Wedding Gowns

Colored bridesmaids’ dresses

According to tradition the bride is being accompanied at the altar by bridesmaids. And they all should wear white dresses. Why? Because ancient people used to believe that spirits harm the bride and the protection comes from the confusion of not knowing who the bride really is.




Nowadays bridesmaids and the way they look at the wedding is all about fashion, about aesthetically sense. Indeed they represent the bride itself and so, choosing the most spectacular wedding dresses for the maids of honor becomes such an important part of the wedding planning. Each and every bride would like to have the most beautiful bridesmaids. And what else to choose for them if not colored dresses?

Colored bridesmaids’ dresses are a modern view about this fact. The dull image, the so commonly met one of white dresses is obsolete. And to attract more, to accentuate the beauty and the bride’s appearance the colors with their power if impressing are the best choice.

But what to choose, how to combine the colors? The secret is to choose something representative. Something symbolic for your whole wedding: for the season, for the theme. Consequently, to match them with the whole decor and overall view of the wedding choose light colors for spring time:  pale yellow, light green, for autumn the combination are with brown nuances, rust colors, for winter white is representative but as well green. Summer time allows you to combine so many colors, to choose from a wide range of options: red, pink, blue as seaside symbol, purple, orange as well.

Colored bridesmaids’ dresses are either mono-colored or combination of colors- in other words, contrasts. The first option is for a simple, informal wedding style, while 2 colored wedding dresses represent a sophisticated and pretentious style. But no matter what, when choosing the colors extremely important is to match them one to another. Otherwise the whole look will be a mess. Aesthetically sense is all that it is required. A very helpful piece of advice is to choose a representative powerful color and the second one to be a light, warm color, white for example. This way the contrast is obvious and puts more value on the dress style.

Another aspect to take into consideration is how you match the dresses with the bouquets. Being colored dresses the bouquets should be of a simple shape and with flowers of the same time. No more colors combination here

All things considered, bridesmaids’ dresses are an important part, the second as importance after the bride’s appearance. Consequently, choosing them requires attention to details, a strong ability of matching the items. If you choose colored gowns choose them carefully in order to avoid a “cheesy” aspect. There is only one step to this.