Here Come the Bridesmaids and Flower Girl!
The wedding ceremony is all about the Bride. This is her day. Part of the enjoyment the bride receives from her wedding event is in the planning stages. Choosing the dresses for the bridesmaids and flower girl is many brides’ absolute favorite aspect of planning a wedding. The bridesmaids are the bride’s friends and family, there to witness the biggest day of her life.
Often the most memorable part of a wedding ceremony is the appearance of the flower girl. Usually an adorable waif between the age of three and seven years old, she literally steals the show as she walks down the aisle in a beautiful white flower girl dress, strewing flower petals along her way. The use of small children as flower girls dates back hundreds of years and adds a sense of unpredictability to that small opening part of the wedding ceremony because, whenever young children are involved, almost anything can happen.
Bridesmaid and Flower Girl Dresses
Part of what makes the flower girl such a special part of the wedding ceremony is her dress. There are few things in the world more adorable than a young child all dressed up for a formal occasion. Typically the bride selects dresses for the flower girl as well as her bridesmaids. She’ll choose colors that correspond with her wedding’s overall theme and designs that she finds attractive.
Bridesmaids’ dresses have come a long way in recent years. When top fashion designers started releasing lines of bridal wear the bridesmaid dress underwent something of a transformation. Once considered a “dress you’ll only wear once-because it’s too hideous to be seen anywhere else,” bridesmaids’ dresses by fashion designers now combine wedding tradition with a modern sense of elegance and style.
Modern flower girl dresses range in styles from very traditional and childlike to ultra modern and “grown up” designs. Whatever style is chosen, the girl is sure to look fabulous. Many flower girl dresses are quite frilly, a design concept that is often used in female children’s formal wear; this is a chance for even the most notorious tomboy to be a “girlie girl” for at least one day
Designer Flower Girl Dresses
Many top fashion designers have taken to designing bridal wear, including bridal gowns, bridesmaids’ dresses, dresses for the mothers of the bride and groom, and flower girl dresses. Vera Wang, a designer known as an authority on bridal wear, has been designing these dresses since 1990 and has created some of the most beautiful flower girl dresses ever seen. Other top designers known for their bridal wear and flower girl dress designs include Bari Jay, Christos, Mori Lee, and Alfred Angelo.
Of course, designer flower girl dresses may be more costly than non-designer labels, but many believe that the added style and quality in a designer dress is worth they extra money. Ultimately the choice will rest with the bride or wedding planner and whoever is paying for the flower girl’s dress.
Bridesmaid and Flower Girl Dress Retailers
Flower girl dresses and bridesmaid’s dresses are traditionally purchased from bridal salons, or wherever the wedding gown is being acquired. It is not unheard of to rent a flower girl dress from a formal wear rental outlet, although the potential for young children to be “messy” sometimes makes people prefer to buy a flower girl dress outright rather than rent and risk having to purchase the dress anyway because it’s been ruined by spilled liquid or smeared wedding cake. Bridesmaid’s dresses may be rented or purchased, but in most cases they are purchased by the bridesmaids.
In recent years the internet has become a choice source for obtaining a great many wedding related items, flower girl and bridesmaids’ dresses included. People like to shop online because they often find that their chosen items are less expensive, they have a wider selection to choose from, and they can comparison shop more easily. There are literally hundreds of web sites dedicated to weddings and wedding related items and a good number of them offer flower girl dresses for sale at discounted prices.
One downside to shopping online, of course, is the inability for the dress’ intended wearer to try the item on before the purchase is made. In some cases this will require the services of a tailor to make alterations to the dress before the dress can be worn for the wedding ceremony.
The Internet has become a shopper’s paradise. With this new technology, the process of planning a wedding has become easier as well.
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