I need help and advice! I have 4 very different bridesmaid, 2 blondes who always wear tan (blue eyes and green eyes so are naturally quite pale), one light brunette, one very dark brown with pale skin. Also different sizes and shapes. What colour????? I saw a lovely chiffon dress I want for them and I loved it on all of them but can't decide on a colour. I love red/pink shades like wine or burgundy and really like raspberry but one of my bridesmaids said this is the worst you could choose for blondes?? not sure I agree. She wants brown or gold, champagne or beige and I don't really fancy that as my scheme at all. I'm getting a sample sent of the chiffon dress in sangria which is basically wine/dark red. Do you guys think this colour will suit blondes and brunettes - please be honest I don't want to dress them in something they'll look ridiculous in!

I am blonde and my favourite coloour to wear is red. Why not pick your two fav colours and have them try them on and see which everyone is happiest with but I think it would suit them

if you loved the dress on them in red!!! why not choose a selection of colour from the red pallet, rasp and burg are very close with different colour tones, l have blue and my best maid will be in a lighter blue than the other four b'maids who like you have varied shades of brown to black hair and dark to light skin, with my best maid being blonde with pure white see through skin lol xxx

Im blond with very pale skin (see my pic) and I love clarets/burgundy plus I think as ts quite a deep colour it suits most shapes. Im not slim by any stretch of the imagination but I think its quite a slimming colour. My dress is claret and ivory. Like Kaya and other brides will say....your day your way! xx

OMG, they wear what YOU want, not what they want. Raspberry looks fine on blondes, if you go online and look at dresses, go on dessy.com, you can try different colors on each dress just choose a different model and find a colour you like see if it suits. Dont let them tell you what colours to have its your day, my friend had a bloned fair skinned and a dark haired olive skinned Bridemaid, she had like a royal red colour and it looked stunning on both, its your day they will wear what you want, dont forget you can create a great look once hair and make ups done to. Hope you sort it, feel for you! x

aww sbride i was gona hav fuscia but wen we went to get them they were totally sold out, i was gutted, although the green i have chosen was originally my first choice so i still happy xx

I think that bridesmaid maybe didn't like the dress? so she said the colour was wrong? I'm very blonde and I can wear anything, I think dark reds, pink etc go well with red heads and blondes .... it's your wedding so the final say should be yours really

ha ha you go girl xx

No don't give them an input on the colour at all! Its your day! Lol.

Im blonde and raspberry AND red suit me. x

I had the same problem - 4 bridesmaids - 1 blond, 1 light brown, 1 dark brown and 1 red head! It was a nightmare. I chose a royal purple colour (whiched matched our thistles anyway). I thought it might be a bit dark for a spring wedding but chose a good material so they looked fantastic! I will put some photos on when I get chance.

Since this is related I'm doing it here.

My bridesmaids will be wearing red although I have one adult and a 5 yr old flowergirl in the UK and a 10yr old girl in US? Now my colour is known as claret here, any ideas what it is in the US - think it may be apple but uncertain??????

Kimi this is a description I found online of the difference between claret red and apple red:-

claret is more a maroon/deep burgundy, just like a glass of wine its a rich deep colour, its a deep red with a lot of blue hughes

apple red is a much brighter red, with orange taints

Hope that helps a little. xx

thanx spooney - may just send my swatch to my sis and sort it that way. May solve the issue. But only sorting my mates dress in jan so plenty of time before its priority. :)