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ERICA: Call me crazy, but I assumed just giving my bridesmaids a color and allowing them to choose ANY dress, ANY style or ANY length they wanted was a fairly easy request. I actually gave myself a pat on the back for being such a progressive bride. Little did I know that by choosing white as their color, I was offering up an assignment comparable to that of negotiating peace in the Middle East.

Yesterday I got a phonecall from my sister Robyn, my Maid of Honor, who inquired:

"I know you said white, but is ivory OK? How about cream? Or how about white with a colored sash?"

Apparently, white dresses are a dime a dozen if you are lucky enough to be a bride, but as any other contributing member to a sacred union, finding a white dress is not so freakin' easy. And, of course, I've asked all of my bridesmaids as well as my mom, grandma and mother-in-law to wear white.  read more »

This morning I received the following email from my best friend Cara, another one of my bridesmaids. She's studying to be a yoga teacher half way around the world and, apparently, our "white situation" has now reached international proportions, as Cara relates below:

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