What if the bride chooses a horrible orange and pink polka dot bridesmaid dress with fuchsia feathers on each shoulder? Does the maid of honor have any say?
Well, yes and no. The best thing you can do to avoid this unfortunate situation is to be proactive, to be involved with the bridesmaid dress selection from the beginning. Volunteer to go dress shopping with the bride. She’ll appreciate your enthusiasm and likely take your sage maid of honor advice. If it’s too late and the bride has already chosen the bridesmaid dress from hell, you could try to suggest other possibilities, but if the bride insists there’s not much else you can do. Perhaps you could find a nice tasteful wrap to wear over that, um, “unique” maid of honor dress (during the reception at least).
