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Sometimes the bride chooses a dress style that flatters everyone but “that one girl” and there’s nothing she can do about it. But this? It’s like every single bridesmaid couldn’t possibly look worse (sorry, ladies). I hope there’s a sparkly Smurfette shawl to go along with these body-hugging blue tarps. Although I’m not sure it will make much of a difference. 
PS: Nice flip flops.
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It the flip-flops that really do it for me.
What an evil bride! (I saw something similar at a wedding a few years ago when the bride picked a skin-tight ruched dress that made all of the bridesmaids look pregnant. At least they weren’t sparkly though.)
Seriously unflattering. Those dresses make the bridesmaids all look fat!
No they don’t.
um yes they do
I’m pretty sure they all look a little plump without the dresses.
Dude, the bridesmaids (and the bride) ARE fat.
at least they have that womanly wiggle of the rump area. unlike the flat as a board type that needs implants in both T & A area.
the type that thinks that thin is in. to the point they have no curves….
or at least none to really speak of
Because they totally have control over their figure and implants are both financially feasible and the best thing to do.
some men prefer that their women are real in ALL areas. not plastic.
Yeah I agree with you.
Jiggly bridesmaids don’t need rumpled dresses.
+1!!!!
Awesome joke!
They maybe fat, but i like my women that way. At least 2 of those bridesmaids are pretty hot!
All the bridesmaids ARE fat… no dress can fix that
Wrong. Wearing well fitting clothes, bridesmaid dresses or not, will flatter any figure. I suggest you watch What Not To Wear. Basically, these dresses fall into that catagory. I know they’re not pink, but they have that Pepto-Bismol & Disco look to them. Or maybe they just make you want to drink some Pepto-Bismol.
With that said, the two on the left look very yummy and just need a better dress.
*Shudders*
This is awful. I’m a hefty girl myself, but at least the dress I wore at a wedding last fall didn’t look like I had to be wrestled into it. Places like David’s Bridal DO make styles that flatter every shape. OR you go to someplace like David’s Bridal, if you pick a color they have many styles so that every maid can find a dress that looks good on her. (I’m not purposely plugging them, I’m just saying I thought I would look hideous, and I actually looked really good.)
The point is…this didn’t have to happen. Sad.
And they are all wearing flip-flops. Pure class.
which David’s Bridal? the one you can see 494 from?
Oh, thank you for being sane and no drama mojojo. So refreshing when no defensiveness is driven up go gurl!
that is pretty mean of the bride. It looks like all the girls are curvy and could look really great in the right cut, however, that is not the case above. I understand you dont want anyone to look better than you do, but doing this to your party makes the whole wedding look tacky, and you tacky by assosciation. Those dresses would even stand out as cheap at a Homecoming Dance.
Who said she did it on purpose? The bride’s dress isn’t all that great either. My bet is that she just has bad taste.
Yes, some people don’t even have taste in their mouths. You know she was telling them how fab they looked. I don’t think there could be a worse cut to put these girls in. I’m so sad, this is just ugly!
Oh, RayRay, go away…
FYI, rayray has lost 92 pounds off an original 312 through diet and exercise (not bariatric surgery), and is working on losing another 40. It CAN be done, it’s simply a matter of discipline and will.
My point is (and congrats on your hard work) is that IMHO the discussion could be limited to the awful dresses and not veer into fat-hater territory. Yes, “they are fat” is a statement of fact. It sure as hell won’t help them lose weight to put them down, and I’m speaking to ALL the fat-haters here. (And no, I’m not fat, but have been and have a fat best friend who is vegan, eats sensibly, and exercises 7 days a week – guess, what, it’s genetic for some.)
Geisha-The awful dresses are compounded by the physical condition of the wearers. To point out fat is not to hate fat. Fat is a choice–a choice to get there, and a choice to leave there. I’d LOVE to go back to eating a huge bowl of ice cream every night, but that would have killed me in about ten years. I choose to live and because I’ve done it, I know others can. BTW, the key is carbohydrates. Meat has few, so meat won’t make you fat. Sugar pop and white bread, pizza and rice–killer carbs. Axe those. And then I walk walk walk.
Yeah except for the whole clogging up your arteries and killing a buttload of animals, meat is a great choice!
if humans weren’t supposed to eat meat then why do we have canine teeth?
It’s too bad dead animal taste’s SO good.
