bride in red

How about the bridesmaids in ivory with red sashes?

My first wedding i wore red, and opted for champage coloured bridesmaids dresses with red flowers for them (white flowers for me) it all worked nicely.

With red i think it always looks better for the bridesmaids to be in an ivory, off white or gold (lighter colour light red, light pink) if they are in a vibrant colour then they may draw peoples eyes away from your red dress or they may just clash.

I wore red for my wedding. It all depends on what tone of red you choose and the material. I originally thought Ivory or White for the bridesmaids but when I tried it, it just didn't work. I opted for two of them in plum/rasin and two of them in olive and it worked really well. I had alot of people comment on how mice the colours all went together.

I would get a swatch of your dress and take it to dress shops and match it against their swatches for thier bridesmaid dresses so you can see what works.

Here's a pic of me and my bridesmaids:

Aimee x

I wore red too, my bms were in black with ivory embroidery and red beading.

Hi Crafty em,

How did you get the hitched supplier symbol on your avatar? I don't seem to have one and I'm a hitched supplier.

Thanks

Aimee

Ooh managed to do it myself.

Same here! They had black dresses with a red sash.

Thanks Aimee its such a big decision to go for red and so seeing others really helps, as its then deciding how I dress the room etc on colour scheme.

I see you have "Makeup" againist your ID is that something you do mobile?

Jane x

Thanks crafty Em, this really helps with ideas, what did you do for your reception colour scheme ?

thanks Jane

Hi there,

would you mind sharing your pics, its so helpful getting these replies thanks

x

Black works surprisingly well...

Wow what a stunning dress!!! what did you do for your reception theme?

x

That's not my dress. I just took the picture ?

It was a loose Rockabilly theme. They had a 50's band play. The dress was a real head turner.

I am wearing a red dress with my bridesmaid's in ivory with red detailing.

It is a big decision but the way I saw it was I wanted a red dress so was going to have one and we could work everything else around it :-)

My husband didn't know I went for red. In fact no one outside the bridal party knew. That way it was a big suprise. I didn't incorporate red in anything else other than my husbands cravat (which was only given to him 10 mins before the ceremony). My husband wore black.

Yes I'm a mobile makeup artist.

Aimee x

I'll be in red, my BMs will be in silver with a red sash/highlights. My BMs are my son and my niece, so we had to try and find something that both could agree on (teenagers - aaarrrgghh!) and that I liked too. We settled on her having a silver dress with a red sash and my son having a black suit with a silver waistcoat with red buttons and a red tie.

Love these red wedding dress pics - I think the green went well, black I love and Champagne sounds adorable and fab

That sounds nice as well, where did you get the silver dresses from or were they made ?

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Fab yes I am keeping the same secret, he thinks the BM are in red as he wanted to know what colour scheme I am planning for fitting in the groom suits etc.

What area do you cover for Make up, we will get married in Milton Keynes but I live in Herts?

Jane x

I would try and keep it a secret from as many people as possible. It's really hard but well worth it. Everyone was so shocked. People have told me that the whole room gasped when I stepped out of the bridal suite (I walked across a courtyard to the ceremony room).

I do travel down to Milton Keynes as I live in Birmingham but originally from Potters Bar so travel home quite a lot.

Aimee x

I am having Green dress, with purple acessories so bridesmaids will be in purple, men will have purple patterned waistcoats, purple cravats etc except H2b who will have green but wont know till closer to time and wont know it is colour of my dress lol

I will also be wearing red, and am thinking bm's in cream or ivory with red flowers in their hair.

I don't think its a crazy idea at all.

You could either go with a nice strong red, or a more muted red, a few steps up from burgandy.

Or why not red accents? Maybe a red flower in your hair? Red shoes.

I think red and white is a striking combination.

I had ivory table linen, silver candelabras, with black candles in, ivory flowers round the base and tiny red butterflys.

this was my cake

hth

Emx