My sister is getting married..need help with color coordination

[moonglow]

Ok she will be wearing white..my niece and I will be the bridesmaids wearing orchid gowns..now my mom just told me she is going to look for a green dress to wear to the wedding. I said, green! Green doesn't go with orchid..so she wants to know what will. So I need some help with this..while some sites do say green, yellow and even red (barf) go with purple this is really just a fad. I majored in art in college and yellow, orange and red actually are listed as clashing with purple..badly I might add. When this trend to put these colors side by side in clothes started a number of years ago I about gagged. But then I can't stand seeing yellow and red side by side either...

Orchid is a difficult color too I think. Here is a sample color I found on the net: http://www.ccclothingwholesale.com/o...0c1a73c1c5af78

Though I think our dresses might be a bit darker then that. Anyway want colors actually go with this that don't clash? Thanks.

God bless

[Ta-An]

Ohhhhhh Nice colour !!
I am a purple freak!!

You know what for the mother of the bride, .... what about a peachy-apricot??

[moonglow]

Ok my mom had emailed me the pictures of Jamie and I in our dresses..didn't realize she had done that.



Sorry its so small..I am having problems with photobucket not enlarging my photo's and I can't figure out how to fix that. I am on the left and my niece is on the right. My sister is getting married on May 1...I still have to get shoes and we have to go in for fitting a week ahead of time too. Wish I could have a flat stomach by then...hahaha

[Ta-An]

Nice moonglow..... and your shoes?? silver or dark purple??

For MoB, even a soft pink or soft teal ,,, but I still like the peachy-apricot..

[moonglow]

Nice moonglow..... and your shoes?? silver or dark purple??

For MoB, even a soft pink or soft teal ,,, but I still like the peachy-apricot..

I think sister said silver or white...gosh this is terrible that I can't remember.. I also can't remember what her colors overall were going to be either..ugh! I guess I will send her a quick email...

by the way I think the peach color might work...looks good..thanks Ta-An and Jeanne D. Though I guess know what her colors will be would help decide this too...

[moonglow]

Ok I emailed my sister and this is her reply:

The colors are purple, lavender, & white. Your dress is lavender.

You can have white or silver shoes. I can't think of any other color, then a lavender shoes that would go with your dress.

So the color is lavender...not orchid. Though their is probably only a small difference between the two so I guess its not that big of a deal except finding orchid on a color chart is really hard! lol.

[Jeanne D]

I like those colors moonglow.

When is the big day??? I hope at some point we get to see pictures.
I just love weddings.

Jeanne

[moonglow]

She is getting married May 1..the guys had to get fitted today for their suits...don't know why we have to wait until only a week until the wedding... Oh well. Just tried on some finger nail polish I have but it doesn't match my dress on here..lol...I guess I will have to get a different color. I told mom to print out this photo then we could take it with us to find her a dress that will go with it and not clash...

I guess sister is feeling stressed...so much to do you know! Its too bad its such hard work to get a wedding together like this...things get nutty it seems instead of just being able to look forward to it.

[Diggindeeper]

I vote for a teal color for Mother of the Bride with the lavender dresses...
And, silver shoes would look stunning with the lavender dresses.

But actually, I didn't think the mother of the Bride had to match anyone! Not anywhere that I know of, any way. She can wear a two piece suit, if she prefers that over a dress.

P.S. You are very pretty, Moonglow!

But who am I to advise anyone of what to wear with anything purple-ish. Purple, or anything in the purple shade family of colors, tends to make me angry...

Don't have a clue why, but I can just look at it and feel my blood pressure rising and rising and my forehead creasing with a frown and soon -POOF! I just feel like smacking someone. I'm weird.

[Ta-An]

Ahhh moonglow... mother-of-pearl nail polish and shoes
YES

[moonglow]

I vote for a teal color for Mother of the Bride with the lavender dresses...
And, silver shoes would look stunning with the lavender dresses.

But actually, I didn't think the mother of the Bride had to match anyone! Not anywhere that I know of, any way. She can wear a two piece suit, if she prefers that over a dress.

P.S. You are very pretty, Moonglow!

But who am I to advise anyone of what to wear with anything purple-ish. Purple, or anything in the purple shade family of colors, tends to make me angry...

Don't have a clue why, but I can just look at it and feel my blood pressure rising and rising and my forehead creasing with a frown and soon -POOF! I just feel like smacking someone. I'm weird.

You have posted before how purple makes you angry like that...did someone pick on you as a kid that worn purple alot? I loved purple..most shades anyway..there are some with to much red in them that I don't like though.

Anyway I realize she doesn't have to match the colors but what I am thinking about is photo's..with us all standing together. If her clothes clash with ours, its just not going to look right at all. So I would think the mother of the bride would want to find something that didn't clash but fit in with everything else. Wedding photo's are one of the most looked at photo's for years to come...to have the mother of the bride in something like a bright red outfit amongst us for example would always draw attention to her, not the bride and groom...you know what I mean? Or the opposite could happen where her clothes were the wrong color in a different way causing her to be nearly invisible in a photo and we don't want that either. So that is what I am thinking about the wedding photo's and why I think she should match the bride's colors.

