Red Wedding Dress, but What Do Bridesmaid Wear?

Wondering what your bridesmaids should wear if you're wearing a red wedding dress? While many brides may think about using the secondary color, it's important not to clash in the wedding pictures. If your secondary color is navy, the pictures will look lovely with your red dress and theirs being navy. There aren't many colors that will clash, it really depends on the shades of red used in your dress and the bridesmaid dresses.

Bright shades of red include vermilion, persimmon, crimson and ruby paired with certain colors produce a contemporary theme. Really rich bright red dresses in this shade look great with navy, black and yellow.. The neutral colors such as cream and ivory also look amazing with these shades of red. These combinations result in a more contemporary theme. Another current trend to match with contemporary red themes is teal. Although it isn't my cup of tea, the teal and reds are quite stark paired together.

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Alfred Angelo Wedding Dress Style 1797NBA modern rustic theme will use darker shades of red with other muddy tints of various colors. The darker shades include venetian red, falu red, burgundy, carmine and maroon. The darker the shade of red, the less a darker color will stand out. Pairing darker reds with browns, golds and deep shades of purple, like eggplant. Consider pairing some dirty purples with darker reds. For example, a falu red with what's called a thistle purple (a mixture of gray and purple).

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Looking for more romance? Try lighter shades of red or pastels mixed with white and pink. Red and pink actually do look lovely together, but they need to be toned with an ivory, cream or white so the eye isn't overwhelmed by one tint.

Sophisticated, elegance is always one of my favorite styles of weddings. For the cosmopolitan weddings black, gray, white and dark, rich purples. For more ideas of modern wedding themes with red, you can try the Japanese or Chinese themes. Bridesmaids in black Chinese dresses and chopsticks in their hair. One thing to remember about using red in a modern themed wedding is to keep everything simple. Usually, although not always, the less design and embellishment, the more elegant the affair.

My favorites pairings are bold reds and navy or bright reds with silver. I love the way red and navy can be nautical or patriotic. Symbolism in weddings has always meant a lot to me and I've often thought that red, being the symbol of passion, needs taming with a more sedate blue. Alternatively, I love the idea of passionate reds with silver. The best part about silver is your bridesmaids can enjoy wearing it. It can look quite gaudy, so be careful of the dress you choose.

What to be careful of when pairing colors:

While you may enjoy red and green colors together, unless it is a Christmas wedding, you'll soon find out your wedding looks more like a holiday party if you use them.

Silver and red may be my favorite, but they can look very “holiday wrapping paper” if not done tastefully. If these are your colors, and you're determined to have them, have a wedding planner go over the best options for a third color.

Pick too bright colors and your wedding may end up looking like an Easter Day parade. Fuchsia is gorgeous, but not so much with a orange-red dress.

If you're in doubt about what to pair with your red wedding dress, do what millions of brides are starting to do of late: wear your white or ivory dress and add some red accents to the dress. Buy a red white wedding dress with red piping or a white bow, or even a red sash around the middle. When you have these little accents to your dress, you can put your bridesmaids in the red dresses. Although after you see these red wedding dresses, you may not ever want a white one.