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so I know everyone is not into mismatched bridesmaids... but, well, I am and that is all that matters :)  I could not bring myself to pick a dress for 5 girls to spend soo much money on when they are sooo differently shaped (you will see when i post wedding day pics!). so i told them "seaglass, light aqua, light sage." I also gave the 3 of them that are designers Pantone colors so they can go shopping with the chips. This is what they all came back with and I am soo excited i can not wait!!

thanks guys!  i went through scared moments but in the long run i just kept telling myself it would work out.. I did a lot of searching and emailing them what i thought would work... have not seen them ALL together but i am thinking it should work!!

#1 was from a bridal shop

#2 was a J. Crew in dusty shale- all my ladies were fighting over this one and at one point i almost gave in and just let them pick any jcrew dusty shale they wanted...

#3 was from ModCloth.com- love how this one is so different! $80!

#4 was from NewportNews.com and agreed it is soo pretty.. one of the first I found and considered at one point putting them all in it.. BM who got this one feels the centermost stone is a little cheap looking and getting a friend help her switch it out for something else. $80!

#5 is a J. Crew light sage... this is my MOHs. she is tall and skinny and this dress looks FANTASTIC on her.

figured i should post the guys' ties too. decided to buy them as part of a gift to them. thought that since the girls were not matching, neither should the guys. It is a beach wedding so they will be wearing beige pants, white shirt, no tie.

@Zinzerena: me tooo its my fave!! FI HATED it... but i just could not put it down. so that one goes to my brother ;) haha.  

Thanks for the responses ladies! it is so scary to go this route.. just had to keep my fingers crossed!

Love love love this! you did a great job. I really want to do non matching too

@Ms. Meowerson: I sent them some inspiration of mismatched dresses, i also sent them a bunch of Pantone colors so that they could see the range I wanted them to match within, and then I started by sending them just one large PDF of styles I really like (not necessarily in the right colors but just general fanciness).  this way, they could start keeping an eye out when shopping.  i got some samples from J Crew so I at least knew we had the fall back of those 2 colors and then saw Ann Taylor had a similar one... so i sent them all those... i pretty much started religiously checking modcloth, bluefly, anthro, jcrew, ann taylor, newport news, macys.. etc.  every few weeks i would send them an update with links to dresses i liked...   so it was a mix of me sending suggestions and them showing me what they found.   DEF start early... DEF see what colors are out there if you aren't going to go with something like "grey" or "black"

@jordynrose: i LOOOVE that dress too. the second that got posted i emailed one if my girls and was like "you neeeeed to try this"  i have not seen it in person but she said that it IS very flimsy/see through. she was determined to make it work because it is so different/cute. she was going to try to get a slip sewn in but didnt think that the material would hold up enough for that... it just so happens that a day or 2 after she got it her friend posted some pics of a wedding she went to and she was wearing the SAME dress. so my BM asked her how she liked it and what she did...  apparently this girl just had to get a slip to wear under it but otherwise liked it. Sooo i dont think it is a dress that will last forever but for $80 it would work for a few outings.

@bells:  thanks!  i didnt want them to match TOO much either.. its hard to make it flow without looking like you are TRYING to match the same color... i wanted to get a little bit of greener and a little bit of blue-er.  i thiiink it worked.  again, havent seen them all together next to each other, and won't until the wedding! so we will see!