Thinking Out Loud: Why selecting one dress for a quartet of 20-somethings is easier than selecting one dress for the MoB

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Why selecting one dress for a quartet of 20-somethings is easier than selecting one dress for the MoB

Because your female attendants are 20-something, it probably won't be perfect for any of them, so you're aiming for really good on all of them, and they have professed no hopes of wearing the dress again.

Mom, on the other hand, needs something age-appropriate but not frumpy, shouldn't settle for something less than lovely as we're picking it just for her, and will hopefully be able to wear it to the marriages of all her children (at least if she wants to). Plus, she works at a hardware store, and she's not very used to dressing up, these days.

Since she lives at least an hour drive from me and I don't have a car, the internet was my first resort. These are the finalists:
a) Nordstrom.com