What types of bridesmaid dresses are best for formal weddings?

Bridesmaids dresses should match your dress in formality, but they don’t have to be the same style or fabric. For example, if you wear satin, your attendants could wear a similar material. Your wedding attendants' outfits should be complementary to yours; so it is perfectly appropriate for the bride’s gown to be long and the bridesmaids to sport shorter length dresses. If the dress code of your wedding is black- or white-tie; however, both the bride and the bridesmaids traditionally wear floor-length gowns.

Virtually all colors are acceptable for bridesmaid dresses today; including black and shades of white. However, if your bridesmaids wear white, be careful that attendants don’t look too much like you!