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Besides your own wedding, that should of course be a fabulous memory for life, going to s friends wedding can be very memorable as well. Summer weddings can be especially memorable, and although it is your friends important day, there's no reason why you wouldn't pick out something fabulous to wear for yourself. Here are a few tips and ideas for dressing up for your best friends wedding.

If you are the mad of honour

Being the made of honour means that you will be standing right next to the bride so you must look your best for the part. You should dress differently than the other bridesmaids. You must visually announce to the people who are attending the wedding that you are the maid of honour by wearing something that makes you stand out from the other girls in the bridal entourage. For example, if the wedding colours are peach and gold, you may wear a golden gown while the other girls are dressed in peach coloured gowns. But what if there is only one wedding colour selected by the bride? If there is only one wedding colour, you can still wear a dress of the same colour and have it style differently instead. Wearing some distinctive accessories is also a good idea.

There aren't really any rule against a made of honour wearing something white, a hat for example. But it is good manners to not compete with the bride - your best friend - on her important day, be it a summer wedding or otherwise. It will be your turn to really shine all dressed in white at your own wedding. Thus, unless it's you who are getting married, you shouldn't be wearing white at all.

Going as a guest

If you have to travel far for the wedding and you do not have time to perform some special roles during your best friend’s summer wedding, do not let this hold you back. You will still have a great time just going and attending as a special guest on your best friend's summer wedding. Even so, just because you are not part of the bridal entourage, doesn't mean that you can forget about looking great during the ceremony and party held afterwards.

For any outdoor wedding, especially those held in the summer, one of those nice pastel coloured dresses can be an excellent choice. As the weather can be very hot during the summer (if you're lucky), you should take this into consideration by avoiding dresses with long sleeves. Heavy make up can likewise be a bad idea, unless you want to end up melting like a snow(wo)man.

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Monica Hawkins is a wedding planner from Seattle, Washington. If you are going to have your own summer wedding, she recommends first getting wedding planning tips from this affordable guide.

 

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