Choices, Choices
Couples try to match wedding party attire
By Chad Lorenz
Senior Reporter
A couple planning a wedding usu
ally wants to tie everything together
with a common thread. So they start
with the threads worn by the brides
maids and groomsmen in the wedding
party.
Teresa Furnas, owner of Trous
seau Bridal and Formal, 3200 O St.,
said the styles or colors of the brides
maid dresses typically match those of
the bride’s gown, Furnas said.
“I guess you would take the most
prominent feature and pass it down,”
Furnas said.
A bride wanting a Cinderclla-style
wedding, for example, would wear an
elaborate bridal gown with a lot of
lace and frill, Furnas said. The brides
maid dresses would have similar de
tail to complement that look, she said.
Stephanie Burwell, a senior at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said
she wanted her July 6 wedding to have
an “elegant evening” theme.
Her bridesmaids will wear bur
gundy, floor-length, sleeveless, crepe
dresses with pointed, “sweetheart”
necklihes, she said.
She also had to consider which
dress-style would most flatter all the
different heights of her bridesmaids,
Burwell said.
Furnas said couples order the wed
ding party attire based on what look
they want instead of traditional eti
quette.
“There is no wedding cookbook,”
she said. “People don’t get married in
April and say, 'Okay, it has to be a
pastel wedding.’ I fthey like burgundy
and hunter green, that’s how they’re
going to do it.”
The trends in wedding party attire
have shifted from pastels to jewel col
ors: teal, purple, fuchsia, burgundy
and hunter green, she said.
The most popular style dress right
now has returned from the 1960’s, she
said. The “empire” waistline comes
up to the bottom ofthebustline and the
rest of the dress flows down from
there.
Brides looking for their attendants
dresses usually have styles selected
from a bridal magazine, so Fumas just
orders them.
Choosing tuxedos is relatively
simple, she said. Especially if they are
ordered at the same place as the dresses
because the colors will match per
fectly.
But not all tuxedos match the
dresses’ colors. Fumas said some
couples like to use two colors and
incorporate them into the color of the
flowers too.
Overall, she said couples shouldn’t
worry too much about trying to coor- 1
dinate everything in the wedding be
cause people don’t pay attention to
every detail.
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even Mom along when deciding on
the gown.
But, both said not to bring the whole
wedding party.
“When you come in with a crowd,
it is hard for you to concentrate,” she
said. “You may be reacting to each
person’s reaction when they see you
in the dress. That can hurt the pro
cess.”
Shaw said the best advice she could
offer brides-to-be would be to never
give up hope for finding the perfect
gown.
“Look around to make sure you
have the budget for what you want,”
Shaw said. “It’s OK to look at the
i expensive dresses. Just keep looking.
There are a lot of good discounts.”
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day of the wedding.”
“Myjob is fun,” Alberts said. “The
most fun is that it’s a happy time for
people, and I get to share in that.”
Alberts suggests that brides begin
speaking to consultants at least three
to four months ahead of time. The
busiest time of year for weddings is
during June, July and August, although
business has begun to spread out
through the fall, she said.
Joyce Jacobs from J’Maries Bridal
Shop, also at 4848 Normal Blvd., is a
bridal consultant. Her job differs from
that of a wedding consultant because
she mainly deals with bridal attire.
“We are trained to fit the bride and
her attendants, and make sure that
styles and colors all match,” Jacobs
said.
Right now is the busiest time of
year for brides looking for gowns,
Jacobs said. She suggests that brides
begin looking for their dresses six
months to one year ahead of time. It
can take three to four months to alter
and fit the gown at a busy store, Jacobs
said. She suggests looking for atten
dants’ gowns eight to !2 weeks ahead
of time.
“I also like to be here to tell the
t bride how early to start what, who
pays for what and to answer other
embarrassing questions for her;” she
said.
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