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Bridesmaids typically pay their own way unless it is otherwise specified by you (or your parents, whatever) that you are paying. A bridesmaid shoud never assume her dress/shoes/makeup etc. is covered by the bride.
Bridesmaids do typically pay for their own dresses. I paid for my girls' dresses b/c i felt it was the right thing to do. I've also heard if any of them are flying in you should buy their dresses. This isn't typically followed though. If you can swing it or put $100 towards the dresses, it is greatly appreciated and mostly unexpected.
Any reason she's expecting you to pay for it? is she broke?
Agreed - bridesmaids pay for their dresses, hair, makeup. But you should not require them to have their hair and makeup professionally done unless you can help pay for it. If your friend has not been a bridesmaid before, she might not know she's expected to pay for it.
I bought my BMs attire (dress, shoes, & jewelry) only because they were paying their way to Aruba to stand by me. I figured I'd need to help them somehow! But, it's typically them, useless you have the means to pay for it and only if your budget allows.
@ejs4y8 No she's not broke but she's always been the type to try to get whatever she can out of me. Kind of annoying but whatever lol.
oh no she should be paying for her own dress, unless you specifically told her otherwise.
Yup, usually in the US, the BMs pay for their own dresses. Is she not from here?
We paid for our BM dresses, but in other weddings I've been in that isn't usually the case. I don't think it should be expected by any of your BMs.
It's most common for bridesmaids to pay for their own dresses, although not in every case. Maybe if the dress you picked out is really expensive you can offer to pay for part of it.
Every wedding I have been a part of the bridesmaids have paid for their dresses, shoes and all their day-of services. If you are able to put some money towards helping them, that is pretty cool but if not, don't feel guilty. Some people can do it and some can't.
Like the others, I've always paid my own way as a BM. Except for one wedding, where the bride graciously offered to pay for our dresses. It was unexpected, but definitely not required.
Did your friend mention something about you paying for the dress?
What makes you think she's expecting you to pay?
Maybe you could put together a cute newsletter for your BM's updating them with fun things (like wedding planning, etc - and include a picture of the dress and the cost and talk about fittings, when you need payment, etc.) - that way - she's perfectly clear about what's expected from her.
My BMs are paying for their own. I found a little bit more expensive ones though, so I told them if they pay the first $100, I would pay the rest. I know a couple of them said they will just pay for all of it though.
The bridesmaids usually pay for their own dress, shoes, makeup/hair and jewelry. You could always gift bridesmaids their dresses if you really felt like pay for them...
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I can't remember. Is it my job to pay for the bridesmaids dress or do they take care of that themselves?? We've already chose the style for them and I have a feeling that one of my bridesmaid is expecting me to pay for it.