Bridesmaid ordered a different fabric from everyone else

I would just say you mistakenly thought the dress was mesh and would match the chiffon. And stress the importance of making sure everyone matches well? If you can afford to, maybe offer to buy her a replacement?

Unfortunately I think they'll look pretty different. If she's the MOH that could be fine.

What's their return/exchange policy like? They have A LOT of dress options in chiffon so it really shouldn't be too difficult to find one she likes.

If you told me the dress was fine and then later told me I needed to buy a new dress, I would be upset. If you want her in a different dress I think you need to pay for it in full.

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Lol my sister makes like TRIPLE what I make with several businesses so money is definitely not an issue but she likes to save when possible. I mean, I don't make much but I'd be willing to pay her the $40 for the dress she bought. What's wrong with just paying for the dress she bought and the return???


The reason I said it was okay because I compared it against mesh/stretch which said it in the listing but it really was nylon and I don't know much about fabric...but I don't have a nylon swatch. I don't even think it's a part of their "regular".

Unfortunately I don’t think there’s much you can do since you already approved the dress. You could offer to the rest of the girls if they haven’t fully committed to a dress yet to consider that fabric as well, so it ends up being more of a mix and match all around instead of one standing out . But otherwise I’d just let it go at this point. It will look fine and it won’t be a thing that will ruin your wedding day .


I DO think IF you really want her to get a different dress at this point, you should be the one to pay for it. (I’d say “sorry I had a bride freak out about matchiness. Do you like ANY of the chiffon options? I’m buying”)

Everyone already got their chiffon dresses, my sister is the only one that got nylon.

If she's the MOH it's fine. If she's not- it's definitely going to look different. I'd return it and buy her a new one- on your dime. The fact she makes more $ than you is irrelevant.

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I guess I'm a bit confused as to why I'd have to pay for a brand new dress if say the budget was like $100 initially for example? If we do a return and she gets that money back regardless and I pay for returns and fees, handle that process or even pay for that dress she bought for a newer one if unable to return. That's the part I'm confused on.

I think that no one else will notice. It's the same color. She is your sister, and I think it's perfectly fine.
I would just take it with a grain of salt and let it go.

The pictures will still be beautiful! If that's the only mishap, I would count myself lucky
All eyes will be on you anyway❤

I think it will look totally fine. If you choose to tell her no you should pay for her new dress. Reason is that you told her this one looked fine then changed your mind so you should cover the potentially more expensive dress. Or at the very least pay the difference if the dress she ends up ordering is more than $40.

View Quoted Comment Alright, then just let her wear the one she bought since you Ok’d it to begin with

Just an update, she got the dress today and ended up ordering another chiffon dress (both from the same site but not technically bridesmaids dresses)... they were the same shade except it was way shinier and brighter (as expected). She said it was really cheap and ugly though, probably because it was way too big. The chiffon dress she ordered turned out to be way "sexier" lol she is very busty so her boobs were spilling out and the dress was way too tight, nothing wrong with cleavage but it was almost like a bikini triangle where you see the sides and it was literally POPPING, she said she'd have to lose like 10 lbs to fit comfortably anyway! I felt bad so I ended up offering to pay for another dress I found online that was similar and take care of returning the others, but this was more conservative and from the actual bridesmaid line NOT the maxi dress line lol. She said she'd just sell the dresses she got and return them. So it all worked out haha.