Hi,

Me and my partner are getting married on 16/5/15. I am having two bridesmaids and one flower girl. I'm a bit stuck as I feel that it is too early to get the bridesmaids dresses, but I don't feel that I can sort out my colour scheme until I have them. I want to co-ordinate the page boys/flowers/decorations with their colour.
I want my colour scheme to be royal blue/light navy but I have been browsing bridesmaids dresses and can't seem to find many that I like. I'm worried if I start organising other items with the colour then I might not be able to find the dresses to match in with them later on down the line.

But then I'm also thinking if I get the dresses soon then their shape might change and they might not fit properly next year.

Any advice on what you have done or plan to do?

Thanks!

I'm struggling to decide when to buy bridesmaid dresses too, were going to try some on in July/August to get an idea of what style suits them. Ideally I want to put off ordering them until around 6 months before our wedding & the flower girls I'll hold off as long as possible, as they don't seem to stop growing.
My MOH is a yoyo dieter much like myself, so her weight fluctuates 2-3 dress sizes, my eldest niece has gone up approx 2 sizes this year so I definitely wont be buying to far in advance.

I get married on the 25th of April 2015 and my bridesmaids dresses were the first thing I bought two weeks after getting engaged in august last year. I bought them all in two sizes bigger to allow for weight gain and any baby bumps and they can be taken in nearer the time. As i wanted spring colours I knew these would be hard to find the longer I left it, I saw them in the sale and bit the bullet xx

I am getting married June 2015 and I have already bought my MOH dress, but as my other bridesmaid is only 4 my mum is making that one next year! When it comes to weddings, its NEVER too soon!!! haha good luck!

I got mine last month for our wedding in September as wasn't sure how the girls were gonna grow,but was able to judge a bit better from last month x

I get married on 25th April 2015 and my Sister has suggested leaving my Niece's flower girl dress until Jan/Feb next year as she's going to grow a lot before the wedding (she'll be 2 by the time we get married). I don't want to leave my Half Sister's bridesmaid dress that long though, as I think it's going to be difficult to find something for her. Our colours are teal and grey and as she'll be 13 when we get married I don't want anything that's too grown up for her. Thinking of starting shopping for hers in November time when the guys have their suit fittings.

I was thinking around six months for the bridesmaids and 3 months for the flower girls & page boy so that they definitely dont grow too much lol. Even six months seems a long time for the bridesmaids but I'll start to panic if I dont have them sorted :-/

As I said before my 3 sons will be involved in the wedding. My 7 year old as a mini-best man and the 3 year old and 1 year old as page boys.
I was in M&5 today and bough gorgeous 4 piece suits in navy linen for the younger two. They don't do the same style/colour for the older one.
I would prefer to have all 3 boys matching but think it will be difficult because he comes in older boys wear. Would it look silly to have the younger ones in the navy to match along with the bridesmaids and then have the older one in black to match the groom?

I'm having royal blue, and my MOH is making the dresses. Royal blue fabric is easy to come by. If you go through a bridal store you'll probably find that there are a number of colour options. Also a website that I'll post on my wall (I can't post it on your wall as your profile is private not public). The dresses are a bit more affordable than bridal shops. You might find though that when the winter collections come out there will be more available. I would set your colour scheme, I'm sure you will find something. You could always consider putting the dresses in a different but complimentary colour and having royal blue accessories.