Mixed Metallic Short Bridesmaid Dresses

All seven bridesmaids wore a different metallic dress. Ellen’s goal was to find dresses that didn’t require alterations—dresses they could wear again. “We mostly shopped in pairs on evenings and weekends at the Mall of America. We’d make a girl date of it with dinner at the end,” Ellen says. After the bridesmaids chose their dresses, Ellen brought them home and hung them in a row to make sure they fit together. “It worked out perfectly,” she says. “And all my bridesmaids felt comfortable and happy in their dresses.”