Reply #20: I feel for you.

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When I got married, I took my two bridesmaids to the mall to look for some basic black, sheath dresses. Whatever we could find that was inexpensive and that they could wear again.

We lucked out in finding some at Macy's with small cutouts and underslips in the periwinkle blue that was one of my colors.

Sheath dresses look good on just about everybody, and they both looked beautiful. Perhaps you could suggest this style to the bride, as it is much more flattering.

One of my bridesmaids delightedly told me a few months after the event that she'd worn her dress out to dinner with her husband. She still has it and does that a lot with it!

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