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Bridesmaids Gifts Revisited

     The Q: “Hi, I’m a bride-to-be and am curious what to get my bridesmaids besides the overdone monogrammed tote and beauty product pamper. Please, any ideas cheap cocktail dresses would be helpful! Thanks! “ -CMD from Rochester Mi The A: I know! Bridesmaids gifts are such a stresser! Here are a few suggestions.

    Ok, so while you said no beauty, I would still like to suggest Custom Fragrances, because it gives you a chance to think about each girl, while still doing something uniform for them. Creative Scentualization has online fragrance purchasing and it about $35 per bottle discount cocktail dresses www.creativescent.com or for something a little more test-able, Jo Malone will customize scents for you. I would also suggest that you consider a uniform charm necklace. I gave my maids tiny gold Faith, Hope and Charity necklaces exactly like the one I always wear so that they could have something that reminded them of me and of being in the bridal party. But, for something more fun, I totally suggest Maya Brenner’s awesome designs: Mayra and I both have the east coast west coast necklace, and her cool (I SWEAR!) zodiac charms are a great way to think of each girl, but again, stay uniformed. Maya’s stuff is available at Thinkher.com Finally, I have to tell you, I thought this was divine, and much more reasonable than one would think. One of our clients gave each girl a simple pair of diamond studs, which are such a classic that every girl should have one. Another is giving them formal cocktail dresses (and this is a super splurge) Hermes scarves.

       And then one person bought the girls luxury umbrellas, as a symbolic note that she would be there on a rainy day. I thought that was sweet! Best of luck and remember, it doesn’t need to be related to the wedding!