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ariel
All right. I've been to one other wedding but this time I'm going with someone who I just want to BLOW away by looking great. Firstly, what dress is appropriate to wear to someone's wedding? Evening gown? Cocktail? Ball? Women! Gay men! Help! Let me give some details: I'm about 5'4" -- Green eyes, brunette, olive skin tone. I'm full figured... I have a chest, I have a butt, I have hips. I would like something that flatters but doesn't make me look like a walking tea-pot. I'm not a plus-size. Any suggestions on color, style, shoes and hair would be great! Thanks!
The wedding is your standard formal wedding. It's at night. I'm in Arizona and it's in February.
I'd prefer a dress over pants. I rarely get to be dolled up for anything so I'd like to take the opportunity. My hair is long, but not excessive. Right below the shoulder blades.
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If you want to blow him away you must look like you did not put too much effort in looking great. Therefore, "excess" is something that you need to stay away from. You don't want everybody's eyes on you for the wrong reason: you want his eyes on you for the very right reasons.
Choose a discrete, elegant, non show-off dress. Check out America Ferrara's dress at the Golden Globes ceremony last Monday. She too is full figured, yet not plus-size. She has your same complexion. Her dress was beautiful, it showed off her main attributes. She has boobs and she showed it, yet in a very elegant and classy way. I think the color of the dress was some shade of purple/blue. Beautiful. Purples go wonderful on green-eyed brunettes. I would not wear an evening gown. A cocktail dress would be appropriate, it will let you show some leg as well. The shoes I'd pick depend a lot on the dress, but as in the dress' case keep it simple, classy, and sexy.
You don't mention your hair length, but if it's not too long, say at your shoulders' length, I'd keep it loose, very natural, brushed straight but with volume on the roots and tips, that you can add with a curler. If it's long you may want to curl it up some, with long wide waves, like Jennifer Hudson at the Golden Globes. Or check out at the Golden Globes too Grey's Anatomy actress Sara Ramirez. She was beautiful, her hair, her dress, gorgeous.
Good luck... and good looks.
If you want to blow him away you must look like you did not put too much effort in looking great. Therefore, "excess" is something that you need to stay away from. You don't want everybody's eyes on you for the wrong reason: you want his eyes on you for the very right reasons.
Choose a discrete, elegant, non show-off dress. Check out America Ferrara's dress at the Golden Globes ceremony last Monday. She too is full figured, yet not plus-size. She has your same complexion. Her dress was beautiful, it showed off her main attributes. She has boobs and she showed it, yet in a very elegant and classy way. I think the color of the dress was some shade of purple/blue. Beautiful. Purples go wonderful on green-eyed brunettes. I would not wear an evening gown. A cocktail dress would be appropriate, it will let you show some leg as well. The shoes I'd pick depend a lot on the dress, but as in the dress' case keep it simple, classy, and sexy.
You don't mention your hair length, but if it's not too long, say at your shoulders' length, I'd keep it loose, very natural, brushed straight but with volume on the roots and tips, that you can add with a curler. If it's long you may want to curl it up some, with long wide waves, like Jennifer Hudson at the Golden Globes. Or check out at the Golden Globes too Grey's Anatomy actress Sara Ramirez. She was beautiful, her hair, her dress, gorgeous.
Good luck... and good looks.
Need color combinations for bridesmaids dresses?
Christina
I want them to wear a dress with a different color sash. Not sure what would be great together. Should they be in tea length or floor length? Any manufacturer styles would be appreciated as well. My fiance likes navy blue (all shades), and red. I like pink, all shades of blue, coral and lavender. Any suggestions would be great. Most likely for a Fall wedding, but will take all color and dress ideas. Thank you!
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Just whatever colors you like really. That is one of the wonderful things about having navy as one of your colors is it's a neutral. It goes with everything!
What I suggest is looking for bridesmaids dresses first with your 2 most different bridesmaids. For example if your best friend is a olive skinned gypsy with long brown hair and weighs 100 lbs soaking wet but your sister is 200 lbs of Irish redhead and freckles, take them both. Then you can see what looks good on both. For me, my sister was very well endowed so many of the dresses I liked didn't cover as much as I would have liked.
When you pick the dress, you may hate the shade of purple that it comes in but love the green.
Fall weddings tend to be dominated by the colors of nature--olive, rust, cinnamon, orange, deep yellows, chocolate. But of course it doesn't have to be. Again I'd let my bridesmaids determine that. Do they look good in those colors? I look horrible in orange and olive colors.
Your bridesmaids are the people who matter most to you and they can't be changed out but early on in the selection process your colors might change several times based on how the girls look and how many shades the dress you like comes in.
However navy is a great accent color. You can get navy sashes on every color. It's a deep rich color that is a neutral and goes with everything. It's easy to find and not too girlie if you are putting your groomsmen in vests.
What I think would be gorgeous would be navy and some spice color like cinnamon/sienna/dark pumpkin. You'd have the girls in navy dresses with the sashes be the accent color. The bouts could match the sash but the bouquets could be any color but I imagine a lot of greenery and yellows.
