Bridesmaid Dress Shopping Dilemma

I order my bridesmaid dress from overseas. I have some of them pick the color and design. What bugs me little is that I paid for all their dresses, the dresses arrived like, 5 months ago, but no one showed up in my house to pick up their dresses or anything. I even send them something I fond online listing the activities/duties of a bridesmaid and asked if they didn't want to participate it was ok. I am doing everything on my own. Should I uninvited them?

So I got one bridesmaid to get their dress with me last week and I'm so happy as its my best friend from San Diego. Dress looks great on her and the colour too which she doesn't mind. One thing that bugs me though is that another bridesmaid told me she was busy on the day and than when we were over for Christmas said she wasn't and I was like o good you can come for your dress fitting with us and she was like no i'm just gonna stay home. I was rather miffed to say the least. This one lives in Winnipeg and doesn't have to travel a far distance. Do I/Did I have the right to be upset? I'm not upset that she got days mixed up, I'm upset about her attitude towards the dress fitting.

It's definitely hard to coordinate times with so many different people. All of my wedding party couldn't come to certain planning events with me all of the time but they made up for it in other areas.

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That's such a neat way to do it. I have narrowed it down to a specific colour from Davids Bridal which happens to ship to San Diego where one of my Bridesmaids live. What I'm hoping to do while she's down is at least have her go with me so she's apart of some of the process and she can get the alterations done down there if needed.

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It's a great way to manage the process without having to micromanage. If I had gone with the mismatched dress look, its what I would have done as well!

View quoted message I picked out paint samples for color examples too!

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One of my friends did this for her wedding. She actually went out and got paint sample cards, gave them to us and said "If it's one of these colours, wear the dress"...made it super easy!

My bridesmaids live in South Korea and Calgary. I picked a few dresses from David's Bridal and asked them which one they liked best. Lucky for me, I guess, they picked the same dress. My BM in Calgary could go to her local David's Bridal whenever she had the time (she's in med school) and my other BM sent me her measurements and I ordered her dress for her and then sent it to her. It is never easy getting people together as adults as our lives are always going in so many different directions. Don't fret too much about it and if you have to go several times, just think of it as a fun time out and a nice experience with your girlfriends.

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We are using azazie.com. They give you the opportunity to try the dress on at home first for $10 to see how you like it then you can order it. Unfortunately they only ship in the US though so I have to drive to our nearest border crossing to pick it up.

I decided to make things very simple for everyone. My MOH and 2 bridesmaids are my sisters and we all live in different parts of the country. I told them I don't care what kind of dress they wear as long as it's purple - so each girl is picking out something in a style that she likes, is comfortable in and that is affordable for her. Takes all the pressure off of me and I honestly don't care what kind of dresses they are in - I just want them all up there with me!

I brought my MOH with me to try on different styles and picked the one I liked best. After that, the dress was on file at the store and my girls went in when they had time to get their measurements done and order the dresses. It was hard getting 3 of them together on the same day so this worked out well for us.

View quoted message And I'm worried about online dress shopping in case it doesn't turn out or it's not what I want or they want. Or the fit is totally off. I found a social dress for myself and I'm skeptical on ordering it as it's online.

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It's funny.. I'm the nurse in my scenario and do have a crazy schedule but it seems that everybody else is busier than I am lol

I have the same issue with being able to get my girls together as well as one lives in Sault Ste Marie, another lives an hour away with 3 children and the one that lives here has no interest in talking wedding or planning anything lately. We've decided to go with an online company. They got to choose the style of their dress from home. We just need to get them all to agree on a date to order the dresses.

I have 6 bridesmaids, including 2 nurses, so their schedules are wild and I knew this would be impossible.
Instead, I looked all over the internet and found a couple options. I sent them photos, they all liked one, we ordered it and voila!

A friend of mine was a bridesmaid at her friend's wedding. All of the bridesmaids were scattered around the country, so the bride went into David's Bridal and picked the color she wanted, then told the girls to go into their closest David's Bridal and pick the dress style they preferred in the color she picked. That could be an option.

View quoted message Thanks for that. I don't feel alone or so guilty now in my decision on thinking of splitting the dress shopping up. Now the price of the dresses I hope they don't mind as I've gone changed it a few times because my first few choices turned out to be really high after I called around.

I had that issue. I went with them separately; 2 of them and the third lives in Ontario and hasn't gone yet. One bridesmaid has already ordered hers. I have been in three other weddings and never once have we all gone as a group. Whatever works best for you.

Yeah, I've had that issue. I'm a student and all my bridesmaids are also students and we're all in different cities. So I skipped the group trip. I just picked the colour, material, and length from David's Bridal and everyone will have to pick their own.