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I dont' think it's too early. My bridesmaids picked out what they wanted in July, which was right on target for where you'd be at.
HOWEVER, if they pick out styles they love they need to be sure to get them ordered in a timely matter if that is truly what they want with a risk of the style being discontinued. So I tried to give my girls a date to order there dresses by which was christmas time, that way we can arrange a get together to make sure if anyone needed alterations and see that they all got what they wanted. Just an idea to keep in mind.
This is iffy. If you get them now you are avoiding the issues you mentioned. However, you have to make sure your girls don't get their alterations too far in advance if they have fluctuating weights - especially the one that will be pregnant. Many women's body shapes change after they have a baby, even if their weight goes back to it's original, or she could have issues losing the weight after too. I'd just hate for one of your bridesmaids to not fit into their dress!
i said go ahead just because i tend to do things way ahead of time so i understand, i was driving myself crazy until all wedding plans that could be were done. my only concern would be that you might change your mind, find something you like better, and girls bodies change (especially if there's someone who's pregnant) so it might be hard to get the right size. i know one of my bridesmaids has gained a little weight and i'm kind of terrified. and i'm in a wedding coming up and i hate knowing that i have to not only fit in my wedding dress soon, but a bridesmaids dress too. so much pressure!
I'm a BM in a 10/10/10 wedding, and my cousin already picked out a dress for us. I'm in school in FL, but when I go home to MA for the holidays, I'll go pick it up. I prob won't have it altered until next summer though. So I think it's fine.
Could you pick out the styles & colors they like now & order them in the spring? Do you think their tastes would change that much? (Maybe the prgnant one's will lol) I know that I can wait until March/April for an August wedding, and the bridal shop said I should do it before the holidays to avoid the business, but I know they just want the money.
I would see if they want to pick out styles/colors now, so you can do everything you need to, but the size isn't definite yet. They may change.
I don't think it's too early at all. We went shopping for our BM dresses in FSIL's wedding a year before. We didn't all order them right away, since it was DB and figured they'd be there for awhile, I think I ordered about three months later? It took mine awhile to come in for whatever reason, so I was glad I did. I also wanted time to find somewhere other than DB to get alterations done, as I really didn't like it there. I had my dress in just perfect time, on BM from out of state didn't even get hers in time to exchange it (it was about 2 sizes too small.) This was her fault for putting off ordering it, so watch your BMs!
So I'd look now for sure!
thanks for the advice, ladies! this is baby number 2 for my pregnant friend and she's a health nut who enjoys working out so i'm not worried about her not losing baby weight by october, and she doesn't seem to be too worried, either. she was a knock-out two weeks after she had her first...lucky girl, huh?
I say go ahead! If your friend who is pregnant isn't worried, then I wouldn't be. My MOH has picked her dress already, but is waiting to lose weight to order it.
I personally would wait, we ordered dresses way early and then my SIL got pregnant. She had to go back and buy another dress.
I say go for it. Some bm dresses take 3-4 months to come in, so May couldbe pushing it to get alterations.
I also stressed over this decision. We're ordering in Feb - 2 months after one of my BMs has a baby. I *think* we have one selected finally!
Go ahead! Everyone makes plans on their own time and that's exciting to have something nailed down - You never know what could change, though - so be slightly wary.
I would wait, and only because of possible size changes for your BMs (i.e., pregnancy, weight gain/loss). You don't want their alterations to wind up costing a fortune!
If you can get it out of the way now, go for it! You'll have so many things to do later on (as will your girls), so you'll probably be glad you took care of it so early.
I'm 10/10/10 and we picked out the dresses already. They are from David's Bridal so I gave them a deadline to order by April 2010. It felt great to check it off my list though and I'm happy to have it decided before the holidays.
The point you make about your pregnant BM is a very valid one. She'll probably be around the same size next October that she is now.
i think it's never to early to do something..the more you get to check off, the less stress you have to deal with later on...i'm in the process of looking for bridesmaid dresses for my 9/18/10 wedding..and i can't wait to get that over with..hehe i just want to have it picked out already..good luck=)
I say wait. You never know who will get pregnant, gain weight or lose weight. I know this first had. My friend wanted us to order the dress a year in advance. I refused and bought it when I felt like it since I was paying for it, not her...but that's another story. Anyway, two bridemaids gained weight and their dresses were tight, super tight.
Wait at least 5 months before ordering. Look at styles and colors now though.
I think that if you pick out the dress now and give your BMs the option of ordering them now or later, then you'll be good. That'll get something checked off your list and they can decide if they want to order it now or later. (I would give them a deadline to order so they have time to get the dress in and have alternations.)
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My wedding is 10/10/10. I mentioned to my mom this morning that I'd emailed my girls about getting together to pick-out and order/purchase bridesmaid dresses on 11/15 of next month. She was like "don't do that now! why are you doing that so soon?!". Here are my reasons...
* right now I'm planning on having a jewel toned wedding, with each girl wearing a different color and style that they look and feel great in.
*I feel like without knowing exactly what color they are wearing (there are lots to choose from!), I can't go forward with deciding on flowers, linens, and other decor.
*one of my bridesmaids is pregnant now. she's due mid-may and I cannot WAIT to meet that baby :-) however, right now her belly is normal size still. If I wait until the summer to order dresses like my mom suggests (insists) I should do, I feel like it wouldn't be fun for her to shop for dresses right after giving birth and her body not being "hers" again, yet.
*for some reason, I feel like I'm stressing out more over what my girls will be wearing that I did over what I would be wearing, and this would be one more thing checked off my list ;-) does anyone else feel more stressed over picking their bridesmaid dresses than they did about their own dress selection?
so ladies, what do you think? is it too soon to get dresses for my 10/10/10 wedding? when is the "right" time to do this?