Aloe	Bordeaux
Paprika	Peacock
Dark Red	Aubergine

So, dear reader, I am starting to get perilously out of my element, so please give me a wide berth as we discuss things … well, female.

With most of the major decisions done (church, reception) or pending (rehearsal dinner) or at least started (wedding dress, band, photographer) Tasha and her bridesmaids have turned attention to the bridesmaids’ dresses.

My one request in this wedding journey was for bridesmaids’ dresses with large, taffeta “rear-end” bows. You know the ones that you see in the 80s wedding movies, where the bow sits right on the rump, and takes up the whole small of the back.

Not surprisingly, the ideas was not warmly received. I believe that visionaries are never truly appreciated in their lifetimes.

Tasha and “the maids” have pretty much settled on Aria Bridesmaids as the place to get the dresses. Even my “groomsmaid” is on board … While I was pushing to put Chrissy in a tuxedo, everybody else thought it would be more “traditional” for her to wear a dress.

*Sigh.*

The store they are looking at is online, let’s you pick a color, mails you a sample dress to try-on, and then makes all of the wedding’s dresses out of the same bolt of fabric so they match. All styles of dresses are in play (because they all use the same fabric) so everybody can buy the cut and style of dress that best suits them.

Lots of the dresses have sashes, but no “rump” bows.

The main focus (right now) is on color, because the color of the dresses is the next step to deciding the color of the flowers … which is the last, big, un-started project. The finalists are shown above. No word yet, but my money is on the Peacock or the Aubergine. Fabric swatches will be exchanged over Thanksgiving, so more info next month.