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51 Bridesmaid Dresses Your Friends Will Want To Wear Again And Again
If Meghan Markle can repeat dresses...
Big weddings, as of June 21, are back on the menu. This means that large venues, sweaty dance floors and a big bridal party are possible again. However, with the honour of becoming a friend's bridesmaid comes the dread of what dress you will be put in, or will have to shell out for. Happily though, many modern brides are ditching the ill-conceived and badly-fitted shapes (please, let's step away from those multi-way dresses), in favour of the sort of fashion-forward, trend-focussed, totally re-wearable bridesmaids dress that people might actually want to pop on for a second or third outing.
Instead of looking to traditional bridal stores for maid of honour and bridesmaids dresses, we're big believers in searching the places you already love, like Net-A-Porter, & Other Stories and Farfetch, to find dresses that both complement the bride's ensemble, and make the best women feel and look great too. Best of all, brands like Cecilie Bahnsen, Rixo, Ghost, Zimmermann, Reformation, Self-Portrait and even Miu Miu all make dresses in the same style and different colours, as well as different styles all on a theme, meaning each bridesmaid dress could vary in colour and shape to best flatter its wearer, without the entire bridal party aesthetic losing cohesion.
Plus, may we suggest bridesmaids wearing all-black or all-white ensembles in 2021? So chic.
We have collated the best bridesmaids dresses perfect for black tie nuptials through to beachside knot tying, that can be repeated again and again.
Black bridesmaids dresses are having a moment, and this flirty strapless number from & Other Stories ticks so many boxes. We'd style with black espadrilles.
Rejina Pyo is a fantastic option for bridesmaids dresses since they are flattering and feminine, while also being trend-driven and highly wearable.
This dress also comes in white, and we can just imagine your two best pals in these with soft pink and white mini bouquets - too cute.
Yes, green might be a bit bold, but you'd get top cool point for putting your bridesmaids in this Molly Goddard dress.
£909.00
This Cecilie Bahnsen dress also comes in black and powder blue, as well as a lot of their other styles coming in this amazing yolk-yellow hue. Bahnsen bridesmaids, FTW.
This cotton & Other Stories dress is ideal for a high summer wedding.
Slip dresses are a great alternative to puff-sleeves for the more minimal bridesmaids out there, plus, you can mix and match slip dresses from lots of different brands for ease.
Another easy high summer option, plus, wrap dresses are flattering on most figures.
£419.00
We've said it before and we'll say it again - putting bridesmaids in black is so cool, and this Staud dress has a added bonus of a sexy cutout.
This Whistles dress comes in a few different colours.
£89.00
This Arket bridesmaids dress would work well for a city wedding.
Short cloqué dress
Another city wedding option, the ruffle sleeves adds some drama to a simple mini dress.
Who wouldn't want to wear Alexander McQueen for their best friend's wedding?
Bead-embellished cloqué dress
Simone Rocha
£1,295.00
Perfect for a winter wedding, we would wear this Simone Rocha bridesmaids dress again and again (it also comes in different colours).
£2,950.00
Miu Miu bridesmaids would be such a mood, particularly since this season the brands has released a slew of mini and midi encrusted dresses just like this one.
Told you slip dresses in different colours are easy to find.
The Vampire's Wife is another great choice for bridesmaids who want to mix and match - we'd clash floral prints for extra oomph.
The 1990s called, and it wants it bridesmaids dresses back (in a good way).
Roksanda's style are made for real women, with expert pleating and beautiful fabric - one to wear again and again for sure.
Daisy Murray is the Digital Fashion Editor at ELLE UK, spotlighting emerging designers, sustainable shopping, and celebrity style. Since joining in 2016 as an editorial intern, Daisy has run the gamut of fashion journalism - interviewing Molly Goddard backstage at London Fashion Week, investigating the power of androgynous dressing and celebrating the joys of vintage shopping.
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