<p>^^^Agreed. Gave me newfound respect for Lori. I can’t believe what bridal attendants are expected to spend on a dress these days. In fact, on someone else’s wedding period. The past two weekends DS1 has gone out of town for bachelor parties, one involving a flight and both involving an overnight hotel stay, and he’s not even in the wedding party.</p>
<p>I was so disappointed in the bridesmaids show. They should call it Bridesmaidzilla because it was all about the “conflict”, not about the dresses. This couldn’t have just been random; they must have had some kind of application process and selected those brides and bridesmaids that they felt would fight on camera. It was just ridiculous and boring.</p>
<p>Funny quote from Lori on the show that aired today: “I hate bridesmaids. Friggin’ shoot me.” :)</p>
<p>Who on Earth would bring the ex-girlfriend of the groom (and the groom!) to help with the wedding dress selection?! :eek:</p>
<p>The bridesmaids show is… bleh.</p>
<p>The ex-girlfriend was catty, but I have to say, she made sense in sticking up for the groom in terms of the budget. The groom was paying for the dress, and the $2,000 was being ignored by the bride. Her pick (which was too tight and fugly) was $4,000!l The ex put the kibbosh on that. Finally, a beautiful dress in the $2,000 range was selected.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen the bridesmaids show yet, but regarding bridesmaid dresses, may I just say - what a racket? The dresses for my d’s wedding are pretty, could conceivably be worn again, and were reasonable enough (I think $180). But why should it be so freaking hard to size them? D3 is a pretty standard 2/4 but was told at her fitting that they “had” to order her a size 8 and then alter it, because of how differently wedding attire is sized. Um, no. The dress has arrived and it is falling off of her. No way I’m handing the dress shop another $100-plus so they can keep their little license to print money going. She’s off to a local tailor and I have learned a valuable lesson (still have another 2 who’ll probably marry someday).</p>
<p>Wow, that is a racket! Amazing! Honestly, if I were a business owner, I could never do that to people.</p>
<p>I saw the Bridesmaids episode last night with ridiculous bridesmaid who refused to participate in the wedding unless she was allowed to pick out a dress she liked. She was supposedly the bride’s best friend and the bride really wanted her to be in the wedding (don’t know why) so the bride was in tears that her “friend” was so nasty about every dress she was shown until the very end. Ugh. </p>
<p>I watched several Bridesmaid episodes and decided I don’t like the show either. It all seems so contrived. Seems to be a “bad girl” on every show.</p>
<p>I saw the bridesmaid show with the “it’s in the email” bride yesterday.</p>
<p>Oh wow. I wonder if her groom has any idea what he is in for.</p>
<p>I would love to see a Kleinfeld’s version of the Bridesmaid’s show. As I have said before, I live in Atlanta less than 5 miles from this salon and I am beyond belief at some of the people on any part of the Atlanta based shows. Last night I again heard one bride talking about a $500.00 budget for a dress and I could not believe someone would ask friends in this economy to spend that for a dress. I miss SYTTD Kleinfeld;s version!!</p>
<p>I watched all the bridesmaid shows last night - did anyone else think that they showed the SAME DRESS over and over and over and over again? And many of the brides, who would never DREAM of wearing a wedding dress that looked like anything she’d ever seen before, BOUGHT the same dresses? I wonder if any of them regretted their purchases after seeing the show?</p>
<p>And what is it with bridesmaids not talking to their friends, the bride? Why did the mother of 4 wait until she was at the salon, in front of multiple people and a camera crew, before saying to her “best friend”, “You know I love you and would love to stand up with you, but I just cannot afford the expenses right now”? Why not say it when asked to be a bridesmaid so that arrangements could be made ahead of time? And why doesn’t the bride ask the mother of 4 if she can afford it?</p>
<p>The e-mail bride: I can’t believe she actually has 15 friends who would kowtow to her every whim about dress, makeup, hair. Does no one know how to say, “Sorry, I can’t be in your party; I wouldn’t want to ruin your vision. But I’ll be happy to come and celebrate with you, though”?</p>
<p>The “honorary bridesmaid” who was upset about the division of bridesmaids: Why didn’t you just say, NO?</p>
<p>And Laurie with her comment that “These girls have a movie idea of what being a bridesmaid is like, and forget what the purpose of a bridesmaid really is.” (As opposed to brides who have a fairy tale idea of what a wedding should be like!) Pray tell, Laurie, what IS the purpose of a bridesmaid? To be a door mat?</p>
<p>OK rant over! :)</p>
<p>Why do wedding dresses cost so much? Story on NPR
<a href=“Why Are Wedding Dresses So Expensive? : Planet Money : NPR”>Why Are Wedding Dresses So Expensive? : Planet Money : NPR;
<p>I saw part of an episode earlier today. Am guessing it was a rerun? One vignette was of a wedding 40 yrs in the making (old HS sweethearts maybe? I missed that). She was wearing some pink see-through-at-the-bodice beaded thing with a tulle skirt (that I belive she thought they were calling her a tool? LOL). Sorry- it was hideous. She may have thought she looked like a princess, but … um… NO. What was the backstory there?</p>
<p>I don’t think I am alone in calling those dresses “hooker fairy dresses.” I think I’ve see that term here, too.</p>
<p>It’s bad enough when some (misguided) lithe young woman chooses to go down the aisle in that get up, but someone plenty old enough to 1. know better and 2. realize that she is no longer a “lithe young woman”? I don’t get it.</p>
<p>Oh well.</p>
<p>My favorite line was the grandma saying her “butterfly” was showing. And she wasn’t talking about a tatoo!!</p>
<p>Jym, I also saw that epidsode; my guilty pleasure while folding laundry!! The bride and groom meet at their 40th high school reunion which made her 58ish years old. I would not want my daughter in that dress much less seeing a woman at her age walking down the aisle in it. Forget the style of the dress itself, but the color; who wears a pastel pink wedding dress? I don’t know if this was her first wedding or not; maybe that is what she wanted to be Cinderella!</p>
<p>Well at least you were doing something useful, snowball!! I was reading the Sunday paper.
If she was trying to look like cinderella, I’d call it an epic fail!</p>
<p>Where were Stacy and Clinton when that woman was selecting her hooker Cinderella dress? :eek:</p>
<p>^^^That is my favorite SYTD vignette. I like to fall over on the Butterfly comment, and my goodness, she was WAY TOO OLD for that dress. And her friends just loved it, too! I have a feeling they all did some pole time in her day. And the high school sweetheart, he was a short old man! Either he didn’t age well, or she aged remarkably well. Anyway, after seeing that episode on a rerun, I was hooked. I try to catch it in reruns when I can. I too would love to see a Kleinfeld’s Bridesmaid show.</p>
<p>I also get my “bride fix” with the Four Weddings show, too!</p>
<p>What is an honorary bridesmaid?</p>