How to Choose a Bridesmaid Dress that Won't Make Your Friends Hate You

It's something every woman fears. Your dear friend is getting married. She wants you to be a bridesmaid. You go along to the gown store for shopping and fitting and she chooses a hideous contraption of baby blue chiffon, lace, and frills. In fact, you think she may have coped the dress exactly from My Big Fat Greek Wedding. It even poofs out at the bottom like a mermaid tail. You end up paying over $300 for this dress and with alterations, you still feel like a clown and look like a lampshade. You vow, you'll pick attractive bridesmaid dresses someday. But when that day rolls around, can you be trusted? Personally, I have been in five weddings and have attended well over thirty in my life. Now as my peers are reaching their mid-twenties, more and more wedding announcements are appearing in my mailbox. As a dutifully bridesmaid, I will of course, wear any dress the bride chooses. However, after attending so many weddings and watching numerous bridesmaid atrocities walk down the aisle, there are a few things that I have learned about bridesmaid dresses. There are also a few things that your bridesmaids would love for you to consider before you choose a dress. Hopefully, as my days as a bridesmaid increase, my own friends will take the following things into consideration.