A Flower Girl Dress Really Isn't "Just a Flower Girl Dress"!

One comment we hear again and again from parents, brides, or grooms purchasing flower girl dresses is how disappointing it is to invest in dresses for girls that will only be worn once. We try to correct the statement whenever possible as it not the necessary fate of a flower girl dress to turn useless.

Almost all flower girl dresses offer function beyond their intended wedding wear. Most flower girl dresses purchased from The Briar Patch are tea length, semi-formal dresses. The attributes of these classic dresses for girls are extremely versatile. Tea length dresses, in satins, cottons, silks, and even taffetas, are beautiful party dresses. Tea length dresses in cotton weaves are also perfect tea party dresses, church dresses, family reunion dresses, and even dinner out dresses.

Tea length dresses of satin, organza, tulle overlay, taffeta, and the more formal materials are perhaps a bit "over the top" for church and a dinner out, but they are absolutely pefect wear for recitals, performances, attending the ballet, a play, concert, or an opera. These dresses for girls are also appropriate for special celebrations such as anniversary parties, birthday parties, graduations, and presentations.

All white dresses are the ettiquette request for Cotillion dances and presentations as well.

Remember, too, that so many flower girl dresses come with sashes that are removable and replaceable. An ivory flower girl dress with a pink sash is transformed as a holiday dress with a red sash and an ivory fur bolero. At The Briar Patch, you can order different sashes on special request given we have record of your purchase for the original flower girl dress.

In reverse order of function, a First Holy Communion dress will double very well as a traditional flower girl dress, a performance or recital dress, a graduation gown, and a cotillion dress.

If your lifestyle or geographic location makes trips to theater and cotillions unlikely before she outgrows her beautiful flower girl dress, you are probably used to being creative to keep the family occupied and entertained. A flower girl dress is an amazing dress-up dress, tea party 'with the dolls' dress, or at-home theater dress. Wearing a special dress actually makes the EVENT MORE SPECIAL, really! Try it.

If you are of the mindset that fancy dresses and flower girl dresses are just plain uncomfortable, impractical, and out of functional value...then change the function completely. Dye the dress, make a costume of the dress, donate the dress to charity (many local churches may need special dresses for presenations, communions, baptisms). And always, someone in need is searching for an affordable flower girl dress or party dress to make a special day possible for their daughter, granddaughter, neice, or friend.