Selecting Your Maid or Matron of Honor and Bridal Party

Bridal Party

It's your day and you want EVERYTHING to be just perfect. Have you decided on your bridal party yet? Made the hard decision of selecting your Maid/Matron of Honor?

Did you know that Ancient Romans believed the bride and groom needed to be protected from evil spirits and passed a law requiring the wedding couple to have 10 attendants to attend the ceremony to protect them from the evil spirits? Today's attendants don't really need to do this particular job but they are still extremely important to your wedding day.

So today, what exactly does a Maid/Matron of Honor do for the bridal couple? Well, it really depends on who you ask and what magazine you're reading at the time. Is it required that the Maid/Matron of Honor throw the bridal shower? Not really. Although many Maid/Matron of Honors do host the bridal shower then also throw the Bachelorette party, it is not required by any means.

The best way to choose a Maid/Matron of Honor is to select a close family member or friend that is ready, willing and able to help you get ready for your wedding day. You know how busy you'll be planning your wedding, select someone that can help you with some of the things that need to be done.

The big question often asked today is does the Maid/Matron of Honor need to be a female. Of course not! If your best friend who you absolutely have to have in your bridal party is male - by all means, have him as your Maid Of Honor. Today's weddings are about you, not what tradition dictates.

If you would like your Maid/Matron of Honor to also host your Bridal Shower and a Lingerie Themed Bachelorette Party, make sure your choice has a little extra spending money so that these enjoyable events don't put a burden on them financially.

A few things your Maid/Matron of Honor can help you with are:

• Addressing and mailing the invitations
• Addressing the place cards for your wedding reception
• Selecting the bridesmaid dresses
• Going with you as your personal fashion consultant when you select your wedding dress and the fittings afterward.
• Looking at reception sites with you.

Like most women today, you probably have a career and you may really need your Maid/Matron of Honor to help you with the above and additional tasks and errands. Be realistic. If you really want your sister to be your Matron of Honor but she has 3 kids under the age of 5, it may be a bit difficult for her to be available on your schedule.

Hopefully, you will be able to rely a little bit on the other members in your Bridal Party to help you.

Bridal Party Dresses - just evokes thoughts of a dress that will hang in the closet after the reception never to be worn again. Knowing that is the case, do you really want to make your bridesmaids spend hundreds of dollars on a dress?

There are many low cost bridemaid dresses that are very elegant but cost less than $100. This allows your bridesmaids to be able to afford participating in your wedding and still be able to do all the fun things like the bridal shower, bachelorette party and more. The elegant wrap around dress below is a perfect example of how stunning a bridesmaid dress can be at less than $100 ($89.96 in our Ebay store).

Whatever your wedding theme is, there are many creative, low cost options to choose from.