101 Days of Wedding Planning: Day 25: Research and shop for your bridesmaid dresses. Order them (especially if it will take months for them to arrive).

Here are 6 things to consider when choosing dresses for your bridesmaids:

1. Season/Location of your Wedding - For example, if you're having an outside wedding in the winter, depending on the location short dresses may not be comfortable.  The same applies for long thick gowns at a beach wedding in the summer.

2. Colors - Do you want their dress colors to coordinate with the color scheme of your wedding?

3. Your Gown - Do you want your bridesmaid dresses to compliment your gown? For example, you may want all of you to wear short dresses or long dresses.

4. Style of your Wedding - For example, if you are planning a formal wedding, long bridesmaid dresses may be a better fit.

5. Price - You want all of your friends to be able to afford their dresses, unless you are covering this cost.

6. Uniformity - If you are letting your bridesmaids choose their own dresses, it's a good idea to provide them all with the same color swatch, so they can all have almost identical color dresses.  This is important because some colors come in multiple shades.

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