three times a bridesmaid

The 1980s were such a good inspiration for all things ugly in bridesmaids dresses. I’m glad I was only 9-years-old when the decade ended so I wasn’t subjected to one of these…

I can’t decide if her pose is sarcastic, or if she actually feels comfortable and confident in that dress. Yuck. It looks like she grew a scaly tail. All of these pictures I’m finding are making me feel guilty for complaining about the bridesmaids dresses Bride No. 1 picked for us. I still haven’t found any photos of those to share, but we were all a different pastel. I was lavender. The worst part about them, is no matter how many fittings we went to, they didn’t fit any of us decently. And, her mother insisted the bouquets had to match so we ended up with a multi-colored pastel nightmare for bouquets.

I can’t remember where I found this. I’m thinking it was flickr creative commons find like most of my dresses. But, if you know what site it’s from, let me know so I can give you credit.

Anyone have an ugly dress they’d like to share to purge from their memories? Send a photo to threetimesabridesmaid@gmail.com. I’ll blur your face so you can deny it’s you to your bride if she stumbles upon it.

Prepare your self for another dose of hideousness….

I’m sure these looked just beautiful in the 1980s. I can’t say it enough, avoid trendy dresses so you don’t look back on your bridesmaids dresses with horror. The whole matching thing is over the top. Blue dresses, blue flowers, blue headband thingy, seriously.

I bet there are a lot of these types of dresses floating around. Do you have any ugly dress you want to purge from your life? Send it to me at threetimesabridesmaid@today.com. I’ll respect your privacy by blurring the faces like those above.

Now that I’ve disgusted you with an ugly dress, why don’t you enter my contest? You could win a $25 gift card from Target. Use it to by something not so ugly! I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the amount of entries so far, and have enjoyed everyone’s comments. One person reported being a bridesmaid 13 times, and I thought I had it rough. For full details on how to enter, visit the original post. I received many entries that didn’t quite follow the rules, please skim to make sure you’re entries count.  It’s been such fun I’m planning another contest soon, so do check back for that.

The latest installment of your daily does of hideousness

I love Flickr commons! That’s where I found this unsuspecting victim. I almost wouldn’t believe these were bridesmaids except for their bouquets in hand.  How on earth did these bridesmaids wake up in the morning and put these things on? I think that’s why the maid on the right is puffing down a cigarette, to get over the upcoming stress of wearing this dress in front of a large crowd of people. What was this bride thinking?

Seriously, I’m again at a loss of words, these dresses make fun of themselves, no extra words needed. At least these bridesmaids can reuse their garb, as Halloween costumes. The dresses would make perfect hooker costumes. They could preserve their bouquets and be bridesmaid hookers.  I hope the wedding was children free. I can’t imagine trying to explain these to a child.

I plan on working to make sure my bridesmaids wind up in something that won’t make it to my “Ugly Dress of the Day” feature, but were you not as lucky? E-mail me your photo, you’ll remain anonymous, if you wish, and I can blur out faces like above. It’s good therapy! Send your photo to threetimesabridesmaid (at) gmail (dot) com.

Today’s version should be ugly bridesmaids dresses of the day. I’m trying something new, a YouTube video.

 Another good example of why bridesmaids dresses should be kept timely and classy. Who wants to look back at wedding pictures in ten years with regrets. I’m sure at the time, people thought these were beautiful.

My sister recently switched our dresses for wedding No. 3 from black to pale green. While I like the green, I wish she hadn’t. I  wonder how they’ll look in 20 years when we flip through pictures. She worries black isn’t appropriate for a spring wedding. What do you think?

Do you want to purge your ugly dress from your closet? E-mail me at threetimesabridesmaid@today.com. You can remain anonymous.

Who doesn’t like toile?

I found a fresh round of inspiration at Tacky Weddings.com. Fans of my ugly bridesmaids dress of the day should check it out for not only bridesmaids dresses like above, but everything tacky in wedding.

I think the color has to be one of the worst choices as well. I feel especially bad for the younger girl. No child should have to see those monstrosities walk down the aisle!

Do you want to purge an ugly bridesmaids dress from your past. E-mail me at threetimesabridesmaid@gmail.com. I’ll blur out your face (I didn’t above since this links from another site) and any background details.

A new addition to my ugly dress collection , a “junior” bridesmaids dress. As a good friend of mine would say, “bleech.”

I never really got the junior bridesmaid concept. In my book you’re either a flower girl or a bridesmaid. Maybe junior bridesmaids went out of style with this dress?

The bouquet in this picture reminds me of flowers arrangements I’d see at a funeral. Perhaps the bride was forced into this marriage?

Want to purge your ugly bridesmaid/wedding/flower girl/junior bridesmaid dress from your life? Sharing is healing. E-mail your photo to threetimesabridesmaid@gmail. com. I’ll make sure to crop out your face and remove anything identifiable in the background.

OT  grammar moment: Is it bridesmaids dress, bridesmaid dress, or bridesmaid’s dress? I always preferred and used bridesmaids dress. And the possessive could be correct, the dress does in fact belong to the bridesmaid. Bridesmaid dress just sounds incorrect, but I’ve seen it used as well. Anyone know which one is correct? Does it matter?