That and the fact that if none of us ate meat, we’d use up so much farmland that the animals would all starve anyway. Since they are going to die, I might as well enjoy them…
That might be the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Do you know how much land and natural resources are used to produce ONE cow? A hell of a lot more than are necessary to grow the same caloric amount of plant foods, and plant foods are far more nutrient-dense.
might as well eat the animals. for example…cows that one sees on farms and other places that has them. they would not be able to survive on their own. they have been modified so much. that releasing them to the wild would be inhumane.
and no matter how much vegans try to claim that all we need are plants to live on. there are animal amino acids we need that plants can NOT duplicate.
plus even in nature primates eat meat. sometimes they eat other primates. at least we are in our own way being humane by eating animals that we raise as food. remember that to release them to the wild would be the most inhumane. they would not be able to survive. and if they did. it would take maybe 5000 of any animals to get one of them to survive.
plus it is in the bible that cows are to be eatened. they are on the ‘allowed’ list.
Actually, if you read Genesis, we’re meant to be vegans.
GENESIS 1:29 “Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.”
You may actually want to read the entire bible before you refernece it, so as to have some context. It is later that God hands down rules for eating flesh; he does this at the time that he gives punishments for injuring each other and murder. One may assume that God was feeling a little disappointed in man around this time. So make the baby Jesus smile and stop eating flesh.
actually Jesus ate meat. he partook in Passover feasts which includes eating roast lamb. also Luke 24:41-43 Jesus eats fish. “He said to them, ‘Have you any food here?’ So they gave to him a piece of broiled fish and some honeycomb. And He took it and ate in their presence.” also if he condoned the eating of meat, he would have said so, and not given people meat to eat. such as when he multiplied the loaves and fish to feed the five thousand.
actually ray, they are finding out that fat is a choise of lifestyles is wrong in alot of cases. and I have to agree. one can do as you say and drop alot of pounds. another woman who also does the same thing. and can NOT drop any weight. and there are those who no matter what they eat can not gain any weight and these gals do not work out at all. I was the last one till I went on some meds for my health. thing is, the side effects of the meds had me gaining 65 lbs. I still can not lose it. and i eat less than my 5 year old does. in fact two days worth of my meals is one day for her….
by the way. I am not allowed to stop the meds for medical reasons.
by the way. no carbs no brain. have carbs, have a functioning brain. they found out that you need carbs for your brain to work.
here is from a news site about that:
Tyra Banks has a new mission: Cast an unlikely group of aspiring models — namely, those whose curves can fill out a size 14 — for a plus-size competition. “Plus-size is really the average American woman,” Banks has said. “And that woman is healthy.” That woman is also, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 20 pounds overweight.
In fact, a growing collective of doctors and activists have begun to argue that lifestyle and genetics are what determine a woman’s health. Even our new (zaftig) surgeon general, Regina Benjamin, M.D., recently said, “Being healthy is not about a dress size.”
Hold on Fat is not always a choice.. ahve you seen those 5,6,7 year old rolly polly kids. Mom and Dad just kept shoving the sugar poor things. Plus not everyone is a six and healthy you can be a healthy 12/14 or whatever. If you are eating right, exercising and still considered overwieght were is the choice.
also, have you noticed that once they get down to a size 2 or 3. that there is no curves on them. that if they want them. they have to be fake!
at elast with a gal that has some weight to her. she at least has some NATURAL curves to her. not some pieces of plastic.
Everyone is different. It is harder for some than others. I have been working at it diligently for 2 years and have lost 56 pounds and every single pound has been difficult. Don’t make it sound like people who cannot lose are not disciplined and don’t have willpower. That simply is not true in many cases. You should be more understanding since you used to be big. Grow some empathy and humanity.
The bride seriously didn’t consider her bridesmaids with these dresses. A lesson to any bride to be… please consider your bridesmaids body shape when picking dresses.
They look like Turquoise sausages. Wrong. Just. Wrong.
Meth is the worst drug ever but add 144 viewings of blue lagoon before you hit age 18 and the damage is ten fold.
She made them all look like pregnant mermaids! How cruel!
Sad too, the girl on the far left is kinda cute, but that dress just makes her look like a lump.
I’m sure they’ll find a way to use them again…as cleaning rags.
They remind me of unfortunate dance recital costumes.
Oh, and she doesn’t even give them bouquets to try to hide behind!
It’s tough to comment on this one, without being a little cruel.
That style of dress would be really sexy on a slender girl. However, as previously pointed out, there is no style of dress that can do miracles.
The bottom line is: there’s too much bottom line. There’s enough beef on these 7 women to make 10 “normal” sized girls.
Unfortunately, in north America, these 7 are now the “normal” size.
