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Courtney
Expert July 2020

Family photo colors

Courtney, on May 13, 2020 at 11:11 AM Posted in Wedding Attire 0 16
I probably posted on here about this before, or something similar not sure! Our wedding colors are navy, and gold with accented crimson red. My FH and I will be in champagne gold. But my mother is wearing an eggplant color dress for the wedding (I'm not sure how much she likes it, but that's what she picked and I'm fine with it!) My FMIL hasn't picked her dress yet but she wants to stay close to the blues because our bridal party is wearing navy (bridesmaids and groomsmen who are our siblings). So she's looking to wear teal or light blue. We don't want anyone else wearing navy as that will be too much navy haha! But, Will my mom stick out wearing eggplant purple? In no way am I wanting to control what the moms are wearing (so no rude comments about that please) but someone thought it might be too many colors with my mom wearing purple and everyone else in navy. Not sure how. Just wanted to see what everyone else thought. If youve gotten married already could you share your family/bridal party photos please ☺️ I'd love to see them! If not, could you share what the moms and siblings or bridal party is wearing? Thanks! ☺️

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Latest activity by Veronica, on May 14, 2020 at 9:32 AM
  • Belle
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    Belle ·
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    Since she is your own mom, I think you could say what you think and feel. If everyone is in navy and she is in eggplant, I would definitely say something, other than photoshopping her dress to navy, but that’s just me 🤣
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  • Courtney
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    Lol his mother won't be in navy. Just another blue I guess! She hasn't decided, but we didn't want anyone else in navy. That's just too much navy in my opinion. Just was wondering if it would look weird after thinking more about it or if I'm overthinking idk. I only thought about it after someone said something
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  • M
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    She might stick out but so might your FMIL. in any way, i think it is fine to just let them wear the colors they want

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    I would let them decide on their own what they want to wear unless they specifically ask for your advice. Below is a list of what each person in our family photos wore. For some reason WeddingWire won't let me post photos from my computer so I am going to post another response with photos from my phone. It was easier to type this up on my computer.

    My sister (maid of honor) and her husband - she wore the dress we picked for the maid of honor and her husband wore khakis and a black short sleeved button up shirt

    My brother (bride's man) and his wife (bridesmaid) - they wore the outfits we picked out for our bridal party

    My husband's sister (bridesmaid) and her husband - she wore the dress we picked out for the bridesmaids and he wore black pants, a dark purple shirt and silver tie

    My husband's younger brother (groomsman) and his wife - he wore the tux we picked out for the groomsmen and she wore a black dress with pink flowers

    My husband's older brother, his wife and their children (usher, ringer bearer, and flower girls) - he was the only sibling not in the wedding, but his children were. His children wore the attire we picked for them. His brother and his wife decided to coordinate their outfits with our colors since they knew what are colors were. His brother wore a black suit with a black, red and white striped tie and his brother's wife wore a deep red dress.

    My mother-in-law - dark purple wedding

    My father-in-law and his fiancee - he wore a black suit with a black and gray striped shirt and she wore a blue dress

    My grandmother (on my dad's side) - a black dress

    My grandmother and grandfather (on my mom's side) - she wore navy blue dress and he wore a black dress pants, a white shirt, a gray sports coat, and black tie

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    I previously posted what each person wore, but here are the photos to give you a visual. No idea why it won't let me post photos from my computer.


    Family photo colors 1
    Family photo colors 2
    Family photo colors 3
    Family photo colors 4
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    Family photo colors 6

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  • Belle
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    How about matching her color with you mom’s?
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  • Courtney
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    Your photos came out beautifully! Maybe I'm over thinking it. I think because my dress isn't white.
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  • Courtney
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    Yes I thought about doing that! His mother hasn't picked her dress yet, but keeps thinking she has to wear something of our colors ... Which she doesn't lol. She asks me to send her dress options since she's not good at finding things online (she's not tech savvy) so maybe I'll send her different shades of purple lol.
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    Thanks! I would definitely not worry about everyone being matchy matchy.

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  • Courtney
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    I forgot to add that originally they did both ask me what color I wanted them to wear or what type of dress. I sent my mom options of things I liked and she picked something she liked from there. I couldn't tell originally how much she liked it , but she said she's fine with what she has. His mother still hasn't decided on what's shes wearing. She assumes she has to wear something of our colors but I try telling her she doesn't. She also asks me to send her dress options she can't go look in stores right now, so that's what I've been doing , hoping she will find something. But she was the one that made comment about the color of my mom's dress , I guess because it's not the same as the color scheme lol.
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  • Courtney
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    Yes , maybe I should just ignore the comment and let everything play as is. Thank you ☺️ and you're welcome!
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    I would ignore it. Both of our moms picking out purple dresses just kind of happened. Probably because purple is both of their favorite colors. I was just happy they liked their dresses and looked beautiful.

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  • Courtney
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    Wow that a coincidence! Glad it turned out nice (: . I think it would probably be much easier if they didn't ask for my help on picking things haha. Like my mom asked me to send her options then when she picked from that, I could tell she didn't love it . Maybe it looked different on her than online but she didn't want to return it.. and now his mom wants my help searching things of her style. I don't mind but makes it challenging since I'm shopping for someone else , not myself.
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    I totally get that. My mom ordered dresses multiple times from Amazon and she didn't like most of them. She found one she loved, but she didn't want to wear dark purple like my mother-in-law so she returned it. She ended asking me to go with her to go shopping. The dress she wore she kept on debating if she even liked it until days before our wedding, My mother-in-law asked my husband and I to go shopping with her because she doesn't wear dresses a lot and she wanted our opinion. The dress she picked when she went shopping with us isn't the dress she wore to our wedding. The dress she picked when she went shopping with us she wore to my brother-in-law's wedding six weeks after us. She had originally planned to wear the same dress to both weddings, but her sister felt she needed to have two different dresses so she went shopping with her sister. The dress she wore to our wedding was more formal and since our wedding was the more formal of the two weddings she decided to wear it to our wedding. My grandmother also wanted my opinion on what she wore. She purchased several dresses. She tried them on and had my grandfather take photos of her in the dresses and she would then text them to me. I kept telling her over and over again to pick what she loved. Her and I have very different taste, but I truly wanted her to be happy in the dress. She ended up picking a pretty pick dress, but she lost a bunch of weight and the dress no longer fit her so she ended up getting the navy blue one she wore the wedding. My mom helped her pick it out.

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  • Courtney
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    Oh wow I guess they just want us to be happy! All I keep hearing is, "It's your wedding" haha. My mom was picking informal dresses at first I think due to her budget so I offered to buy what she wanted but something that was more formal. I just hope she actually likes what she ended buying and not only wearing it because she thinks that's what I want. I'm going to give my FMIL a call today to see if she's found anything. More than anything, I want everyone to be comfortable. I know how hard it is trying to love your body in a dress . I think we're hard on ourselves as women but it's important that everyone is comfortable!
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    I hope it all works out Smiley smile

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