Choosing bridesmaid dresses for your wedding is no easy feat when your girls have different tastes, body shapes and dress ideas in mind. Enter: multiway bridesmaid dresses (AKA any stressed bride’s dream). If ‘Hannah’ is adamant she wants a halterneck bridesmaid dress, but ‘Sarah’ doesn’t like to show off her shoulders – and ‘Alice’ likes a V-neck neckline but ‘Lydia’ really suits that asymmetric, one-shoulder look – a multiway bridesmaid dress is sure to solve every argument that may arise.
Coming in a whole host of colours to match everything from your decor to your flower girl’s frocks, multiway dresses feature convertible straps that can be placed and tied in different ways to create a number of different styles, allowing you to factor in your friends’ preferences. But in the same hue and fabric (i.e. silk or satin), your bridesmaids will still all look like one cohesive group, not as if they’ve all turned up from different weddings. Result.
The best part? There are plenty of high street bridesmaid dresses with multiway straps, so whether you’re asking your girls to pay for their own dresses or your budget is already stretched paying for everything else that comes with a wedding, no one has to break the bank. This Coast multiway bridesmaid maxi dress – which can be tied in a seemingly endless amount of ways – is on sale for just £87 (and is available in the same style in plus sizes up to a UK size 26 to cater for every one of your bridesmaids), while this Little Mistress chiffon design is just £26 down from £74.
If you’re looking for some unique bridesmaid dresses, multiway designs are the way to go. Sure, there are black bridesmaid dresses that’ll go with any and every theme, short bridesmaid dresses for the summer and white bridesmaid dresses for the brides who aren’t afraid to share the spotlight, but infinity dresses take the cake.
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Looking for more wedding inspiration? Find our shopping guide to the best high street wedding dresses for your big day here, wedding day jewellery to complete your bridal look over this way, and right here for the best bridal hair accessories. Attending a wedding as a guest? We’ve got you covered with the best wedding guest dresses or if it’s wedding guest jumpsuits you’re after, look no further.