Trying on Bridesmaid Dresses and the Winning Dress

Okay so here it is. These are some of the bridesmaid dresses that I tried on for my friends wedding. I tried on the one she thought she wanted and a few others just to compare and then I will show you the winner.

So to start off this is the dress she had found and wanted and was just going to order without us even trying them on. 

I may have forced the idea that we should find them to try on and thank god I did! Here is what it looks like on me.

It definitely doesn't look like the picture (well besides it being black instead of teal). Maybe if the belt had been fixed onto the dress instead of just doing what it wanted. Plus it just kind of sat on my body, didn't really do anything for my small amount of curves haha.

This one I didn't mind. It made my chest look big which isn't easy lol. Plus it gave the kind of hourglass look. But up close it wasn't as classy as it could have been.

Then we thought maybe this one. I really liked the detailing at the top but otherwise it was just kind of flat. 

There were a few more in between but nothing worth adding really.

But then we found the winner!!!

Please excuse the blurry shot lol. So this one was perfect! It has the right amount of detailing at the top, it gives and hourglass figure, plus it has an interesting high low bottom as well. And it does have a bit of a train. This dress is perfect for a beach wedding. It's nice and airy plus it will more with the breeze. The only difference is the dress will be in teal instead of purple. 

Which one do you guys like? Do you agree on the one she picked? 

~Justine

Bridesmaid Dress for Destination Wedding 2015

Okay, so this is going to be a random post of what I'm sure will be many lol. Tomorrow (Saturday September 13, 2014)  I will be accompanying one of my best friends and her mom to the city where I will be trying on bridesmaid dresses for her wedding next year. The wedding will be in June of 2015 in the Riviera Maya in Mexico!!! Whoo hoo! Totally excited and I can't wait. She has decided to have two bridesmaids and we will both be her maids (apparently I am actually a matron of honour because I am already married, who knew) of honour. She has picked out the dresses that she wants and is footing the bill or us, but of course there are always minor issues. Our first issue is only I am able to go tomorrow, the other bridesmaid will be going a different date. Also we have a wedding shop in our town that sells the dress but of course why would they have it in stock. I kind of mentioned to her that we should probably find some to try on just incase to see (the material, shape, fit, etc..) how everything looks on real people. So now we are going to the city to try on the dress then heading back home to buy the dress (dress is a better price in our town store).

So to start off, here is the idea of what she wanted.

She liked the skirt idea with the white top and chunky jewelry, but we would each pick whatever top and necklace we wanted. 

But I'm sure after scouring the internet looking for something similar to no avail, this are the dresses that she found that were most similar to the above look.

Now I really like the dress (her colour is going to be teal) but my only issues is that I am short haha. 5"4' to be exact. So I am a bit leery of where it will need to be hemmed and whatnot. But it's not my wedding so I am just going to go with the flow, it's her day and I will wear a paper bag if she wanted me too. 

I will for sure get some photos tomorrow and show you and see what you think. 

Also I hope that you don't mind possibly being bombarded with these types of posts especially nearer to the wedding date.... stagette, gift ideas, accommodations and all the fun stuff in between.

~Justine