The Colour Purple

So our wedding colour is purple.  I've always liked it as colour and there are so many variations on the shades that it comes in. My wedding is one of four I will be attending this year (that I currently know about) and as far as I'm aware, purple is not being used by any of the other brides. I did consider including orange into the colour scheme, not as a major colour but as an accent, but my mum and sis (who is also my MOH) were not feeling it at all, so that's out of the window.

I have already found my dress (top secret until the big day) and now I'm focusing on the dresses for our bridal party. We have seven bridesmaid and six groomsmen, all ranging from family to close friends. For the bridesmaids in particular, its about every girl looking and feeling her best on the day, whilst still letting her individual style come through. I'm not about to put them in ugly dresses or enforce particular hair styles for example, as that won't work for everyone. Ultimately I want them to look stylish and be comfortable. 

I visited three stores with my sister, chief bridesmaid and one of my bridesmaids. There were a few style of dresses that we liked but when we asked about colours and fabrics, they didn't come in the ones we needed. After looking at the dresses in store, we have decided to get them made by a tailor as it will work out more cost effective and we can have more influence on the style and fabric. I'm going to start to looking at fabrics with my mum in the coming weeks and in the meantime get my maids to choose the styles that they like. 

Here are some of my favourites...

Dessy

Dessy

Dessy

Monsoon

Alfred Angelo

Dessy - love love love this one - it's my fave!