Yes, I addressed it in my Brothers & Sisters TV Watch, but Slezak we feel this is an important enough question to ask again here on PopWatch: Are brown bridesmaids dresses (pictured) ever a good idea when the groomsmen are wearing black tuxes? Discuss!
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I think Rachel Griffith always looks great no matter what she wears, but the color scheme is just silly. Brown with white piping? They even discussed the dress color in the previous episode. I guess bridesmaids are never supposed to look good.
I think Rachel Griffith always looks great no matter what she wears, but the color scheme is just silly. Brown with white piping? They even discussed the dress color in the previous episode. I guess bridesmaids are never supposed to look good.
Well, they’re definitely better than black. Yeah, I know, modern world, wear them again, whatever. All I have to say is, you get a bunch of women dressed in black standing around an altar, and “wedding” isn’t the first thing that comes to mind.
Those dresses aren’t that bad, though the one with the line down the front is a bit unfortunate.
All planning for the wedding should be according to what the bride and groom want.
All planning for the wedding should be according to what the bride and groom want.
With the right color scheme, they can be very elegant and understated. My cousin and his wife had their bridesmaid’s wearing a similar shade of brown satin-y dresses, but with a sort of golden tan accent color rather than the white shown here.
I recently had a pink and brown wedding and just could not bring myself to have the girls wear brown dresses when standing beside men in black tuxes – to me, it is just against every fashion principle I have. I didn’t mind the dresses themselves, I just don’t like the black/brown combo. If the men were wearing nice classy tailored brown suits I would be all for it!
I’m getting married in the spring, and we’re having the bridesmaid pick out their own brown dresses — and yes, the groomsmen will be in black tuxedos. Teamed up with our accent colors of purple and pale yellow, I’m hoping it all goes well together! It’s a little earthy, perhaps, and less formal than black — which is what we’re going for. I didn’t see the episode of “Brothers & Sisters”, but it looks great with the flowers I can see!
These dresses look okay. I like how they’re different dresses but the same colors. The best TV wedding was Rebecca marrying Robin Colcord on “Cheers”. They didn’t actually get married but it was still hilarious.
Brown and black is definitely hot right now. I’ve been to three weddings in the last year that featured this combo, including my own.
the girl at the far right has AWFUL posture!
I would never have my bridesmaids wear brown if the groomsmen were going to be in black. That said, I think brown is a great wedding color, especially for the fall!
Does anybody know who designed the dresses that were on the show?
I thought brown and black together were the big new colour scheme?
The dresses are by Thread. All of their bridesmaid dresses are really cute and very reasonable.
Guess one needs to be openminded, but I don’t care for the combination. Maybe if it was a lighter, cafe-au-lait type of color, it wouldn’t be so bad with black tuxes. But of all the colors in the rainbow, brown?? Seriously? I guess it fits Kitty’s personality.
I just got back from several weeks in Paris and EVERYONE was wearing brown and black. I’d always thought that was a faux pas, but I guess not!
I thought the dresses were very cute – especially with each of them having their own style. I didn’t even think about the black and brown thing…
The dress that Cheyenne had to wear for Barbara Jean’s wedding on “Reba” and the one that Rachel had to wear for her friend’s wedding on “Friends” – those are the two that immediately come to mind. I’m still not sold on the black tux/brown dress combo. My parents had brown tuxedos in their wedding – in 1972.
I was just in my brother’s wedding a few weeks ago, and we had dark brown bridesmaid dresses. They were really pretty. The accent color in the flowers was a blue, almost teal color. And the guys wore black tuxes with brown vests (with a small pattern on it) and ties. It actually looked really nice, which I wasn’t expecting since I’m not a big fan of mixing black and brown.
favorite wedding/bridesmaid dresses? the patterned dress rachel and phoebe wear for monica’s wedding on ‘friends.’ loved those! also loved the dresses during charlotte’s second wedding on SATC- minus sjp’s milkmaid hairdo. but loved charlotte’s dress!
I don’t think brown is a nice color for a wedding and looks terrible in pictures.
I have gone through the experience of wearing a chocolate brown bridesmaid dress and having groomsmen wear black tuxes. The dresses weren’t even ugly, the reason why I hated that whole event was because my best friend probably married the most arrogant and self-righteous person I’ve ever met…
I wore a brown bridesmaid dress a couple of years ago. It was a Fall themed wedding. Brown is big right now (brown and pink, brown and baby blue, brown and light green) and you can wear it with black; all the traditional rules are out the window these days.
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it is nice
I liked the dresses, and as it seemed like the girls didn’t walk down the aisle with the boys, what’s the big? Brown is very becoming!
Brown is in this year. I went to 3 weddings in 8 days in October, and each wedding featured brown bridesmaids’ dresses. They don’t look as horrible with black tuxedos as one would think.
I loved the dresses. Didnt even think twice about the color. I just liked that everyone was in a different design. Now that is something that I wouldnt think of normal. But Brothers & Sisters pulled it off. Great Job !
I wonder what Michael Kors would have done. Hmmm.