Jr. Bridesmaid Dress Ideas

My Jr BM is going to stand, but we're having a really small wedding party (4 total), so space isn't really an issue. I guess you have to ask yourself whether her feelings will be hurt if she has to sit and the other bridesmaids are standing. Are you having a rehearsal? That would be a good opportunity to see everyone in the space and figure out if you need to make special arrangements.

HolyMoly, well for me, since the Jr. BM will also be my step-daughter, I feel it is extremely important to have her stand during the ceremony. Plus, like hbrogan said, she might feel left out. Our ceremony is in quite a small space, but we are going to make it work and if she has to stand in front of the BMs I feel that is ok. We've even thrown the idea around of having her stand on the grooms side, with her Dad :) but we will go through it all and iron it all out during the rehearsal. Funny you should mention Dessy, my BMs dresses, if I can remember correctly, are After Six, which is one of the three designers listed on that site! :) I thought it would be pretty to have her in a gold dupioni silk though...it would be complimentary to the BMs dresses which are espresso. Decisions, decisions!

David's Bridal has several Jr. BM choices that all seem age appropriate:

This is adorable!



Here are some others:













http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_return_junior_bridesmaids.jsp

Also, what are your BMs wearing? Often times the designers offer a Jr. BM version.

To keep it age appropriate I would definitely say sleeveless over spaghetti straps, or if you do go with spaghetti straps make sure the neckline is higher than on a regular BM dress.

When I was married the first time, my 12 year old cousin was a Jr. BM (her older sister was 30 and one of my BMs) and my year old cousin was my FG. I had my Jr. BM wear the same dress as the BMs but also wear the same head wreath as my FG. It was a good compromise between...grown up dress and youthful with the head wreath. My BMs all wore fitted velvet jackets with full satin ballskirts (it was a Christmas wedding) so the style worked for the Jr. BM without any issues. The FG wore a matching dress that had a velvet bodice with attached satin skirt and a wide satin sash.

if your mom volunteered to make the dress for your soon to be step-daughter, maybe (if you don't mind your mom doing so) your mom can make a version of the BM dresses appropriate for your Jr. BM. Otherwise, I was initially considering having a Jr. BM, my lil sis will 13 this year, but reconsidered bc she is taller than me and many of the Jr.BM would not fit her. But if she were a jr. BM i would have found something for her that fit the color theme and close to the same fabric as the BMs. (does that make sense)

If finding a dress you feel works with your entourage and especially is flattering for your soon-to-be is becoming too troublesome, making a dress would seem the best option. There are so many ideas you can draw from just by looking at dresses online, the dresses loridecter posted, you BM dresses, and your own dress.

You girls are so helpful, thank you so much! So here is an update to the dress situation.

Ive been chatting with my mom on IM throughout the day regarding what we will do for our Jr. BM and I think we have decided to do the following... :)

I would love to have my mom make the dress and I was so happy that she offered, but she is so busy as it is, that I think we should just buy one. That said, I really like the look of dupioni silk and really wanted to see my Jr. BM in a gold shade of the fabric. Ive been looking at dresses on Little Flowers by Odyssey and have been emailing my mom a few that I like. Well, come to find out, my mom used to carry this line, so, she called the rep and looks like now we are going to have my Jr. BM dress made through them! :)

Now, as far as style, I think what I will do is when she (my Jr. BM/step-daughter) is back home with us on Wednesday, she and I can sit down and look at all the styles online, she can pick out the one she likes, we will pick out a complimentary color to the BM dresses and we will be D-O-N-E! Whew!

Thanks again everyone for all your input and advice!

I know I'm super late about this but I think tea length dresses are age appropriate but still grown up. And wearing a cardigan can help keep it conservative but sweet. Check JCrew's kids cardigans, they may have something sweet and ruffly. You can get it embroidered with your stepdaughter-to-be's initials and it can be really sweet. I guess at her age she is probably tall enough to wear women's smalls so look at this cute thing, over a satin dress it could be darling and she'll wear it afterwards!



Not related, but are you giving your stepdaughter-to-be a gift? I had very mean stepmoms (haha not what you'll be like I'm sure!) but one of my friends had the sweetest stepmother. On the wedding day she gave her a locket (she was probably 9 at the time) with her initials engraved with a note of how excited she was to share the same name with her new stepdaughter and be a part of their family.

Awe thats really cute, the locket idea that is, and yes, I plan on giving her a gift, but haven't decided what it would be yet, because I want it to be special. Aside from that gift, she is getting the same fun gift my BMs are getting so she is definitely and completely included (PIB) :) Im really already her step-mom you could say, my FI and I have her 50% of the time so aside from just being around her all the time, we've been living together for almost 2 years. When Ive washed as many clothes, dried as many tears and watched as many Disney shows as I have, I think I can safely call myself step-mom, ha ha ha!

Regarding the cardigan, so cute! But, it will be mid-70s where we are getting married, so it will probably be too warm. And, I could bet $5.00 right now she would not want to wear it because it had ruffles. Ha ha. ;)