Help finding a dress for wedding - flower girls

[meshell]

Hi All!

My best friend is getting married in July and is ISO flower girl dresses to match her bridal party and her wedding gown. She ordered the bridesmaids dresses through a designer, but the prices for the flower girl dresses are outrageous ($235).

Do you ladies have any ideas where I could help her find special occasion dresses for her flower girls (I think they would be in the older girls sizes, not toddlers, maybe 4-6x?) As I have a boy, I'm not too savvy on all the places to buy pretty dresses. She's really looking for a dress in silk dupioni (or a reasonable polyester look-alike...my wedding dress was made from a polyester (gasp!) that was treated to look like silk dupioni, so I know it's out there) Here's some pictures of the dresses that are too expensive so that you can get an idea of what she's looking at.

http://www.vucouture.com/images/popups/flowergirl02.jpg
http://www.vucouture.com/images/popups/flowergirl03.jpg

She's hoping for something in an off-white or cream, but I'm thinking she'll take what she can get...

TIA for all your help!

[MarisaSF]

The ones you posted pics of are precious!

I received a catalog recently from Strasburg... they seem to be a popular maker of fancy kids clothes. here's a white silk dupioni one for $160 (still pricey IMO)
http://www.strasburgchildren.com/sildupdreshd.html. This one's cute too, but it's pink for $150: http://www.strasburgchildren.com/elpiduhd.html
Anyway... she can take a look at that site.

For less expensive options, I had recently seen tons of dressy dresses in mall stores (Children's Place, Macy's, etc) just before easter.... I wonder if she could find some left-overs off the rack.

I don't know of any other on-line sources (but I'm sure others will have suggestions) -- I've genearlly seen fancy kids' clothes in neighborhood boutiques.

Where does your friend live? Other posters may have suggestions for local places to look.

[StubbyDog]

Janie & Jack has a really cute flowered silk dress in their Easter line which is on sale now for $40:

http://a116.g.akamai.net/7/116/2088/infinite/www.janieandjack.com/media/images/products/20050124_LOAD/1000-00901_Main_35fe7.jpg

I think it would make a darling flower girl dress, but don't know how it matches her wedding stuff. Other than that, I'd check boutiques honestly, for traditional-style dresses, as I imagine you could find one cheaper there. Or look into having one made.

[momceecers]

You may have her check into having them made.

[yitlan]

I was going to suggest Janie and Jack, too! Can you buy the treated polyester and have them made?



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[ddmarsh]

Victoria Kids makes dresses that seem to be used alot for weddings, etc. They carry quite a few of them at www.bestdressedchild.com. I thought I also remembered seeing special occasion dresses in the summer Talbots catalog.

[shishamo]

We went to a June wedding last year, and my 2 year old wore a dress from the childrens place that looks similar to the first one you posted. It was 9.99 on sale.

I would also suggest getting it made by a seamstress. I made my flower girl's dress for my wedding, the style was exactly like your first picture but all off-white and I used cotton. It took me one evening and an afternoon, easy sewing and I'm no seamstress, it looked adorable.

[lerlerler]

laugh if you want, but ebay!
i got my niece's dress there for our wedding

here's one that looks close (i just took a quick peek)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3263&item=8183933448&rd=1




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[DebbieJ]

I got my niece's dress for my wedding off the rack at JcPenney. I think it was $30 or $40.

~ deb
DS 12/03

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[indigo]

Here's another Janie and Jack (janieandjack.com, or check your local mall) dress - it's lace not silk but it reminds me of the first dress in your post. It's on sale for $34.99 and for now is still available up to 4T. I believe their dresses can run big so might fit a petite six-year-old.

http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/24459.jpg

indigo
DD 7/03
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nine months and counting!

[olivias_mama]

US Angels has very pretty flower girl dresses. www.usangels.com

Veronica

[tadylkat]

I found this one at http://www.shopbriarpatch.com/dupsilpardre.html

$49.00 sizes 2-12
http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/24467.jpg

[mapg]

TJ Maxx has some dresses in a cream silk by Laura Ashley. I think they were around $40. Also check out the Easter line at Children's Place. There were some white dresses with a pink sash that should be on sale, especially in places that were really cool on Easter.

[erbono]

You can also try www.bestdressedkids.com (kids instead of child as previously posted). It is a local store here in town where I get almost all of my special occasion stuff. I even got flowergirl dresses there.

Good luck!
Erica