Bridesmaid Dress Shopping

Yesterday I took both my sisters to look at bridesmaid dresses.  I had found some dresses online through the Dessy Collection that I was in love with, so we were really excited to go to look at them!

We went to Rosalin's Bridal Boutique in Falls Church, VA, and I have to say I was very disappointed.  The store was very small and cluttered, and it was extremely hard to find anything on the racks.  We were greeted by a small Asian man when we walked in, and once I told him what designer I was looking for, (Dessy), he pointed us to a small rack by the door and left us to look.  All the sizes they had were between 10's and 18's, a few 4's, 6's, and 8's, but those were few and far in-between.  The colors of their samples would look good on no one, and it was hard to visualize how the dresses would look in the color I wanted. 

The Dessy dress in Coral.

While Sam and Julie were changing, I went to the register and asked if they had a certain dress in the store for them to try on.  I had had my eye on it for a while, and was pretty sure it was going to be "the dress."  But....the owner told me it was a three year old design that wasn't being sold anymore.  That doesn't make much sense to me since it is still on the Dessy website....but I couldn't argue with them if they didn't have it in store!  

So, we left a bit disappointed and put-out.  Luckily, we had enough time to head over to David's Bridal in Springfield to shop and spend more time together!  Once again they tried on many dresses, none of which we liked, and we were getting frustrated.  I was able to try on my wedding dress for Julie, and we then had the bright idea to have Sam try on dresses to see which ones would look good next to mine!  Our consultant picked out the dress below and we all agreed it was our favorite.  The only problem is, David's Bridal does not carry the color coral and I have had my heart set on that since Chris and I got engaged.  However, I am really starting to like the Watermelon color in the picture below.  If it was a little bit lighter it would pass for a type of coral, but I think its beautiful the way it is.  The other option is the guava ...but I don't really like it as much.  There is also another bridal shop in Leesburg that has a few coral dresses I like so I'm going to go look at those before I make a final decision.  I mean...whats the rush?  The wedding is next April!