What do Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Garner, Cameron Diaz, and Kate Moss have in common? They took real-life bridesmaid roles. Would you want these beauties to be your bridesmaids? Yes and No. Well, although their appearances would hype up your wedding, these beauties would surely steal your thunder.

Celebrities for Your Bridesmaids?

The brides are the stars of weddings and their bridesmaids all decked in stunning bridesmaid dresses are the sideshows. But if your best friend has made it big time as a movie celebrity or fashion model, would you dare to make her your bridesmaid? Ethically, if you have very close ties and have shared life’s ups and downs through the years, definitely there should be no question about it.

You should make your best friend who is now a big celebrity your bridesmaid. She’ll be there if she has the time and if her schedule is tight, her schedules will be rearranged so she can show up and perform her role as bridesmaid and she’ll wear one of those dresses you chose for the lineup. Being a hometown girl, she won’t be demanding what you cannot afford. She knows the drill, and that’s a delight. Definitely having a celebrity for a bridesmaid will be fun.

Celebrity Bridesmaid and Their Dresses

The next tricky question concerns the bridesmaid dresses. If one is a celebrity and has the money to burn, would it be alright to request that she use the same style of dress you have picked for the girls? If she is truly your best friend, she’ll have no issues with the dresses you personally picked out. But being a modern bride, you know by know that brides are no longer strict about the one-of-a-kind bridesmaid dress.

Your celebrity bridesmaid may offer to buy her own dress and she probably might get hers from a noted fashion designer. But the ties of friendship will be tested severely if you insist that everybody follows your orders. Being considerate about bridesmaid dresses – celebrities involved or not – is a gracious gesture. Given the license to choose their frocks, everyone can choose their dress as long as these dresses are in the right shade of green or pink or whatever your wedding color.

Celebrity or not, your best friend has feelings and values your friendship and there’s no way she’ll steal your show; she’ll be ready to wear the bridesmaid dress you have specially chosen for your bridesmaids. Hence, make it a point that you chose stylish dresses everyone will be proud to wear and would want to wear again. If you can’t make up your mind about the dress styles, your celebrity best friend can come to the rescue and give you tips or point the way where the hottest bridesmaid gowns can be found.

Here’s a tip, if she points the way to expensive labels, take a look at the style and ask your bridal specialist if there are similar from less expensive labels. If the expensive dress was priced at $800 you can find a similar style from another label from another designer for only $250! She might even show where look-alikes can be bought at the fraction of the cost of original designs.

If Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Garner, Cameron Diaz, and Kate Moss played bridesmaids, they did it with sincerity. Your celebrity bridesmaid can do the same. So don’t be scared to ask your celebrity best friend to be your bridesmaid.

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Your sister is getting married and she’s being sensible with the wedding budget so she asks you to make do with a hand-me-down bridesmaid dress, which is so yesterday. No matter how you plead, beg, and threaten her, there’s no way she won’t budge. Before judging the dress, here are some fine points to consider.

The Pros

Sisters and best friends are supposed to be supportive when the sister or the best friend is getting married on a shoestring budget. Of course, being a sister or a best friend, you are going to be the bridesmaid, an honor really but when you are given a hand-me-down bridesmaid dress, you begin to doubt if the bride is still sane. But don’t be shy; ask outright what’s meant by this gesture. The bride will have to explain why she can’t buy you a spanking new dress.

If you don’t have the money for a new frock, a hand-me-down dress saves you from spending your hard earned money. In reality, you have no choice but to make do with the bridesmaid dress. If the dress horrifies you with it outdated style, ask the bride if she would be amenable to the idea of altering the dress to give it a new life. Chances are she would approve of this if the alterations won’t be extensive. But if you want an overhaul of the 2000 circa dress, be ready to spend for the massive reinvention.

By salvaging the situation this way you save your sister’s or your best friend’s pride. It’s never easy to ask a sister or a best friend to be a bridesmaid and hand over a hand-me-down frock for the event. By being a good sport this hit two birds with one stone — this enriches and strengthens your ties and saves you money.

Another plus with a hand-me-down bridesmaid gown is style. With what you have and borrowing ideas from top designers, you create a new style that is uniquely yours. Your dress will not have a clone anywhere. Does not the idea please you? Once you have made a hit with the dress, you can proudly announce to all and sundry that you have reinvented an “old” dress with smashing results. Expect some copycats who are going to deal with hand-me-downs too.

The Cons

Nothing is perfect and not with a hand-me-down bridesmaid gown. The problem arises if you can fit yourself into the dress; if altering it to fit mutilates the dress, it’s best to get an identical dress to salve the bride’s pride. This would mean buying or renting a frock from bridal salons.

A possible problem is ‘used’ look of the dress. As a bridesmaid you want to look your best too. But if the dress has been well preserved and you can ease yourself easily into a smaller size, there’s no reason to go ballistic. Accessorize and get yourself all pimped up; nobody will suspect you’re wearing a ‘has been’ to the wedding.

There’s nothing really to be ashamed of wearing a hand-me-down dress. If you recall, Miss America 2010 Caressa Cameron had her share of hand-me-downs before she was plucked from obscurity. She wears this hand-me-down badge with honor and look where it got her? People admire her for her pluck and ability to survive a hard life. Perhaps that dress will give you more insights into friendships and close family ties. So who is afraid of a hand-me-down bridesmaid dress?

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