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03-14-2006, 06:56 PM
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dress problem
im getting married in july of this yr and still cant figure out the bridemaid dresses .. i want the color periwinkle blue my problem is i want the bridemaids and maid of honor in solid color but cant find anything sold for my neice who will be a jr i found one with flowers but not sure how bad that will look?? three solid and then her with flowers?? can anyone give me some advice here?...
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03-14-2006, 07:01 PM
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As long as the periwinkle color on the solid dresses looks good against the flowered dress, they will look fine. Actually, I think it's fitting to have the jr. dressed slightly differently than the rest. After all, she's not an adult, so she should probably not have an adult dress.
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03-14-2006, 07:08 PM
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What are the dresses you are looking at?
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03-14-2006, 07:10 PM
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well i told them to buy what they want but it has to be a solid periwinkle blue.. and not over revealing ... i dont want the same style dresses.. i like to have thing a bit differ but still nice looking ..
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03-14-2006, 07:13 PM
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The bad thing about periwinkle blue is if you don't have the dresses side by side they won't match. If you like the flower dress then put it beside the BM dresses and see if it will match.
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03-14-2006, 07:33 PM
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Is periwinkle one of colors in this floral pattern? If so, I think it will look very nice together (and if the shade's a little off, it's not as noticable as a solid color would be).
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03-14-2006, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by ljeagle
The bad thing about periwinkle blue is if you don't have the dresses side by side they won't match. If you like the flower dress then put it beside the BM dresses and see if it will match.
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I agree with this, periwinkle is one of those colors that is up for some interpretation. If they all went out w/ swatches or bought from the same place, that might be helpful.
I think that as long as the floral pattern matches, it will look quite nice. Just make sure it doesn't make your jr BM feel like a baby or less a part. If it does, it might be worth looking into purchasing her an actual Jr BM dress from a bridal boutique or chain.
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03-14-2006, 08:05 PM
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I agree with what the other ladies said. With a directive of "periwinkle," chances are none of the dresses will match.  Have they bought the dresses yet? If not, I'd suggest doing a David's Bridal or an Alfred Angelo thing where the girls can pick their own style in the same exact color/fabric. I agree that the jr. bridesmaid would be fine in a coordinating floral print.
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03-14-2006, 08:11 PM
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Here is a link to David's Bridal -- this page shows some Jr BM dresses in Peri, if you go back there are more regular BM dresses in that color and varying styles. Hope this helps!
Periwinkle Dresses
ETA: Here is a link to Alfred Angelo's BM dresses...they haven't got a color called Periwinkle, but there are colors that are close to what I think periwinkle is.
Alfred Angelo
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03-14-2006, 08:16 PM
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Or it could be kind of neat to have the different shades as well...we went to a wedding last summer and the bride let her attendants pick pink formal dresses...they were all different styles and shades..the pictures were cool.
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03-14-2006, 08:16 PM
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what i did was went to a fabric store shopped for colors...lol and found the periwinkle.. loved it bought a small amount and sent it to my bridemaids.. so they have the exact color im looking for.. so they cant get a different shade aslong as they go with the fabric i sent.. has for getting them together impossible...lol two r in ny and one is in wi...
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03-14-2006, 08:33 PM
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I'm still scared these shades of periwinkle are going to be different. I hope there not but I think it would be fine to do a print dress with the color in it for the jr. BM. Also I'm sure NY and wi has a Davids bridal u could go to one of the stores and pick what shade you want and have the girls go and pick the style they want.
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03-22-2006, 01:42 AM
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When I was looking for bridesmaids dresses, I couldn't really find what I wanted for cheap. Neither I nor the bridesmaids have much money to put into them. FMIL found 3 exact dresses on ebay for cheap the color was listed as Periwinkle. I than looked up different dresses under periwinkle and found some bluish and some purplish which is what I wanted. We emailed the guy and he admitted they were more of a purple than a periwinkle blue. We got all 3 for $38 each. They are chiffon and included shawls so that was great. When I opened the box.... downright-not-even-close-to-purple blue.  I wouldn't even call them periwinkle. More like light or sky blue.
Lesson: Absolutely positively have a color sample and give everyone a sample. That way they don't show up in different colors even with the tags saying periwinkle. As for the jr, a design with flowers on it should be okay as long as the colors match.
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03-22-2006, 02:02 AM
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You know it is true about the interpretation of the colour because I would have said that the colour of Solar's BM dress is periwinkle! If I was asked I'd say the FG dress (hanging up behind) is a lavender & the BM's is periwinkle!
I guess the lesson in don't go with what the tag says!
On that note, the fabric I bought for my FGs says sage but the ties at the kilt shop said sage too and they were what I would call a Forrest or hunter green 
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03-22-2006, 09:55 PM
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and see that dress looks like the color i have.. and yeah looks can be deceiving on the computer .. thats why i sent them all a swatch to go by.. has for the younger one decided to call her fg ..lol and have her in a lighter shade of peri blue..cant tell im all new at this can yas...lol
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03-22-2006, 10:04 PM
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Oh, I think we're mostly all new to this! Second time brides have some big advantages 
I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't had this site to rely on! I've found out *so* many things that I just didn't know about... I remember when we first set the date, I had no idea at all of where to begin planning a wedding!
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03-22-2006, 11:52 PM
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Same color, different styles:
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