What Length of Bridesmaid Dress is In Style? – Ask The Expert Answer

Question from Andrea:

What’s more in style these days for bridesmaid dresses, short or long?  Our wedding will be in July 2010.  Thanks.

Answer from Bridal Expert Angela:

Hi Andrea, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding.  It is more common ‘these days’ for bridesmaids to wear T-length (short) dresses.  Why?  more and more weddings are informal or contemporary, and long dresses are for more formal weddings. 

If you are having a sophisticated, formal, elegant wedding, long dresses are much more suitable than short ones.  If you are having an informal outdoor wedding, short dresses are more suitable.  It really depends upon your wedding theme. 

So, it depends, really on the vision for your wedding.  The type of wedding you choose is really a reflection of your personality as a couple.  Are you an upscale kind of couple?  Then your wedding choices should reflect that.  If you are a casual couple, your wedding choices should reflect that.  The length of dresses you choose for your bridesmaids will also be a reflection of your style as a couple.

Take a look through the bridal magazines to see the major trends in dresses.  It will give you an idea of what is "in" and what is not.  Good luck, and if you have any further questions, feel free to ask.

Angela Fiebelkorn, Ask The Expert