Wrong. On a slender girl, the dress would make her look like a tramp which is equally as bad as sticking a big girl in a tiny dress. The dress is bad all the way around. On these girls, they just look embarrassed. And I would be too…they’re not comfortable in these unflattering dresses, and that’s cruel. These dresses are BAD. BAD. Like sparkly aqua Saran wrap.
As for the seven women, I don’t think the blonde on the left in the middle is actually that big. Just needs to tone up her stomach and arms. And it’s not just North America. Anywhere the main diet consists of carbs and processed foods, you will find the issue is growing.
I agree with you, imillard, on the right girl at the right time, this dress would be okay. Unfortunately, these are the wrong ladies at the wrong time.
A-lines. A-lines. A-lines.
anyone would look like shit in these. The designer should be shot. There is no excuse of this, unless it’s Halloween.
I concur.
And so they’re not all skinny-minnies. So what? The brides’ choice did not take shape into consideration, and I agree with mojojo – she could have picked turquoise and allowed each girl to choose a dress more flattering to her shape. Would have been better than sparkly sausage casings. And it’s funny how better fitting dresses would have made them ALL look better.
All of these girls are … rather large. Certainly there are styles that could have been much, much more flattering. However, I have to agree that overweight is not only unhealthy but unattractive.
Let’s face it, the bride looks pretty horrible herself. As a fat girl myself I have one thing to say -
FAT WOMEN SHOULD NEVER WEAR ANYTHING SLEEVELESS!
Just like horizontal stripes and big, busy patterns make us look even heavier, sleeveless/capped sleeves/extra-short sleeves make fat arms look fatter.
There is NO fat woman who looks good in these styles, EVER. We simply MUST ALWAYS cover our upper arms with sleeves that fall at the very least to the top of our elbows.
So, here you have women, the bride included, wearing dresses two sizes too small – ladies, despite what Stacy & Clinton say, wearing too small clothing does NOT make you look thinner, you look like 50 pounds of mashed potatos in a 5 pound bag – so every single lump, bump, and roll is exposed to make every wedding guest have nightmares about Jello for life, but they’re wearing sleeveless dresses that make their arms look like barrels.
Seriously, the bride needs her head examined. With her weight and her poor taste in clothing she’s either married a guy who’s desperate for a green card or is gay and trying to hide it. Because no man in his right mind would marry that big fat hot mess!
And this is coming from a fat chick!
Fat girls, once again -
NEVER WEAR SLEEVELESS!
Thank you! Different clothes look good on different body types. Honestly, I don’t think this particular style of dress looks good on bigger girls regardless – it’s a dress style that was specifically designed to create the illusion of more curves on otherwise skinny girls.
And the bride totally knew it, too. I don’t believe she didn’t realize the dress she chose would make her bridesmaids, who are already on the bigger side, look bigger and lumpier than they actually are. It’s pretty cruel, especially when you consider how much good plus-size fashion there is out there.
Even a skinny girl will look fat if she squeezes into clothes that are too tight for her. It made me sad to see the epidemic of shapely girls walking around with muffin tops because they insist on squeezing their otherwise lovely figures into super-low-rise jeans that just don’t fit. Augh.
There’s nothing fat-phobic about pointing out that you should dress to flatter your body type. That’s advice that applies to everyone.
Jami, I think you’d be surprised how many men would jump at the opportunity to marry a plus sized women when she has more to offer then trolling the internet and insulting strangers on a regular basis.
I’m really sorry that you’ve had issues finding a man yourself, but I’m even more sorry that you likely presume it’s due entirely to you being a “big fat hot mess”. If your personality in real life matches that of your online persona, a size 4 figure won’t help you.
I don’t think she’s saying that fat women are unattractive to all men, just that some clothes don’t flatter parts of their bodies. And that’s true for all body types, not just the big girls.
very true. just like some colours do not match some skin tones.
green looks horrid with a olive toned skin.
i’m lucky that my current man likes the fact I have some extra weight to me. unlike my ex, who prefered me looking like some 14 year old with out much of a bustline.
Oh man, Jami, those cap sleeves are the DEVIL for girls without Michelle Obama’s arms (i.e. the vast majority of us ladies)…even if you have what’s considered ‘skinny’ arms, you have to work the biceps at least six times a week to wear cap sleeves.
