Shockingly, after all my distress and reasoning for having the girls pick their own dresses, they actually asked that I give specific guidelines. Silly me, all that worry over nothing. Go figure. So, first stop: JCrew.
Color: Sweet Thistle
Color: Spiced Wine
Pretty, but no. The "sweet thistle" is too spring-y and the "spiced wine" is definitely not a rich purple. Next? Ann Taylor. Struck out: no purple.
Then I made an appointment at Bella Bridesmaids. It was a great salon, the people were sweet, they had a good selection of dresses but I just wasn't didn't find anything that made me think, "Perfect!"
Then I found Anna Elyse. Hello, gorgeous! Beautiful shades of purple, amazing variety, nice sense of cohesion. Love it!!!
And wait - Bella Bridesmaids carries their line? How did I not see these lovelies? I immediately called my local store and asked about Anna Elyse dresses. They explained they're temporarily not being stocked due to an ongoing problem with the cut of the bustline. I guess that explains it, so I was back to the drawing board...
But then, little did I know, the best was yet to come. How was it possible that I did not know of the amazing world of Dessy? OMG! Bridesmaid dress heaven! I immediately took to the style boards, put together ideas, and emailed my girls this as the inspiration for their dresses:
Perfection achieved! Unique, richly colored for fall, and simply beautiful! My email to my bridesmaids was most definitely appropriately titled "Dress Nirvana!" Was finding your bridesmaid dresses a big moment?
