Ladies in Red: What to Wear?

As I announced in the last post, there will be 16 Ladies in Red in Weber Wedding Weekend.

Once I had a ring on my left hand finger, I swear to God something in me snapped. Boing! Wedding! Bridemaids! Dresses! Pretty! Themes!PINTEREST!!! And to think I didn’t even WANT bridesmaids! Now here I am looking at matching colored dresses!

What to do? What to do?

1st IDEA: Have the 5 matrons-of honor wear RED matching dresses and the 11 ladies in red wear another color (Yellow? Apple Green?)

You see, I was spoiled. In my besties Mary’s wedding I wore an AMAZING brown satin v-neck, a-line dress from ARIA which I no joke, have been able to wear several other times to other events. As I started looking for dresses I fell in love with the website Weddington Way which has GORGEOUS dresses that I would certainly wear again. I started picking out a few here and there and then realized maybe I would have the other ladies wear another color? How can I decide? Is Apple Green and Red too CHRISTMASY (and is that a good or bad thing?) Would anyone even want to WEAR yellow? Not practical. And only one person thought they would wear yellow. Next.

2nd IDEA: Have the 5 matrons-of-honor wear matching RED dresses and the 11 ladies in red wear any other style RED dress of their choosing (same designer, same color.)

Ok, this one was a fleeting thought for about a minute but it was a thought. Being a large plus-size woman myself and one who has been in many a bridesmaid dress I realized I wanted to make sure my plus-size Ladies in Red would feel comfortable. NO MATCHING DRESSES.

3rd IDEA: Have the 5 matrons-of-honor wear RED dresses of their choosing from the same designer and the 11 ladies in red wear any other RED dress of their choosing (any designer, any color RED.)

This idea lasted for about a week or two before I remembered the ONE thing I didn’t want to do was require my Ladies in Red to spend a lot of money. I have been the bridesmaid, the person, the woman ALL MY LIFE who has lived paycheck-paycheck. Money is tight. And darn it. All the dresses I would really want to choose from are about $200 a pieceish, which is a lot of money when you don’t have it. This I know.

BUT I’M REALLY CLOSE I CAN FEEL IT!!!!!!!!!

4th IDEA: Have the 16 ladies in red wear any RED dress of their choosing (any designer, any color RED.)

MIXMATCHED BRIDESMAIDS! Which just happens to be trendy apparently…

All the Ladies in Red can pick any dress (or not dress for those who don’t wear dresses…) as long as the outfit has the color RED somewhere. Anywhere. Doesn’t matter how much, what shade, formal, informal, expensive, dirt cheap, brand-new, worn 27 times…just include RED. Weber Wedding Weekend is taking place outdoors at the end of May and all the ladies should wear whatever they feel most comfortable in…shoes, hair, makeup, accessories. Anything goes.

I wonder what my Ladies in Red will choose?