Most women should wear sleeves. Wedding dresses seem to HAVE to be sleeveless now, even though 7 out of 10 brides would look better in a different cut. And Stacy and Clinton have never said to wear clothing to small. They just want everyone out of tents. And I agree, flowing clothing does not confuse us to what is under, it makes us think your fat. But this applies to normal sized people. Obese people are not going to look small in spandex or a tent. Not trying to be mean here, styling is what I do. I can make you look amazing, but you might not like my reasons to covering and reveling parts of you…
Something like this, perhaps?
im also a fat chick and I say if its hot, nothing in the world is getting sleeves on me! (im down to 220lbs and still losing incidentally and will likely end up with floppy biceps and still dont care)
Absolutely! It gets incredibly hot and humid here in Summer, so the choices are either bare my arms for three months, or be dragged off to the hospital every day suffering from heat stroke. I do my best to wear clothes which are flattering to my figure type, but let’s face it, a red sweaty face is never a good look. I’d rather be cool and comfortable.
Jamiesings, just shut up and go away!! I hate reading your negative comments. You obviously have NOBODY in your life because you are sad and fat and a huge downer. You yourself are fat hot mess. I don’t have a problem with you because you’re fat, I have a problem with you because of your horrible, disgusting comments. Get some self esteem and then come back.
This is a rule I live by until I lose the remainder of my weight. I have been outside MAYBE twice in my fathood wearing short sleeves. I’m fat. I know what it’s like. And when I see people putting their fat on display instead of trying to hide as best as they can (as they should because it’s revolting), I feel like throwing a blanket over them.
oh, please, come on. you hate yourself for your fat, well that’s your business. but don’t assume everybody with some body fat on them has to hate themselves as well. some people actually manage to maintain/acieve some self esteem regardless of their weight.
plus, dressing to flatter your body type does not mean “hide every pound that is not pure muscle under a tent” but it means “dress in clothes that fit (are not too small OR too big or cut in a way that is lose on your thinner parts and tight on your fat parts) and that accentuate your curves in a taseful way”.
those bridesmaid dresses are cut straight down. it is not the cut for a curvy woman. dresses that would 1) accentuate the bustline, not hide it in too high v-necks, 2) have sleeves OR spaghetti or total sleeveless, 3) are cut to the waist, 4) hug the hips losely and 5) are either a bit shorter or much longer with 6) heels and those girls would look smokin’ hot!
You know, the whole “Americans are all fat” thing has GOT to stop. We are NOT the ONLY country with a weight problem. After us, China is rapidly becoming the obesity capital of the world. Their love for fast food and the spoiling of their kids – especially sons – is making China quickly gain on us Americans. And judging from the pictures I’ve seen England isn’t far behind. Especially since they replaced so many lovely tea shops with Starbucks – many of those coffee drinks from StarYUCKS are over 1,600 calories for a SMALL.
Sorry, but not all Americans are fat and not all the rest of the world is thin. Grow up and face facts.
Likely though, you’re fat too and just pretending to be thin on the internet like so many men on the internet I know.
I take issue with what RayRay said too, but he didn’t say anything about “all Americans.”
And yes, obesity rates are on an upward swing the world over, but at present, the world’s highest obesity rates are right here in the United States, at a whopping 30.6%. These are, of course, not the same as overweight rates.
RayRay didn’t even mention America or any other country.
Um…I might be missing something, but Jami’s post above didn’t say it was a response to RayRay, and imillard did say “unfortunately, in north America, these 7 are now the “normal” size,” so I’m not sure why the defensiveness on RayRay’s behalf.
All–I never mentioned America. And just because size 16 is normative doesn’t mean its healthy. Longevity and quality of life decrease as weight increases. Changing what/how much I eat and adding significant walking (50 minutes/day 6 days/week) has enabled me to lose 92 pounds, drop 12 waist sizes, and now all of my “numbers”–blood pressure, good cholesterol, bad cholesterol, ACH, etc.–are all healthy and normal. It takes work, will and persistence.
for some of us, we can do as you did. but we can not drop any weight.
no matter how hard we try.
and for those who are disabled as in needing wheels, cane or other walking help. there is no way one can do the walk.
