Hi all, need a bit of advice. Have ordered my bridesmaid dresses and have now gone to get the mens suits and they dont have the ruffled ties in the right colour. I have been in every material shop and mens shops known to man in swansea 2day and cant find anything the same shade!!! What do i do???? does anyone have any idea? I went back to the shop where i got bridesmaid dresses and the supplier would charge me £45 a meter for the fabric!!!!! Absolutely extortionate!!! Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.xxx
CommentAuthorUnknown
what designer is your bm dresses? look on the bay.
the cravats are made by a diff designer and luckily i managed to find a colour quite similar but i did see that the bay sometimes have material for sale xx
CommentAuthorMrs (Dove) Pidgeon
I bought normal ties from M&S. Men can use them again as well.
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CommentAuthorLiann
i dont know if theyve got the right shade but i will have a look there. Are normal ties as formal looking as the schrunched ones? I loved the scrunchy ones, he looked so handsome!!!!hehe. i never thought it would be this hard to colour match though.
I suppose it all comes down to taste in the end. I love normal ties, others like cravats, others bowties, others ruches. I think ties are the easiest to colour match though.
Now a extremely happy German housewife and now a Mother!!!!
Islay Jean born 24th June in Hannover.
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
My h2b and men are having ties and I found a supplier on ebay who does both ties and cravats in loads of different colours and I was fortunate that he does the right colour for me.
CommentAuthorLiann
its a kind of cadburys purple, but called iris by the supplier. its taffeta as well so hard to get the right shade. could u give me the bay of e sellers name if you know it...i'll have a look. anything is worth a shot at this point
CommentAuthorMrsMelodyWalker
My bridesmaids dresses are all slightly too long so I'm having them altered, all the material that is taken from the dresses will be given back to me so I can have the men's cravats made.. but if this isn't an option for you then I wouldn't worry that you can't get a match, just try and get the closet to it you can, I bet 99% of people wouldn't even think about them not matching
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5.11.11
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CommentAuthorMrsMelodyWalker
Oh Ive just seen your last post. I've found cravats in the Iris colour. Shall I post the link to your wall?
All of my dreams come true the day I married you, Mr Walker
5.11.11
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CommentAuthorLiann
i think i may have to go with a slightly different colour with the way its going. Dont know whether a different colour shade, change to silver or go with the exact colour normal tie is the way to go. :-( 5thNovBride: Yes please!!! i would love to have the link. i can have a quick check then. Thanks so much
CommentAuthorMrsMelodyWalker
If you accept my friend request I can post it on your wall :-)
All of my dreams come true the day I married you, Mr Walker
5.11.11
Remember Remember The 5th of November
CommentAuthorLiann
ok, done.xx
CommentAuthorpanther_87k
have put a link on your wall liann, a shop in cross hands that might be able to help
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
I can't post on your wall yet until you add me so I posted the link on my wall. Funny thing is they describe the purple as cadbury purple.
CommentAuthorLiann
Thanks so much every1 for your tips. ive even been as far as cardiff 2day stopping in every fabric shop going and i still couldnt get anything. Then i came all the way back, 1hr30mins back, and thought about stopping in a small tiny local shop just to try my luck and its been the closest match so far!!! ive actually ordered my suits from the hire shop in crosshands but their purples are either too light or too dark!!!i'm going to go and check out all these links now. thanks all. again, any more hints or tips are very very welcome!!!xxx
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
Hope that you manage to find something. I have gold and duck egg blue and both are a nightmare to source. Its amazing how many shades of both there is.
CommentAuthorLiann
itsnt it just. its surprizing how u can think that ur colour is a popular, ordinary colour until u place it nxt to fabrics and things when u want 2 match up. i did match my colour to a cushion in a shop the other day, shame it had ruffles all over it or i would have bought loads of them and taken them appart!!! im that desperate, lol
CommentAuthorpanther_87k
not sure where else local i can suggest, south wales is pretty naff for that sort of thing i seem to find
