bit more than the invitees and ofcourse lesser than the bride! (Awww I’m kidding!!!!..... NOT)

So few tips when selecting your dresses, lessons you can learn from my blunders rather, ARE!

• Please don’t try to give your bridesmaids full control in the dress they are going to wear cuz if you do you are going to take a lot of time deciding a dress, especially if the bridesmaids are totally different to each other.

• Lesser fabric the better. And go to pettah for heaven’s sake, oh but if you can afford as I say, go for it! But it is pointless if you can get stuff for lesser and pretty much the same thing too! Pettah Main Street has got a few nice places “fabric-full”, like Sarita Tex, Ram Bros, Ranjanas etc. So go and try, you can really get your fabrics for great bargains than buying from places around Colombo.  

•   Try and mix and match your tastes, have something different, again I say, simple is more than beautiful and so so good on the eyes.

•  As for bridesmaids tasks, give them a list of things they would be doing before, during and after the wedding so that there are no miscommunications later on.

• Try not to have about 10 bridesmaids, I mean, it’s your choice ofcourse and I am no one to tell you what to do, but when you have that many bridesmaids, for one thing the bride is of lesser attention cuz people are too busy counting and analyzing the maids! I think the best number is 3. Nothing more. But then again this is just a suggestion and it’s solely up to you. I am having 2 and trust me that is more than enough babies to carry, if you know what I mean… younger sisters. Sigh!

So happy choosing bridesmaids and their agonizing dresses, make it simple and its bound to be amazing!