Some bridesmaids haven’t ordered their dresses

I had a similar issue with one of my bridesmaids - it turned out that she was having a difficult time affording the dress because she is also planning her wedding at the same time (we are both bridesmaids in each other's wedding). So to get the dresses done and ordered I just had her call in her measurements and I paid for it and she will pay me back. So my advice is maybe see if there is a money issue and if there is any way to help with it. I was also in the same boat - none of our dresses got ordered until they were all in and the designer took about 3 months. I hate waiting until the last minute - my wedding is in July and they are due to come in the end of this month.

I originally tried to get my bridesmaids to order dresses in December, but it was unanimous that none of them could afford to buy their dress at the time due to the holidays. Maybe that is the same reason your bridesmaids haven't ordered their dress? We went to David's Bridal, and they also gave a 4 month timeline, but I feel like most of that is said to scare you into buying right away. My wedding is also in June, and I think all of my bridesmaids will have their dress orders in by the end of this month. Where did you go for your bridesmaid dresses? Could you of gotten a color swatch? I'd be uncomfortable choosing a color without physically seeing it first, because they often don't look the same as they do online.

Have you asked them why they haven't ordered them yet? Is it a financial issue?

You need to tell them they have to order theirs right away

Have your BM order the dresses directly from the DB website. They will take a week or so come to in. DB does not make the dresses to order, they are factory made like all clothes, and they take a while to come to the store b/c the store batch orders. However, if you order it online, it will come way faster. I did this for a friend's wedding and got my dress in a week. Other girls in the wedding ordered the same dress from a consultant at a store and the dress took two months.

My wedding is in May. One of my bridesmaids have ordered their dress (yesterday actually). They told me it'd be able 4-6 weeks for the dresses to come in. The other two should be ordering theirs by the end of the month. None of mine will need alterations per them so I'm not worried about that. I'm taking the guys to try on shirts/vests Feb 2nd. Are they waiting on money? Have they just not had time? Do they not know what size they need? Maybe say "hey, the dresses HAVE to be ordered by (Friday) so when can you go try them on and get them ordered? If we don't get them ordered in time no one will have a dress for the wedding since the order is placed as one group order."

I'm getting married in May as well. I'm using David's Bridal and I told my girls they had to at least go try on dresses by January 15th to narrow it down to no more than two styles. All of them met with me and tried dresses on and picked which one they wanted. I told them to order it no later than Feb 15th because it will start getting longer wait times before too long. Last week they told me it's about a 4-6 lead time for them to come in..longer the closer to spring. They all knew in June they'd be in my wedding and would be paying for the dress (I'm paying for everything else). So..I gave them time to save up..just getting them to go was harder until I gave them dates.