Thought this was a good place to answer the many questions we get from Brides and Moms, so here is the question for today:
“Hi Pegeen,
I did have one question. Both of my flower girls are going to be celebrating their communion in May and want to use the dress as both a communion dress and as a flower girl dress. We will most likely do something to spice up the communion dress for the wedding such as tie a sash the color of the bridesmaid dresses around their waists.
That being said, both moms of the flower girls are actually leaning toward white dresses for the communion and my wedding dress is ivory. Do you think the dresses will clash? Do you think this will look funny or is this something that is done? I want to be accommodating but I also want to make sure the bridal party looks cohesive and stylish.
Can you advise at your convenience?”
Dear Christina,
A good question today indeed! At Pegeen, we like very much to answer your questions by putting ourselves in your mom’s shoes. As a mother of two children myself, I find that my thoughts are constantly thinking about lessons, private school tuition and college funds. So I can relate to your mom’s who are having a First Communion requiring a pretty dress. Traditionally, most
communion dresses are white. I say that because we all get the same speech from our churches who espouse that any color is fine but no one listens….we want to wear white. Traditions are changing in the church so a pale color is okay but it’s obvious your moms are pretty firm in what they want. So here are a few suggestions to help your mothers decide on a style.
Let’s say they want to break from tradition first and wear a soft ivory color. Pegeen has a pale color of ivory called NEW IVORY that may be okay for them to wear on their communion day. All of our styles come in New Ivory and there are plenty of
styles to choose from. Each dress comes with or without a sleeve so they can choose any that fit their liking. We have a special page that highlights some of the
choices other moms have done including dresses for
plus size.
But chances are they are insisting on white so here are some of my solutions for white AND ivory dresses to help you both:
Choose a white dress like Dress Style 300 that you can change the sash out. It’s pretty basic but a good style and an inexpensive approach for both events.
Choose a style with a large sash, something like
dress #395, again in white but do a large ivory sash so that there is a balance for the two colors. (Southern Dresses often are ivory and white and I actually like the look very much). Again, a second sash can be made to switch the sash to white.
Choose a style with
white aloncon lace and make the dress in white silk or, do the dress the other way around.
Choose a white dress but add an ivory
bolero jacket. This again may help balance the two needs together.
My last suggestion is to go the southern, traditional route:
White silk with Ivory Val Lace. This look is extremely beautiful and will look as if the intention is perfect for both.
Please feel free to have the moms call me and we will be happy to discuss any other dual uses for their dress choices. 877-4-PEGEEN
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