Modern-day Beauties

Despite their frothy gloriousness, vintage dresses have several disadvantages. The most glaring one is that it is very difficult to match your bridesmaids if their dresses are all one-of-a-kind finds. Another downer is that vintage dresses come in vintage sizes - and despite the fact that my bridesmaids are all far from being "large", they're just too big for vintage sizes - I don't know about yours, but none of my bridesmaids have a 21" waist!

So, after many pleasant hours spent drooling over gowns at Vintageous and it's kin, I decided to look for dresses that echoed that 1950's, tiny waist, flared skirt silhouette. The contenders:

http://www.siriinc.com/br-9455.html

If I could choose any dress for my bridal posse, it would be this gorgeous wrap-top dress from Siri. I would even choose this colour, this delightful misty grey-green, over pink (!!), I love it so much. HOWEVER, for the life of me I couldn't find this dress in Western Canada.
did you hear that? that's the sound of my dreams falling down from the sky :(

http://www.watters.com/product.php?coll=watters&showid=684

This floor length v-neck Watters caught the eye of my MOH, who fell in love with it and was very resistant to let go. I was reluctant to let it go as well, because it meant that my MOH/younger sister was distracted from her previous idea - "I know! let's both wear huge ballgowns!" erhm....no. :)

 

http://www.watters.com/product.php?coll=watters&showid=605
This Watters beauty was also an eye-catcher, but for me. I want this dress, and I want to wear it walking my poodle down the street. However, it is currently -37, and my puppy refuses to step outside. Boo! Rehearsal dress? I think so!

 

http://www.jimhjelmoccasions.com/dress_db_occ/display_dress.php?imageno=5752

I really want this dress, again, for myself. The way things are turning out, I will have multple dress changes for my rehearsal dinner. Must. Focus.

 

http://www.siriinc.com/br-5454VM.html

http://www.siriinc.com/br-9465.html

Did I mention how my heart beats faster for Siri dresses? These two were also big hits, but again, and alas, we couldn't get them in for love nor money nor "pretty, pretty, please?"-es.

http://www.houseofbrides.com/product.php?productid=17272&cat=486&page=2

This dress appeals to me/my motley crew (versus FI's "motley CRUE"), because of its sweetheart neckline and simple A-line style. Simple, and charming, and a contender.
So, for now, the bridesmaid dress that will flatter, support, and be wearable more than once has yet to be discovered.

forward march!