Matisse Blue

When our sales lady first opened the dressing room door, I have to admit I began to doubt my choice in dresses. While we were given one of the biggest dressing rooms, it was still just one room. For four girls. And eight dresses.

If there's one thing I want from this wedding is for it to be practical and cost-efficient. Even with our 12 hour long day, most bridesmaid dresses would cost $16/hr. Now you may not realize this, but most articles of clothing have an hourly cost less than the change in your pocket. Consider a $60 pair of pants that you wear to work once a week for a year except for one week of vacation. That's 60/(8*51). i.e. $.15/hr means that bridesmaid dresses ought to be re-wearable.

EDIT: a friend complained that 2 weeks is more reasonable for vacation. All the same, those pants still come out to $.15/hr thanks to rounding that is necessary for financial math.

My first instinct was to look at regular clothing stores. That and to run far, far away from anything made of polyester. Ann Taylor's colors made me more depressed than Cymbalta commercials. Express dresses are all...meant for the clubs. JCrew, as expected, offered the bright colorful palette perfect for a summer wedding.

At the end of the day, despite the size of the room, everything was downright perfect (an hilariously inappropriate). I am always amused to find that the dresses we liked online were not as great on a body--and some that looked iffy online looked amazing on a person. But the one thing that was exactly as I had hoped was the color: Matisse Blue.

Besides, how could I turn down a color with such a beautiful name?