The swim. Do something.
i’m not a quad. I wonder how ever what you would say to one. one that is overweight.
good for you! im glad youve made your health a priority and are doing it for yourself, no one else. 92 lbs is whopping, keep it up!!!
neither is being a size 3 at 5 ft 7 in tall. that is about what for a figure-
32-23-33. about 99 lbs at that tall. we are a society that wants women to be anorexic. in fact if Marion Monroe came back somehow. she would be put on a diet. her curves used to be praised. now today. she would be considered to be obese herself.
and we tend to praise women who are that tall and a size 1/2. can we say at that size needing lead weights for a mild breeze. or cover the drains so the gal does not slip thru the grates…
been there. at least my man prefers me at where I am currently. with curves.
it is all attitude on how you feel about where you are at.
you can look like a knock out but yet. be dateless because you are stuck in the never ending cycle of …i need to lose weight becuase i’m not attractive at the weight i’m at…. to the point of being a full blown anorexic.
or in some women. be a little heavy. and be swarmed by guys who love their women to at least weigh something. and have the curves to match. because they love who and what they are…..
it is up to the person to find where they are the most comfortable without being pressured into some standard of fashion for the weight at that time period.
thing is, thanks to advertising. we have girls as young as 7 talking about what is the best DIET for themselves. as in losing weight…..
and at the way the world is going. Anne McCaffery’s Doona will be the truth and not the sci fi it is now for how folks are to look.
Sorry, the numbers don’t like. We are the fattest. Maybe not forever, but yes, it is a big issue here in the states.
whoops. *numbers don’t lie*
I read both your posts and I have to say I think I like you. ^^
You’re fat but you don’t bash us skinny girls, and you talk frankly about needing to work your clothing around squishy places so it looks presentable.
So many big girls are all “I’m fat and I think I’m pretty DEAL WITH IT!” But you’re more “I’m fat and I dress sensibly.”
A refreshing change.
Have a cookie!
*on nom nom*
whoops! that was aimed at Jami… why didn’t the posts nest? o0
us skinny girls have clothing issues too. we ALL need to dress in ways that are flatters to whatever shape we have.
also, as if the dresses and shoes and sizes were not bad enough – whats with the farmers tans on those arms?! Im NOT an advocate for tanning beds but … if all else fails, self-tanner??
I’m obese (272) sadly. As soon as my foot heals (around November dang it, Achilles tendon) I’m going on an exercise regime. Already on a diet. No more sugar for me. I’d like to see 80, but that ain’t happening if I don’t lose the weight (59 years old now.)
Lousy dresses, I wouldn’t put a mouse in one.
yeah, its the countries that are most wealthy and privileged that have the highest obesity rates. when you have a culture thats accustomed to benefitting from the poverty and exploitation of the developing world (without having any awareness of it), well of course everybody’s gonna get fat.
You’re right, obesity is a worldwide problem. But even if you can’t/don’t want to loose weight, you can still dress yourself to not look like trash.
I think I had a bathing suit when I was 6 that resembled those dresses. It is not a suit I would wish upon anyone. Little butt ruffles and glitter stripes. Yikes. Not even cute of a 6 year old.
If my sister had tried that, she would have been shanked by all 3 of her bridesmaids.
~Super discounted plain-jane wedding from oulet store near airport: $100
~Veil made from crap off the clearance table at Ben Franklin’s, Beverly’s and from my neighbor’s garage sale: $18.74
~Finding matching dresses in my favorite shade of 80′s tourquoise that make ALL my bridesmaids look dumpy/preggers/both: priceless.
*Bonus: the photographer catching me, the radiant bride, in the “nipple radio knob” pose.
Fashion & Photog basics ~
*Front hemline at the mid-knee to mid-calf area visually “cuts off” legs at the least flattering point. Flat footwear only accentuates this effect. Heels for ceremony & pictures, ladies; save the flipflops for the inevitable tired tootsies later on!
*Flowers to grasp would greatly lessen the expressions of pain on these ladies’ faces.
*If you are on the heavier side (and I know from whence I speak!), you do NOT pass as pregnant by doing the “cradle the belly” thing. Pregnant girls do *not* get a pass on the bride & bridemaids photo ~ this pic ain’t about you, new mama. You draw focus to you and attention away from the bride. You can cuddle your bump the rest of the day; give it a rest for the officially posed group shots.
I wanted my girls to look AND feel good on the day because I wouldn’t have enjoyed it otherwise. That was WAY more important to me than having matching dresses or colour. As such I gave them $500 each and told them to knock themselves out and surprise me. They all looked fantastic, all got a nice dress to keep that they could wear again and we all had a ball. You see, I figured if they were close enough to me to trust being a bridesmaid then I could trust them with a dress choice. Humans are all different shapes and sizes and it is ridiclous to think one dress is going to suit them all.
Your bridesmaids are sooo lucky to have you as a friend! I did something similar; I only had one bridesmaid so I told her what colors I liked & asked her to find a dress she liked & would be able to use for other occasions. She ended up with a gorgeous dress in the color I was secretly hoping for & wore it ’til it fell apart!
