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may be thrilled
w ith the recent an-
with
nouncement of your
engagement. Your
close friends may not be. They
know there may be a brides-
maid's dress in their near fu-
ture.
How can you be sure your
friends are still
around to come to
your wedding and
not off pretending
to be hiking in Kat-
mandu? Take some
advice from a fash-
ion designer who's
been there and
done that.
"I've always
thought that brides-
maid's dresses were
traditionally unflat-
tering and the fab-
rics were horrible,"
says Nicole Miller,
who got married
last year. The New
York designer de-
cided to take things in her own
hands.
"I consciously took a leap
into the bridal market to design
dresses that could be worn
again and again," she says.
While Miller and other
bridal designers are creating
dresses for attendants that are
more versatile, they're also of-
fering bridesmaids a choice
when it comes to color. Gone
are the boring pastels of yester-
day's wedding punch. Now
pastels are more "intense" and
often deeper in hue.
Jewel tones are also showing
up at sophisticated weddings,

as are shimmering metallic
golds, bronze and platinum.
It's enough to make you
want to wear that old brides-
maid's dress again — especially
if it's a silver satin halter dress
from Alfred Angelo. Or a
bronze satin and lace fitted
dress from Cattiva by Maya
Jornot. Or even a re-
ally red-hot number
from Nicole Miller.
Black and white
also continues to be
a popular combina-
tion for bridesmaids
this spring. Karen
Lawrence designs a
dress skirted in black
and white polka-dot-
ted satin and topped
off with a white hal-
ter and matching
jacket piped in black
trim. Bill Levkoff of-
fers a sophisticated
version of the black
tuxedo for his
bridesmaids — a
long side-slit black skirt is
topped with a button-front
satin vest. A satin shawl jacket
may or may not be worn over
the vest. Another black Levkoff
dress is a short cocktail dress
with a longer, removable over-
skirt. Watters and Watters fea-
tures a white satin princess
dress with black satin bows at
the waist. Striking.
Two- or three-piece outfits
are other options for brides-
maids. Skirts of one color
blend or contrast with novelty
tops or jackets. Mix or match
— it's up to the bride and her
attendants. Many formalwear