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Woman Flower Girl Dresses
When is a Girl Not a Girl? When Shes Wearing a Womans Flower Girl Dress!
In most western wedding traditions the flower girl, if
there is one in the ceremony, is a young child,
typically between the ages of three and seven years old.
Some brides, however, may opt to use a non-traditional
approach to this time honored tradition by using an
older girl to fill the role of flower girl.
They may choose a teen sibling or a young adult friend
to enter the chapel first and walk down the aisle
tossing flower petals to and fro. In these cases, a
flower girl dress designed for a small child simply will
not do unless the desired effect is to have the flower
girl be much more of a spectacle than usual. When the
flower girl is more woman than girl, shell need a
womans flower girl dress.
A womans flower girl dress is usually a bridesmaids
dress with some special added design features that
designate it as belonging to the flower girl. It may
have additional bows or be adorned with flowers that the
other bridesmaids dresses do not have.
Other than those additions, which will usually need to
be special ordered or added after the purchase because
few retailers sell womans flower girl dresses, there is
no real difference. In fact, a bride shopping around for
her attendants dresses will be hard pressed to find a
flower girl dress specifically designed for a grown
woman.
When choosing specifications for woman flower girl
dresses, the bride or wedding planner should not try to
make the flower girl look cute. Cuteness works when
the flower girl is three years old or so, but not so
much when shes eighteen or older. Instead, the flower
girl should be treated the same as the other
bridesmaids. Also, if a grown flower girl is utilized it
is usually a good idea to use a boy or man of similar
age as the ring bearer, a role typically filled by a
small boy.
One nice thing about buying a woman flower girl dress is
that there are more options available than there
typically are with flower girl dresses for little girls.
As previously mentioned, the woman flower girl dress is
usually just a bridesmaids dress. In other cases the
flower girl will be asked to just wear a nice dress of
her own. This is more common in less formal weddings.
While tradition dictates that the flower girl usually
must be a young child, there is no law that says this
has to be the case. As wedding traditions modernize and
evolve and more people put their own personalities into
their wedding ceremonies, more brides will use their
grown friends and family members as the flower girls.
This, in turn, will cause a greater need for a woman
flower girl dress. Who knows? If this becomes an actual
widespread wedding trend, perhaps Vera Wang will one day
release specifically designed woman flower girl dresses.
About the Author
Michael Triggs is a freelance writer who lives in
Las Vegas, NV and a regular contributor to
http://bridesmaid-dresses-n-flower-girl-dresses.com.
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