Ta-An

Ahhh moonglow... mother-of-pearl nail polish and shoes
YES

I could probably find that in nail polish but not so sure about shoes.

Hopefully we can go shopping soon, mom and I, and see what is out there.

God bless

[Diggindeeper]

Right! You want her to blend in the photos without being the star of the show...

That's how it should be. Tell her to get an outfit that she can wear later to church or something. I hate shopping from story racks. But the reason I do is because I wear size 8. I've got 7 grandchildren and 3 little gr-grandbabies. On those store racks, all I find in my size are skin tight, low cut tops, pants that look like they've been melted on my legs, and leather mini skirts. Oh, and platform shoes or high, high heels! I'd look like those silly looking models in a J C Penney catalog, but with gray hair! And my 'form' is not a models by a long shot!

I find nearly everything I wear in the clearance section of Bedfordfair. (Just add the dotcom) So if she doesn't find anything on the racks, tell her to try this site. If she knows her size, she won't have a problem and they ship things really fast, too. And refunds or exchanges are easy there. Look it up online.

About my dislike of purple...I can't think of any incident that made me hate the color. Unless...
it is what that girl named Dorothy wore when she sat there, BEHIND ME, sighing and sighing and making me sick with her BREATH after eating SIX onions for breakfast because her Mama told her onions were good for a cold! To this day, I HATE ONIONS. Maybe Dorothy was wearing purple...

She ruined my life.....

[moonglow]

Right! You want her to blend in the photos without being the star of the show...

That's how it should be. Tell her to get an outfit that she can wear later to church or something. I hate shopping from story racks. But the reason I do is because I wear size 8. I've got 7 grandchildren and 3 little gr-grandbabies. On those store racks, all I find in my size are skin tight, low cut tops, pants that look like they've been melted on my legs, and leather mini skirts. Oh, and platform shoes or high, high heels! I'd look like those silly looking models in a J C Penney catalog, but with gray hair! And my 'form' is not a models by a long shot!

I find nearly everything I wear in the clearance section of Bedfordfair. (Just add the dotcom) So if she doesn't find anything on the racks, tell her to try this site. If she knows her size, she won't have a problem and they ship things really fast, too. And refunds or exchanges are easy there. Look it up online.

About my dislike of purple...I can't think of any incident that made me hate the color. Unless...
it is what that girl named Dorothy wore when she sat there, BEHIND ME, sighing and sighing and making me sick with her BREATH after eating SIX onions for breakfast because her Mama told her onions were good for a cold! To this day, I HATE ONIONS. Maybe Dorothy was wearing purple...

She ruined my life.....

Oh my! the poor kid had to eat onions and you had to smell it all day long..ewwww. Maybe she was wearing purple... Did she really ruin your life though?

I don't know if my mom would go for ordering clothes though..not something I like to do either because you can't try them on a head of time...big big draw back on that! Just like with mail order shoes...they never fit. Some things just need to be tried on in the store. I really never understood why people would order mail order clothes for that very reason.

I am sure she will be able to find something. We have a Sears here, a JC Penny's and a Dillard's too.

God bless

[Diggindeeper]

Oh my! the poor kid had to eat onions and you had to smell it all day long..ewwww. Maybe she was wearing purple... Did she really ruin your life though?

Thankfully, I did not have to endure that for the whole day! See, I had taken my lunch that day. Well, we all had to bring our lunch because that was so long ago they did not have a kitchen area to cook in, at that school, way back then. Honest! So my brown paper poke became my makeshift oxygen mask.

I just poked my face in it and was trying to do my work while gagging... It didn't take the teacher long to ask me, "Judy, why do you have that paper bag over your face?"

I told her why, and she let me move to a seat where someone was absent that day! (This is a true story.)

And yes, Dorothy ruined my whole life. Can't stomach to bite into an onion to this day! She gave me an onion phobia that I suffer with to this very day! Didn't even care for the name Dorothy after that either.......

[moonglow]

Thankfully, I did not have to endure that for the whole day! See, I had taken my lunch that day. Well, we all had to bring our lunch because that was so long ago they did not have a kitchen area to cook in, at that school, way back then. Honest! So my brown paper poke became my makeshift oxygen mask.

I just poked my face in it and was trying to do my work while gagging... It didn't take the teacher long to ask me, "Judy, why do you have that paper bag over your face?"

I told her why, and she let me move to a seat where someone was absent that day! (This is a true story.)

And yes, Dorothy ruined my whole life. Can't stomach to bite into an onion to this day! She gave me an onion phobia that I suffer with to this very day! Didn't even care for the name Dorothy after that either.......

Oh my! Well I am glad your teacher moved you!

But is hating onions really going to ruin a person's whole life?

In first grade there was a girl that sat behind me who's name was Brick. I felt sorry for her having a name like that...