Flower Girl dress?

How shold I go about the flower girl dress? I am giving my bridesmaids the option of dress (I am picking out 6-7 dresses and they can pick 1 from those) but I don't knwo what to do with the flower girl dress. The flower girl is my fiancee's cousin's daughter



Do I pick out a few dresses that I like and tell the mother or do I just tell the mom some generallized things of what I would like (ivory, long, etc.) and send her a picture of my wedding dress so she can have it match slightly?
Flower Girl dress?
I would send a pic of your gown...and give a gentle generalization.



Paying $100 and up for an adult gown is one thing..paying the crown jewels for a child's dress is a different critter.



She may have a communion dress that she can wear...or can duel purpose your flower girl dress! That would be great!



A friend told me she got a custom made dress on ebay for her daughter for $25.00!



I saw the dress...and this friend has IMPECABLE taste (sephora, coach, louis, klein..etc..) and the dress was amazing!
Reply:I would definitely tell the mother that you need to approve the dress. Also, someone else suggested eBay. I have friends that have found lovely flower girl dresses on eBay--worn once and in perfect shape!
Reply:Pick it out yourself so you will know the exact look you want for her and your wedding. PPl tend to have a different vision then what you are actually looking for.
Reply:There are some lovely dresses on jcpenney.com - some white, some coloured, depending upon what you want. They are beautiful, but way less expensive than 'wedding' site dresses. Another option is to look for First Communion dresses.
Reply:I picked out the pattern that I wanted for the flowergirls (we had 3 of them) and my stepMIL had a friend of hers make them.
Reply:I'm not sure wht to do here either but i think i'll pick a few that i like, one that matches me, one that matches the colour of the bridesmaids and a few others and then take the flower girls and their mother to see them all and see which one comes out on top, you have the casting vote :)
Reply:I would pick it if I were you. I am in the middle of planning a wedding too and I am discovering that when you give people the option to do things, they tend to do what they want and not what you want. I would pick it out and have them pick it up or do the things necessary to have it ready. Congratulations!
Reply:Its up to you, whatever you want her to look like, you or the bridesmaids...or totally different!



you may run across something you love for the flowergirl in the regular kids departments, especailly with Easter coming up.



My bridesmaids wore jade green and carried purple flowers, but I wanted my flowergirl to look like a girl, and I wanted her to be able to wear the dress again. Gowns are such a big expense, and theres really no where else for a little girl to wear it. We found a beautiful regular dress with flower print in lighter shades of the purple and green.



she looked fabulous!



*EDIT* since you are so far away and cannot go together to pick something out, I would say find out her size and choose something for her, or find something at a chain store (like davids bridal, jcpenney, or sears), so they can try on the same one where they live.
Reply:For me, my flower girl was hard to fit, she's so skinney so I just let her mother shop. She picked out several that fit, then I decided which one I liked the most.