Fashion & Photog basics ~
*Front hemline at the mid-knee to mid-calf area visually “cuts off” legs at the least flattering point. Flat footwear only accentuates this effect. Heels for ceremony & pictures, ladies; save the flipflops for the inevitable tired tootsies later on!
*Flowers to grasp would greatly lessen the expressions of pain on these ladies’ faces.
*If you are on the heavier side (and I know from whence I speak!), you do NOT pass as pregnant by doing the “cradle the belly” thing. Pregnant girls do *not* get a pass on the bride & bridemaids photo ~ this pic ain’t about you, new mama. You draw focus to you and attention away from the bride. You can cuddle your bump the rest of the day; give it a rest for the officially posed group shots.
and lastly…
*Everone in this pic needs to be “angled in” towards the middle. The straight-into-camera pose is highly unflattering!
Look at the red-carpet shots in People Magazine, etc; it is not by accident that every female automatically drops into That Pose ~ head high & just turned, shoulders back, camera side leg slightly forward with knee slightly bent…aaand ^click^! Compare to straight-on pose…big difference!
Girdle fail.
handkerchief hem? halter top? ruched waistline? turquoise sparkly fabric? this is sad, and to think, this bride is going to be paying HUNDREDS of dollars for the pictures of these poor tortured souls. Larger women= a dress that grazes the body, and either a sleeve or a shawl, no sparkly fabric or ruching to draw attention to precisely the area that no woman wants to accentuate. Only the very thin or hour glass shapes look even remotely good in a dress like the top half. NO ONE looks good in a handkerchief hem, unless you are a gypsy fortune teller. This could have been such a pretty wedding with the addition of some taste,where the hell was David Tutera?? I thought he had horrible bridesmaid dress radar??
Gotta be honest: Tinkerbell is pretty hot in a handkerchief hem.
Anyone else having Willy Wonka flashbacks when Violet Beauregarde ate the gum that made her swell into a blueberry?
But seriously, I think we can stop blaming the bride wholesale for this. There’s SIX bridesmaids, which to me says that they agreed (at least majority voted) on wearing that dress. Miss top right looks like she wear that sort of thing all the time.
My maid of honor is making her own dress (she’s a seamstress), but we went through pictures of dresses together and found something that we both thought would look good on her.
This… well, this is just sad. It looks like the bride decided on what dresses she was going to have her bridesmaids wear at her junior homecoming and “they’ll be damned if they’re too big for it!”
Saffy- how does the fact that there are six bridesmaids mean to you that they agreed to this dress? Wedding party decisions don’t usually go by majority rule, and bigger groups doesn’t mean a more agreeable bride. Frankly in my experience it’s the opposite- it’s usually the more controlling brides who want a big wedding. Not always true, of course, but I can’t follow the six bridesmaids = they got to pick reasoning.
I do think that the bride did this intentionally- her dress isn’t great, but it actually has far more flattering lines. The high waist and the opening front bit help streamline and flatter a larger figure. But there’s no way she thought these dresses would look good on her ‘maids. Unless she picked them out and someone else went with her to pick her own dress…
I have been to more than a few weddings (only one of my own) and I have never seen a truly attractive bridesmaid dress.
In most cases it’s gilding the lily.
Can we sum it up?
The style isn’t right – for the occasion or the women.
The dresses don’t fit. Agreed.
Don’t go sleeveless. Check.
And perhaps there’s too much detail in the design. I have always hated the expression, “Less is more.” The proper motto would be, “Less is better.” Keep it simple.
Anne: According to Wikipedia, “As much as 64% of the United States adult population is considered either overweight or obese…”
Jami: No, not all Americans are fat. Just about 13 out of 20 are.
Take a look at this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_map_of_Energy_consumption_2001-2003.svg
It’s not a pretty picture.
THANK YOU!!!
Ive had weight issues and yes i oppose all the sexist vs thrown at women about their bodies,
BUT all these fat-acceptance militants are so off….obesity is unhealthy, but whats worse is that its PRIVILEGED!! your ability to eat whatever you want is coming at the expense of the poor around the world and in THIS country, and of the planet.
Please, check your privilege!
*vs = bs
Phoenix, speaking from personal experience, there was always a choice or the opportunity to give input as to the dress style. Color was never an option but fabric and cut have always been something I’ve been allowed to participate in the choosing of. Because at the end of the day, I pay for it and I wear it.