Crimson is another great color. Very vibrant color. Easy to find flowers in it. Great fall color. You can pair it with navy to give a lot of warmth. Difficult however if you are thinking Sept wedding since it may still be quite warm wherever you have the wedding.
Coral is also a great color to work with. A lot of dresses come in it, a lot of flowers, and it is one of the universal colors that everyone looks great in. Coral was one of my wedding colors but I tend to think of it as being more summer/tropical.
Using lavender, I really love an earthy green with lavender. Stay away from something too spring time like clover, but something richer. Either something like mossy with a silver base in it would look great with lavender or something deeper like the color of pine tree needles or a green with a brown base close to an olive. Another idea would be a sandy green. I'm thinking like those giant bushes--narrow green leaves and pale tan spears out of the top. Then you could mix it with a much stronger bolder lavender since the tan/green would be paler.
I love when bridesmaids carry white flowers. It pops against darker shades plus allows the brides bouquet to really stand out as you can use all the colors in the bridesmaids lineup. Both the color of the dresses, the sashes, white and green all mixed in since that would really pop against a champagne/gold gown.
Are you wearing white or a darker color? It doesn't really matter all that much but if you were going with gold or champagne I'd have darker bridesmaids colors to really help you stand out and pull the obvious fall connection.
Tea length dresses are more casual and more suited to an earlier wedding (midafternoon) or a more casual affair. Floor length are usually evening and formal. I also think tea length would be better if your fall wedding is Sept/Oct and the weather is warm. Floor length if it's cooler or closer to November. I love tea length dresses but it really depends on weather.
Pick the bridesmaids first though. It's impossible to look at gowns on a website on a white 100 lb flat chested model and imagine a size 14 curvy latina girl in it. Especially if you aren't built like your bridesmaids, it's very hard to shop for someone completely different than you.
Just whatever colors you like really. That is one of the wonderful things about having navy as one of your colors is it's a neutral. It goes with everything!
What I suggest is looking for bridesmaids dresses first with your 2 most different bridesmaids. For example if your best friend is a olive skinned gypsy with long brown hair and weighs 100 lbs soaking wet but your sister is 200 lbs of Irish redhead and freckles, take them both. Then you can see what looks good on both. For me, my sister was very well endowed so many of the dresses I liked didn't cover as much as I would have liked.
When you pick the dress, you may hate the shade of purple that it comes in but love the green.
Fall weddings tend to be dominated by the colors of nature--olive, rust, cinnamon, orange, deep yellows, chocolate. But of course it doesn't have to be. Again I'd let my bridesmaids determine that. Do they look good in those colors? I look horrible in orange and olive colors.
Your bridesmaids are the people who matter most to you and they can't be changed out but early on in the selection process your colors might change several times based on how the girls look and how many shades the dress you like comes in.
However navy is a great accent color. You can get navy sashes on every color. It's a deep rich color that is a neutral and goes with everything. It's easy to find and not too girlie if you are putting your groomsmen in vests.
What I think would be gorgeous would be navy and some spice color like cinnamon/sienna/dark pumpkin. You'd have the girls in navy dresses with the sashes be the accent color. The bouts could match the sash but the bouquets could be any color but I imagine a lot of greenery and yellows.
Crimson is another great color. Very vibrant color. Easy to find flowers in it. Great fall color. You can pair it with navy to give a lot of warmth. Difficult however if you are thinking Sept wedding since it may still be quite warm wherever you have the wedding.
Coral is also a great color to work with. A lot of dresses come in it, a lot of flowers, and it is one of the universal colors that everyone looks great in. Coral was one of my wedding colors but I tend to think of it as being more summer/tropical.
Using lavender, I really love an earthy green with lavender. Stay away from something too spring time like clover, but something richer. Either something like mossy with a silver base in it would look great with lavender or something deeper like the color of pine tree needles or a green with a brown base close to an olive. Another idea would be a sandy green. I'm thinking like those giant bushes--narrow green leaves and pale tan spears out of the top. Then you could mix it with a much stronger bolder lavender since the tan/green would be paler.
I love when bridesmaids carry white flowers. It pops against darker shades plus allows the brides bouquet to really stand out as you can use all the colors in the bridesmaids lineup. Both the color of the dresses, the sashes, white and green all mixed in since that would really pop against a champagne/gold gown.
Are you wearing white or a darker color? It doesn't really matter all that much but if you were going with gold or champagne I'd have darker bridesmaids colors to really help you stand out and pull the obvious fall connection.
Tea length dresses are more casual and more suited to an earlier wedding (midafternoon) or a more casual affair. Floor length are usually evening and formal. I also think tea length would be better if your fall wedding is Sept/Oct and the weather is warm. Floor length if it's cooler or closer to November. I love tea length dresses but it really depends on weather.
Pick the bridesmaids first though. It's impossible to look at gowns on a website on a white 100 lb flat chested model and imagine a size 14 curvy latina girl in it. Especially if you aren't built like your bridesmaids, it's very hard to shop for someone completely different than you.
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