The results are in: the official best bridal shower gift is a spa package. Equally adored by brides and bridesmaids alike, everyone agrees that relaxing with some champagne while getting a spa treatment is often the only chance a busy wedding party gets to relax and enjoy the festivities, therefore rendering this gift infinitely more valuable than any other present. Plus, there’s no better way to get the glow needed to look great in your bridesmaid gowns or wedding dress.
April 2006 Archives
Take a cue from Adam Sandler’s celebrity wedding with this hot spring wedding trend: wedding cupcakes. Whether you choose to have them in addition to or in lieu of a traditional wedding cake, these sweet airy puffs are a sure crowd-pleaser. Whether you choose cupcakes for centerpieces, wedding favors or dessert, they’re sure to make a cheery and chic addition to your reception. Just don’t attend too many samplings or you might look like a cupcake in your bridesmaid dress. Look for some sweet recipes to get your creative juices flowing.
Spring's in the air, and for starry-eyed young ladies of a certain age that only means one thing: prom. Your mind is dancing with visions of flowers, candles, and jewelry, but most of all, the dress. But looking for the perfect prom dress can often be better in dreams than in reality. Fear of having the same dress as someone else, or being disappointed by the same boring dress selection can really get you down. Luckily, companies like Dessy offer a great line of bridesmaid dresses that can easily double as prom dresses. With affordable lines like Alfred Sung, shopping for bridesmaid dresses may lead you to the perfect, unique, and affordably priced prom dress. And who knows, maybe you'll get to wear it again in a wedding a few years down the road.
No one's saying you have to wear a green wedding dress, but there are many great ways to have an environmentally friendly wedding. Some trendsetters are using the earth-friendly Apollo diamond ring instead of traditionally mined diamonds. For something even more eco-friendly, click, blowing bubbles during the recession instead of throwing rice is another cool option. Last but not least, have your bridesmaids carry these fragrant flower sachets instead of real flowers. You get twice the scent, minus the debris. And remember bridesmaids, if you hate your bridesmaids' dresses, the green wedding trend is a great excuse to ahem, recycle them.
What does every bridesmaid want? A bridesmaid dress they could really wear again. So, bridesmaid.com has scanned the globe for the rare bridesmaid dresses that really do look good morning, noon, and night.
Here are the winners: Dessy style 2764 - this adorable strapless frock is an around-the-clock winner. The key to transitioning this dress is all in the outerwear. Think a light wrap for morning, a sweet cardigan for afternoon, and a hot bolero jacket for night.
Next up, Dessy style 2763. To transition this slinky dream dress from day to night, just update your do accordingly. A prim updo in the morning anchored by a gorgeous crystal comb, pretty half-up hair with jeweled barrettes for afternoon, and down and glamorous for evening.
Last but certainly not least in our day-to-night collection: Dessy 2761 . This silk frock is adjusted by just the right jewels. Draw attention to the ears with pearls for morning, a sweet locket for afternoon, and dangly chandelier earrings for night.
Bridesmaids Dresses Get Glowy
The Golden Girls got nothin' on the new hot color for bridesmaid dresses. Due to the rise of pink and ivory wedding dresses, gorgeous gold is becoming the complementary bridesmaid gown color of choice.
We love this ethereal color for its glamorous connotations, and for the way it can make even the most devilish bridesmaid look positively angelic. Check out Dessy's heavenly frocks in lemon or buttercup, sunflower, venetian gold or marigold for a gold rush of your own.
In keeping with spring’s romantic theme, why not select ultra-girly bridesmaids' gifts for the ladies in your life? We like ideas like an aromatic rose sachet pillow, or an ultra-cool swiss army kit that comes in a sleek pink credit card case. Move over Veronica Mars!
Last but not least, as layered lockets hit the spring runways in a big way, why not incorporate this trend into your bridesmaids’ gifts?
Good news, bridesmaids! As weddings grow in scale, so do the bridesmaids' gifts you girls bundle home at the end of the night. So superior to the measly bridesmaids’ gifts of the past, fetching bridesmaids gifts' baskets may include goodies like compacts, jewelry, spa kits and more! And if you happen to bag a groomsmen as well, more power to you.
Spring is in the air, and with the carefree season comes a whole new bounty of bridesmaids’ dresses, one perfect for every body. Peruse spring’s hottest bridesmaids’ dress trends to find the right style for your bridesmaids! In necklines, the V-neck is replacing strapless as the hottest bridesmaid dress look. This trend is particularly good for full-busted bridesmaids. For taller bridesmaids, spring’s flouncy balloon hem is the bridesmaid dress trend of choice. And for thicker-waisted bridesmaids, embracing the trend of ruched bodices will work wonders for your figure. For a look at some trendy bridesmaid dresses, check out Dessy.com. Bridesmaid dress trends courtesy of www.ivillage.com.
Have a little extra tension in your wedding party? In lieu of a bridesmaid luncheon, why not take it outside with a bridesmaid ballgame? Whether attending a baseball game to root for your favorite team, or staging an informal baseball game of your own (anyone for bridesmaids against groomsmen?), you’ll of course want to look stylish as well as sporty. With adorable baseball caps or tank shirts that say “bridesmaid” in rhinestones and come in a choice of colors, you’ll looks stylish whether you’re stealing, sliding, or spectating. Extra points for brides who buy these cute caps as bridesmaids'gifts.
If you’ve seen a zillion cookie-cutter wedding comedies and are looking for a refreshing take, gather thy bridesmaids together and take them to see two upcoming wedding movies with a twist. The first one, called Save the Date, is about an obsessive-compulsive bride who plans every last detail down to the wedding favors and the bridesmaid dresses. Now all she has to do is find a groom to show up on the appointed date. This movie’s a perfect cautionary tale for the borderline-bridezilla in your life.
The second movie is the long-delayed debut of Lucy Lui’s project Beautiful Asian Brides, about a guy who’s wrongfully accused of murder and becomes a mail-order bride to escape his fate. Hmm, on that note, is there such thing as mail-order bridesmaids?