Regardless of “bridezilla” tactics, you retain free will. You can refuse to wear something you find unflattering. A real friend (worth keeping anyways) would never aim to humiliate you by forcing you to suffer. In my humble opinion.
depends on the bride and what she wants too. some brides will not budge on the style.
my SiL would not budge. she wanted a certain style and cut. and she got it. and my parents backed her on her choices.
no, this is not my SiL’s wedding.
I have seen thin women that that dress makes look unfaltering.Something about the design.Also i hope this is a after wedding shot to be wearing flip flops lol
Although this is one wedding party where not one girl feels bad about herself by comparing herself to the other bridesmaids lol
These dresses could have been better if A. They had NOT been made out of two layers of a stretch knit, one of which was metallic mesh. B. Had been fitted in the mid section rather than ruched.
On a side note, what starbucks drink is 1,600 cals for a tall? A breve 8 pump white mocha? lol!
Didn’t have time to scroll tru all the comments, but bride’s maid dresses are supposed to be ugly, so the bride looks more beautiful when she stands next to one or all of them. That’s the best explanation I’ve heard.
one. in some countries. being heavy is a sign of wealth. since food is scarce in those countries.
we in America are about the only ones that associate fat gals with being poor. not only in money, but also in taste.
though i’ll agree with the poor in taste in sticking those gals in that style of dresss. and if it was a outside wedding. i can see where the thong sandels would be needed. trying to walk on a lawn with any sort of heels is asking for a gal to sink and flip. in other words end up in a accident that could break at least one bone in her body.
if it was the bride that stuck her maids into thse thongs. at least she was thinking safety for the gals.
I’m sorry, that makes no sense (your footwear comment). They are in a gazebo that’s made of concrete. They could have easily just puttered from location to location in the flip flops until it was picture time, then slip them on for the pictures. This is sheer laziness on their part, and they look like just dreadful.
it’s a wedding! they should make some effort! but I blame the bride – I’m certain that like the appalling dresses, this was her idea. I bet ten bucks she’s wearing a pair of white old navy flip flops under her dress.
When my girlfriend got married, she got these LOVELY off white, beaded ballerina flats. They were like satin, and so beautiful, and no one could see them under her dress.
unless it was entirely outside. then the extra expense of high heel is a waste of cash. just for pics. and at the length of the bride’s dress. would have made the gown look like what we in the 70s were have called ..floods… as though you are trying to keep your hemline above flood waters. it was used as a insult back then.
I agree that the best would have been what your friend did. the flats. at least for looks.
Sara, have you ever tried to walk accross a yard in heels? trust me, very big risk in breaking one’s ankle. or in the least, spraining one. which is why i did applaud the bride’s sense in not using heels for the wedding party.
as well as not all gazebos have cement sidewalks leading up to them. sometimes one has to walk accross the yard to get to one.
The fact that plumper people CAN look good in the right dress somehow just makes it worse for those poor girls.
“Does this dress make me look fat?”
“…..uhhmmm, it’s not the dress.”
Any chance that this is some sort of poolside wedding reception, and those dresses actually are just fancy swimsuits…? Perhaps I’m completely wrong, but it’s the only reasoning I can think up to explain those flip flops and the skintight shiny mermaid fabric ><
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Sad but true: I have seen much, much worse–and at a David’s Bridal. A half-dozen plus-sized bridesmaids in for their final fitting, squeezed into way-too-tight strapless satin sheaths, all the better to show off their tattoos and bulges. And they and the bride all thought they looked FABULOUS.
As a Certified Fat Chick, I am here to say, “Honey, just because all the thin girls are wearing it doesn’t mean you’ll look good in it, too.”
I think people can be beautiful no matter their size. That is a beautiful picture of a beautiful group of happy bridesmaids. Thanks for sharing. I love this site.
Maybe not flattering, but flattening!
Well, everyone knows that the uglier the bride the more hideous the bride’s maid dresses. After all, the uglier their outfits the better looking the bride seems to be!
this is sad to me. sometimes you see bridal parties with a few bigger women or a thin bride with a couple fat bridesmaids….but ALL of these women are overweight. It makes me wonder how much of their friendship revolves around their enjoyment of eating whatever the fuck they want and expending as little energy as possible. or using food as therapy
omg I’d put money down that she did that on purpose so that she looked better in comparison!!!
Rayray…good for you, but not everyone’s body is the same…everyone’s body is different, not everyone’s body will respond the same way to certain stimuli as yours.
