Pick a dress for me - Bridesmaid edition

[UnderProtest]

So I'm in a wedding this fall and the bride is letting us pick our own dresses with the only restrictions being designer, color, fabric, and length (Bill Levkoff, plum, chiffon, floor length).  This leaves me with 105 choices.  They need to be ordered in the next month and I won't be able to get back to the US to try any on.  So help me pick a dress that has the potential for being not hideous on me.  I'm 5'2", small boobs, a little bit of a post baby pudge and thicker thighs.  I generally wear a size 4 or 6 in US normal clothes sizing.

www.billlevkoff.com/bridesmaid-dresses/fabric-chiffon/silhouette-floor-length/

Thanks!

[mbcdefg]

I like these:

www.billlevkoff.com/style/bridesmaid-dress/1115

www.billlevkoff.com/style/bridesmaid-dress/1129

www.billlevkoff.com/style/bridesmaid-dress/498

[UnderProtest]

Feb 12, 2015 11:27:00 GMT -5 Stan said:

I have small boobs too and I feel like thicker straps make them look even smaller. I like this one www.billlevkoff.com/style/bridesmaid-dress/1113 or www.billlevkoff.com/style/bridesmaid-dress/1127

But with thicker straps I could wear my normal (more padded bra) rather than my strapless.  

[UnderProtest]

Oh, and I forgot to mention that both my kids are in the wedding so I will have to be chasing them around too (they will be 4 at that time).

[UnderProtest]

Feb 12, 2015 11:31:00 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

I still think they did super weird Photoshopping to most of these pics.  The waistlines in particular are just not natural.
                        


That, and all the models are about 12 years old.

[UnderProtest]

Feb 12, 2015 11:55:34 GMT -5 Stan said:

Feb 12, 2015 11:52:48 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

But with thicker straps I could wear my normal (more padded bra) rather than my strapless.  

I don't wear padded bras so I didn't even think about that! I've given up on my boobs I think. Lol.

Yeah, so I'm guessing our idea of what constitutes small boobs is a tad different.

[Ashley&Scott]

Feb 12, 2015 11:31:00 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

I still think they did super weird Photoshopping to most of these pics.  The waistlines in particular are just not natural.


www.billlevkoff.com/style/bridesmaid-dress/974


www.billlevkoff.com/style/bridesmaid-dress/768 (Kinda looks the same as 1129 above)

This dress is very flattering on all body types. It was the BM dress we selected for the wedding I was supposed to be in this summer. It did a great job hiding my untoned tummy. The bridesmaids sizes ranged from 2-24, it looked great on everyone. 

An all of the Bill Levkoff dresses I tried on had very slimming waists. They did a great job of creating a focal point at the smallest part of your natural waist.

[UnderProtest]

Feb 12, 2015 12:24:21 GMT -5 Ashley&Scott said:

Feb 12, 2015 11:31:00 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

I still think they did super weird Photoshopping to most of these pics.  The waistlines in particular are just not natural.


www.billlevkoff.com/style/bridesmaid-dress/974


www.billlevkoff.com/style/bridesmaid-dress/768 (Kinda looks the same as 1129 above)

This dress is very flattering on all body types. It was the BM dress we selected for the wedding I was supposed to be in this summer. It did a great job hiding my untoned tummy. The bridesmaids sizes ranged from 2-24, it looked great on everyone. 

An all of the Bill Levkoff dresses I tried on had very slimming waists. They did a great job of creating a focal point at the smallest part of your natural waist.

The bolded is awesome to hear!  I'm really not happy about having to pick a dress without trying it on.

[ECB]

Feb 12, 2015 11:31:00 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

www.billlevkoff.com/style/bridesmaid-dress/974

What I wrote disappeared.

With the added info about bra and kids - I really like this one.

[Ashley&Scott]

Feb 12, 2015 12:39:28 GMT -5 ECB said:

Feb 12, 2015 11:31:00 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

www.billlevkoff.com/style/bridesmaid-dress/974

What I wrote disappeared.

With the added info about bra and kids - I really like this one.

You can totally wear a regular bra with this dress. That was a big bonus IMO, I didn't want to spend $200 on a dress & then go spend another $30 on a strapless bra. 

[UnderProtest]

Feb 12, 2015 12:39:28 GMT -5 ECB said:

What I wrote disappeared.

With the added info about bra and kids - I really like this one.

I'm not sure this would work with a regular bra.  I'm leaning towards the v neck ones.....although I'm not sure why.

And I LOVE that you guys aren't picking the sweetheart neckline ones.  I'm not a fan of that at all.  Why is this designer obsessed with them?

[scout8]

Member of the small boob club here. When possible, I always go for the dress where I can wear a normal bra too. That way, I can wear my usual very padded one.

[Deleted]

Feb 12, 2015 11:26:21 GMT -5 @songforyou said:

I have small boobs, too. I would go for one of these:




www.billlevkoff.com/style/bridesmaid-dress/1131

I'm wearing the short version of this for a wedding later this summer...and it's super flattering on everyone in the party (or about as flattering as BM dresses get...ha. I don't hate it by any stretch). 

[gt7301b]

I'd pick one of the dresses with straps so I could wear a bra.

[lys]

I like 1115 for your body type.
Actually a fit and flare style is universally flattering to any body type.