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| - | Cusdtom-designed bridesmaid gowns may satisfy you
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| - | When Mercedes Jones went shopping for bridesmaids' gowns last
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| - | brides-to-be: How do you find flattering, inexpensive, recyclable
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| - | dresses for your wedding attendants?
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| - | She found the answer in custom-designed outfits. She had pored
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| - | over magazines for ideas, then attended last year's National
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| - | Bridal Show where she met Jenny McNeil, co-owner with her husband
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| - | Randy of JenRan Exclusive Designs.
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| - | Jones says money was a deciding factor in hiring the Toronto
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| - | company that specializes in bridesmaids' gowns.
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| - | McNeil offered her 50 per cent off the price of a custom-made
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| - | dress as a show special. Jones's attendants paid $150 each for
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| - | their dresses. ''I got an amazing deal for that,'' she says.
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| - | But Jones had other considerations, most notably a fitting
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| - | problem with her four bridesmaids who came in various heights,
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| - | shapes and sizes.
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| - | For all their gowns, Jones selected satin-backed crepe in an
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| - | ice-green shade to echo the natural, earth-toned theme of her
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| - | wedding, which included table arrangements decorated with limes
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| - | and freesia.
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| - | All the attendants wore dresses that came just above their shoes.
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| - | She had two maids of honour, who had the same dresses with
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| - | sweetheart necklines.[[Image:http://www.eastbridal.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/b/m/bm0064.jpg]]
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| - | Their princess-line bodices were fashioned from the satin side of
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| - | the material while the skirts were made from the matte, or crepe
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| - | The two bridesmaids, who were larger sizes, wore a different
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| - | style with a scooped neck and regular waistline.
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| - | The bodice was made from the fabric's satin side, and crepe
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| - | overlaid with chiffon was used for the skirt.
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| - | Jones insisted that her attendants choose dresses that they would
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| - | be comfortable in for her wedding last October.
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| - | They all agreed, she says, ''that their dresses could be worn
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| - | again.''
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| - | (One attendant has since worn her gown to a Halloween wedding, in
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| - | which the guests dressed up. She went as Diana, Princess of
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| - | Wales.)
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| - | Jones, 23, a supervisor of a day-care centre, believes
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| - | bridesmaids often don't have the money or the time to spend on
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| - | fancy dresses.
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| - | Randy McNeil saw firsthand the need for a wide choice of
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| - | bridesmaids' dresses three years ago when he and his wife Jenny
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| - | decided to start a custom dressmaking business out of their North
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| - | York home.
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| - | The response was overwhelming, he says, and a year ago, they set
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| - | up shop at JenRan Exclusive Designs on Eglinton Ave. W.
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| - | Last year the company designed 800 customized bridesmaids'
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| - | dresses that now account for 90 per cent of their business.
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| - | If the McNeils needed any reassurance that bridesmaids are a
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| - | neglected group, they got it at last year's National Bridal Show.
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| - | JenRan had six bridesmaids' gowns on the show's runway and half a
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| - | dozen were displayed in their booth. Consequently the couple was
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| - | inundated with requests from show visitors.
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| - | Bridesmaids prefer ''more simple, elegant, cocktail-type dresses.
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| - | ''The cut is everything on the dresses and fitting is the key,''
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| - | Randy McNeil says.
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| - | Yet, many bridesmaids still want to declare their individuality
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| - | in the way they dress.
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| - | Last year the company designed ''a la carte dresses as opposed to
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| - | everyone looking the same,'' for five wedding parties, he says.
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| - | One bride chose a metallic theme with each bridesmaid wearing a
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| - | different colour of dress - one each in gold, copper, steel and
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| - | bronze.
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| - | The male attendants wore ties that matched the dress fabric.
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| - | Another wedding party had the same style gowns but in different
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| - | colours, which they called ''a rainbow idea.'' Matching handbags
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| - | were made for the bridesmaids and matching ties for the male
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| - | attendants.
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| - | Finding gowns that could be worn again was a factor for Lisa
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| - | Wong, whose attendants wore dresses designed by JenRan for her
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| - | October wedding.
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| - | Wong browsed through magazines and selected five designs she
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| - | liked. Her three attendants made the final call, deciding on a
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| - | sleeveless, floor-length gown with empire waistline and scooped
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| - | neck.[[Image:http://www.eastbridal.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/b/m/bm0048.jpg]]
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| - | Wong chose her favourite colour of burgundy for their gowns,
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| - | which were fashioned out of satin-back crepe.
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| - | The matte side was used on all the dresses, except for the satin
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| - | sash. Skirts were overlaid with chiffon.
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| - | The bridesmaids wore burgundy gloves and the maid of honour,
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| - | Wong's best friend, wore a chiffon wrap around her shoulders.
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| - | Because of the simple, elegant design, the custom-made gowns can
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| - | be recycled as shorter cocktail dresses.
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| - | The burgundy shade will suit the fall and come in handy for
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| - | Christmas parties, says Wong, 27, a customer service rep for an
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| - | insurance company.
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| - | ''Many bridesmaids are strapped for money and maybe buying a
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| - | house. A lot of people these days are paying for their own
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| - | weddings,'' says Wong. Her own attendants paid $220 each for
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| - | their dresses.
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| - | ''If you look at other dresses going back 20 years ago the
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| - | bridesmaids wore satin and lots of lace. You'd put them in the
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| - | back of your closet and they'd attract dust,'' she comments.
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| - | Cheap Bridesmaid dresses and cocktail dresses are available in www.eastbridal.com.
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