Bridesmaid's Dress Help

My bridesmaids wore dresses from John Lewis (I believe they were called 'Frances' - I had 3 adult bmaids, they all had the same dress but wore different colours). They were JL own brand, didn't look like anything special on the hangers but were so flattering on. Although we didn't go for this option, JL also stock Rainbow Club shoes, which can be dyed to any colour through JL, so using one of their own dresses as a colour swatch to match to would've been pretty ideal.

My bridesmaids have ASOS dress. Chi Chi also do some really great dresses at good prices.

Hi Sam,

I also have an absolute bridal squad - 10 maids! And just to make my job easier, I have 2 living overseas with me, one in Manchester, one in Milton Keynes, one in Brighton, two in Essex, and three in London.

Dress shopping was out of the question, so I found that the best way was to order dresses online and choose 2 of my maids to be the guinea pigs to try on and give me an idea of fit etc (I still haven't seen the chosen dresses in real life as I'm abroad!) We did this with a few dresses, mainly from Asos and Debenhams, and in the end we settled on the Jenny Packham waterfall lily dress from Debenhams. I ordered a bunch of different sizes to my mum's house and she sent them on to everyone who tried them on and decided on a size, and we sent back the ones we didn't need.

Your best bet is to either go shopping with a couple of maids and decide on dresses, then check that they have the dresses in stock in London for your two maids. Or order from an online store with a free returns policy, that way it doesn't matter if you need to order loads of sizes and send some back.

I would definitely recommend high street rather than a bridal boutique, especially like as you say you've got so many maids that you can't spend hundreds on each dress as it will add up to a fortune! There are so many affordable but good quality high street dresses - I know you've already looked in Debenhams but also check out Litle Mistress, Chi Chi London, House of Fraser, and ASOS if you want to look online.

Good luck!
x

My maids are wearing Debenhams multiway dresses. I'm getting married this November and bought them last November in the black Friday sale for £44 each

My BMs had ASOS dresses, I wanted something pretty cheap and not a typical BM dress. As they do free returns I was able to order them, got them to try it and could have returned it easy if they didn't fit.