The bridesmaids should be dressed to complement what the bride wears - not necessarily the same - but their gowns need to fit in with the theme the bride has chosen. The bride should consider the skintones of the bridesmaids when selecting the colours she would like in her wedding party. And those colours need to complement the "white" tone she has chosen.
Again body shapes of the girls needs to be considered also, when choosing styles for the gown.
So if the bride is wearing a gown in a theme like - elegant, classic, traditional, western, or whatever, the bridesmaids frocks need to fit in as well.
Often when looking at photos one can see that in some wedding parties, the white the bride wears if not the best one for her, and often the bridesmaids dresses stand out more than the bride because of colour tones chosen. Icy whites need to have sharp colours to complement and the ivory/creamy whites need softer tones to complement.
Following are some photos I found of bridesmaids frocks available in stores - I would have liked a larger selection to illustrate, but at this stage, this is what I have.
MAKEUP shades check out makeup site.
BODY SHAPES check out Body shape site.
This page is to complement other titles in the Bridal series.
Makeup would need to suit the ladies skin tones, but would need to be deeper to complement the black.
These colours complement soft or winter white.
Some purple shades would suit soft or winter white, but not the ivory or cream tones. (the bridesmaids will stand out more than the bride).
Cools who are Clear, Cool, Soft and Deep tones.
There are some shades of Purple that suit some WARM tones, so check out fabric stores and compare the tones.
Shoes need to be be toned in with the frocks. White shoes dont really suit.
This colour complements a sharp white bridal gown, and in some Teal tones, a soft or winter white as well.
Especially suits women who are coloured as Springs or Autumns.
This colour would make a cool person lookly sickly, and drained
Make sure shoes tone in with the frocks, either dyed to match, or in a deep pewter shade.
Would suit those COOLS who lean towards the Neutral side of the skin tone, but is better not to be worn by anyone who is a CLEAR, DEEP or COOL skintone.
Would suit those more in WARM skintones than those with COOL skintones.
If you really want these colours in your bridal party, the makeup colours would have to be adjusted to suit skintones of the ladies.
This one here is quite NEUTRAL and with the right makeup could be worn by those in the SOFT, and NEUTRAL skin tones.
Complement brides wearing soft white or winter white (not icy).
This red here is definitely a COOL one and can be worn by women with darker hair and Cool, Clear and Deep skin tones.
This particular shade would complement a bride wearing icy or clear crisp white.
If the bride chose a soft white, the bridesmaid would overpower the theme.
suits most colour complexions except those who are from the real Warm tones.
Would complement a bride in soft, winter, or icy white.
Some warmer periwinkles would be with cream and ivory.
Mostly on the Neutral side of each colour tone.
Suits the white of the bride in tones of ice, clear, soft, winter whites.
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Upgraded 7 Sept 2004