I would work out, including swim, walk, play sports, etc., and I lost zero -0- pounds. I ended up having a hormonal condition that caused me to be fat, and had to go on medication to correct it and thus be able to lose weight. But even as a larger person, my numbers, including blood pressure, diabetes/A1C, cholesterol, you name it, were NORMAL. My doctor was impressed with the numbers and said I was one of the healthiest people she has seen (on a college campus with the vast majority of people quite young and thin)…as an obese person. Overweight/obesity means increased risk, not that you are automatically doomed to being ill and a drain on the health care system unless you omg lose a bunch of weight and become thin. Correlation does NOT equal causation.
As wealthy as the US is, it is typically much cheaper and more convenient to eat crap than to eat healthily and exercise, so the poor are much more likely to be obese than those who have money. Convenience stores, fast food restaurants, and crime-ridden streets are plentiful in poor neighborhoods, while gyms, comprehensive recreation centers, pools, and grocery stores…not so much. So it’s not an issue of rich Americans eating up the food from everyone else, obesity in the US is really an issue of class and inequality of resources.
About the pic itself…I actually like the bride’s dress, but I think she was trying to sabotage the look of her bridesmaids…I cannot see how anyone would think that was flattering. The material doesn’t accentuate the curves well and makes them all look pregnant, and the cut in general is trashy for any woman, fat or thin. The lack of sleeves, though, isn’t the problem. So these women’s arms are soft…women are supposed to be soft, not hardbodied like men…we’ve gotten so into the anti-obesity craze that we’ve swung the pendulum the other way toward unhealthy thinness and expecting women to look like something other than women. Besides, realistically, very few bridal dresses (bride or bridesmaid) these days have sleeves, and the few that do look more like tents than glamorous dresses. Bigger women should be able to look nice on their wedding day just like thinner women, and shouldn’t be expected to “hide” their “fat.” Fat is not a source of shame.
the stupid media does not help. like the time that Alicia Silverstone had gained a couple of pounds for her role in Batman as Batgirl.
the media had photos made to make her look like she had gained alot more than she did. and used the wording: Watch out Batman, here comes Fatgirl.
the thing was. is that she was close to what the BMI chart has for what is normal for her age and height. after gaining that weight.
the Media praises those ladies who are bone thin. and mocks those who try to be a normal weight. or above. if they did pics of most average sized American ladies. the Media would be calling them morbidly obese…. i’m talking size 14
my weight is a size 14. but because i was pregnant one. my hips spread out and i can only wear a size 18. and like you. i can not lose the weight.
My friend got that exact same color dresses for her bridesmaids! And I look like hell in it
Sequined aqua-tea length mermaid dresses to show off the muffin tops and bus driver arms…..
Pictures taken by great-grandma Mabel with the Kodachrome Instamatic……
Wedding on the pee-stained steps of the concrete gazebo in front of the dead pine tree…..
Matching flip-flops for everybo…..wait…..DAMMIT DOREEN! You wore your black flip-flops!!!!
Whatever. Stick her on the end. No one will notice.
This is a good example of a bow-wow bride taking action to make sure she STILL looks better than her bridal party.
obviously some dude thought she was a hottie. and not a bow-wow
wheres the brides feet?! looks like she is using her elbows to hold her up
They look like Betty Rubble…
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i’d do the one on the left.
what is the bride doing with her arms she looks like she is doing the funky chicken
I just read all the recent comments. I agree that the bridesmaids’ dresses are completely unflattering. The bride probably wasn’t evil, though, because her own dress isn’t flattering, either. They all got bad fashion advice from somebody.
I’ve heard that old saying about the bride looking better by making the bridesmaids look worse but I think that’s so much horse hockey. My theory is that having a group of happy, smiling girls who look their best around you only makes the bride more radiant. After all, we always buy nice frames for good art.
Those ill fitting, dreadful dresses make the bride and each bridesmaid look like they are about to go into labor.
The bride also looks like she is about to do the Chicken Dance.
at least the bride and the maids do NOT look like this:
http://www.anorexicmodel.com/
Wow. Really? She made every single girl look like an autumn gourd… That is really unforgiveable.
Ohh christ… These look horribly similar to a bridesmaid dress I had to wear to a friend’s wedding.
The spandex, ruffles and sparkles are the same. The only difference is that the ones we wore had a much deeper neckline, a slit halfway up the thigh, and were grey. The dress looked best on the size 3 bridesmaid, but even on her it looked large and super-slutty.
Okay, wait… don’t blame the dresses here. The bride and the bridesmaids are all fat. That’s what’s wrong with this picture. I mean, real women have curves, but real women do not have arms the size of legs.