Alternative Gown Ideas for Your Bridesmaids

When it’s time to take your bridesmaids dress shopping, it’s easy to fall into the typical trap of only looking in bridal boutiques or lookbooks from popular bridal gown designers. Sometimes the dress you’re really looking for (meaning the one you and your girls won’t hate looking at a year later) is right under your noses. Well, if you have a (non-bridal) designer crush why not look to their latest offerings for your bridal party style inspirations? When Christina Aguilera married Jordan Bratman in a glamorous fall-inspired wedding in California’s wine country, she followed her style instincts when searching for a designer for her bridesmaids, and didn’t focus her time and attention on a big celebrity name .Instead,  Kai Milla, wife of legendary musician Stevie Wonder, and rising high-fashion star, got the job. She designed form fitting pink gowns for Xtina’s attendants, that were chic and sexy. Milla wasn’t known for bridal fashion, but her creations were still a hit. So, today’s lesson: Any gown can be the gown whether it’s from a bridal line of not – if it has the look and feel you’re going for, that’s what should matter most.

Here are three great gowns from Milla’s new fall collection that I think could double as the bridesmaids gowns for an autumn wedding – don’t you? Find more Kai Milla styles at Vivre.com.  Did you opt for a less-known designer for your wedding looks? Tell us about it!