How to Find African Bridesmaid Dresses That Flatter Everyone.

How to Find African Bridesmaid Dresses That Flatter Everyone.

A wedding is a special occasion in your life that needs to be celebrated with your near and dear ones to make it a memorable event. This is the when you invite your closest friends and relatives to be your bridesmaids. Needless to say, the bridesmaids add glamour to the wedding occasion along with bride, hence buying the right African bridesmaid dress is just as important as the wedding gown for the bride.

1.Discuss with bridesmaids.

Generally brides are given the responsibility to select the dresses for the bridesmaids depending with the wedding theme. However before doing that, sit down and discuss with your bridesmaids about style and pattern of African bridesmaids dress they would prefer to wear on the wedding day.

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2. Be aware of the latest African styles.

Check out a few latest African bridal magazines for new styles and designs on bridesmaids dress.

Take along clippings from such magazines of any styles or stores for shopping or an online bridal store. In addition to the modern

African styles, one can consider making the dress look extra unique by mixing up two different fabrics such as African fabric with satin or chiffon or any other fabric that you like and know would make a gorgeous dress. .

Here is a stunning mixer of kitenge with chiffon.

Here is a gorgeous  mixer of cotton fabric with kitenge.

3. Choose complimentary styles.

Consider the heights ,shapes and sizes of each bridesmaid and figure out the problem area which they would like to hide, since the body types of all the bridesmaids would be different choosing an African style which flatters everyone would be difficult however you can go for princess skirts, empire waist or A-line as these styles look good on most types of figures, even if the style of the bridesmaid dresses is slightly different but colour are exactly the same, it would still look good for bridesmaids don’t have to be carbon copies of each other, give them space and allow them to flaunt their individuality.

An A line dress for all types and shapes of bodies.

An empire dress for all shapes and types of bodies.

4. Choose whether to have straps or not.

The weather, time of the day and wedding dress decides the straps of bridesmaids dresses .

If the wedding is in a sunny bright seasons then small or spaghetti straps are cool and can even go strapless ,but if it’s in a windy or rainy seasons, opt for full straps to keep bridesmaids warm.

Dresses for  sunny and bright day.

Dress for a cold and chilly day, one can also make it a bit longer.

5.Colour them beautifully.

Look for colours you like and think would look good on all of your friends (consider their complexions and hair colours).

Brighter colours are generally more flattering to ladies with darker complexions while pastel hues might look great on girls with fair complexions, but can be too distracting on friends with a darker complexion.

6.Length of the dress depends on the wedding theme.

For formal church wedding, go for floor-length dress, if it’s a beach choose cocktail-length dress and if it’s a garden wedding choose either short flow less dresses or short pencil skirt and top.

Consider choosing a fabric and then letting each maid pick a style that will suit each of them, you would not want to cram a tall , voluptuous bridesmaid into the exact same style as a petite, skinny girl.

Dress for a garden wedding.

Floorless dress for a church wedding.

Dress for a beach wedding.

7.Decide on the best African fabric.

Choose a fabric in which the bridesmaids would feel comfortable, for there are four types of African fabrics one could always choose from which include

• Rayon

• Cotton

• Silk

• Lace

However cotton is the most commonly used fabric hence clothing made from cotton fabric are more affordable and comfortable to the body at the same time.

For a vibrant and stunning wedding choose African design dresses for your bridesmaids.