My daughters were married in 2005 and 2007, both morning weddings with luncheon buffets. They didn’t ask me to match their color schemes or anything. My main goal was to choose what I thought of as “cocktail” length and cool for hot (non air conditioned) churches.
The first daughter chose to accent her white strapless lace gown with a bright turquoise satin bow sash. Her sister was the only bridesmaid and wore a yellow and turquoise flower print chiffon halter neck dress. I wore a hot pink chiffon, sleeveless, knee length dress with an asymmetrical hem, and floral print kitten heel slide sandals.
The second daughter allowed her bridesmaids to choose their own dresses from an assortment of blues. Her flowers were hot colored gerbera daisies. My dress was sleeveless red chiffon with a drop waist, flared knee length skirt, and a draped neckline. My shoes were black peeptoe heels with dots.
My advice is to choose what you love and feel is your style and don’t worry about conforming to MOB tradition if you aren’t into -sparkles, for instance, or sleeves, etc.
I’ll look for my photos.
