These darling Lulakate bridesmaids in our Abby dresses are the bee’s knees!

There’s a lot of anticipation on the big day, and that definitely does not exclude your bridesmaids! Everyone getting ready together, hair, make up, helping each other zip up is all so fun and exciting. I know I’ve been one to snap a million pictures of the bride getting her hair and make up done, and it’s true that one of my favorite moments is the first look for all of your besties.

When the bride comes out, your girls are the first to see how you look in your wedding dress. There always seems to be hooping and hollering and yes, some “awww’s!” This was the case for the beautiful bride, Mary, who chose our Abby dresses in Cement Shantung. Lela and Lyla Photography captured all the fun for us and we are delighted they did!

Lulakate Bridesmaids in our Abby dress

This neutral color scheme that Mary chose is exquisite! All you beauties look fantastic!

We want to wish Mary and her new hubby, Josh many many wonderful years together! We are also so pleased you found our Abby dress at Bella Bridesmaids in Little Rock!

Congratulations!

Our Dahlia skirts on these Lulas for bride Emily’s classic winter wedding in Chicago is giving us all the feels…

We were so excited to see these 8 beautiful bridesmaids in our Dahlia skirts in Black Shantung featured on Style Me Pretty and photographed by Tim Tab Studios in Chicago. A brilliant affair and classy to the T! The high neck bridal gown Emily wore from Aire Barcelona was also incredibly gorgeous on her. And her choice of putting her bridesmaids in our high waisted skirts and paired with white camis from Aritzia was a great take on bridesmaid style. Making this very classic wedding have a little modern twist. One last addition to provide for the weather; gorgeous pashminas from Mark & Graham to keep them warm!

Lulakate Dahlia Skirts In Black Shantung

This photo below reminds us of the calm before the storm, but a great storm of course! Don’t know what we’d do without our girls by our side. Having those best friends to support and encourage and just plain be yourself with is incomparable. We love this candid capture by Tim Tab Studios to remind us of those sweet little moments.

This is another ah-mazing photo that we are obsessed with! You may have heard us say this before, but we love seeing a shot of the bridesmaids getting a first look! You see the groomsmen get the first look and the dad too (tear jerker!), and of course we’re biased, but there is something about the bridesmaids first look too. As a bride, we’d love to have a pic like this to keep forever.

Taking place at the Chicago History Museum, Emily and Kyle’s wedding was breathtaking! Those high ceilings and the grandeur of the architecture and crisp white walls, (um, and that chandelier?!) were mesmerizing!

We definitely want to congratulate the happy couple, wishing you many years of love and laughter. Thank you for allowing us to be a small part of your big day!

The whole wedding is truly gorgeous, put together by LK Events with florals by Stems, Inc. We definitely suggest viewing the entire wedding on Style Me Pretty as it will inspire you for sure.

The Dahlia Skirts and white camis were put together by the lovely gals over at Bella Bridesmaids! Head there to see more Lulakates to try on or visit our site to see other styles as well!

Cinderollies Ballet Flats have got us like woot woot!

Not surprisingly, we adore this classy styled shoot brought together for Cinderollies Ballet Flats! We are positively smitten for these shoes! A perfect bridesmaid gift bridesmaids can roll up and put in their purse. They can even fit in some clutches! Soft and comfortable, these little foldable flats are perfect for the entire wedding day or even when the heels come off and it’s time to party.

Cinderollies Paired With Lulakate

Cinderollies come in six different colors. They are super light and comfortable allowing bridesmaids the ability to dance as long as their hearts desire! While still looking fabulous of course!

Looks like they had a great time! Maybe too much fun? …Nah! 😉

The photos from Billie Jo and Jeremy Photography were perfect. They capture the charming fun nature of our Lulakates and definitely showed off Cinderollies in great fashion. They also took some amazing shots with Kate McDonald Maids during magic hour! Gorgeous!

The amazing Cayleigh Hopkins of The Petal Report. She’s a doll, and we love her. She wears our beautiful Harper dress in Cement Shantung.

See more of this shoot featuring our big sis, Kate McDonald and the Kate McDonald Maids collection here!

Classy and sassy, these real bridesmaids look sweet as pie in our Lulakate Harper dresses in Cement Shantung.

The Lulakate Harper dress is a classic style that you can wear again and again. Very versatile, and especially in the Cement Shantung color. A neutral palette will always be on trend, even when you look at your wedding pictures years later.

As you can see, the Harper dress is great for a spring or summer wedding, and in case one of the bridesmaids is expecting, she can always have our Harper dress made with the maternity skirt. For the fall and winter weddings, customize your Harper in our long skirts in any of our three styles, Brunch, Dahlia, and Maternity.

Lulakate Harper Dresses

Congratulations to bride Emily on her special day! Thank you for choosing our Lulakate Harper dresses for your bridesmaids!

Photography by Kelsey Nelson Photography

Floral Design: Floral Designs by Eddie

Hair and Makeup: Kristin Rivera

Venue: First Baptist Church – Southern Pines, NC. 

Rentals: Richmond Rentals

Hey hey southern Golden Girl, how about a little tropical inspired soiree for your Friday?

Happy Friday Lulas!

We are beside ourselves excited to share with you a little of our styled shoot with Southern Savvy Events and photographer Cathy Durig. If ever there was a time to embrace our inner Golden Girls, this shoot definitely fits the bill. Blanche, Dorothy, Estelle, and Rose would be so proud.

Also excited to see that our Abby bridesmaid dress in white serves as our Bride’s LWD. Any of our Lulakate’s can be worn by the bride in white, (and of course in any color you like!) We also wanted to say thank you to Bella Bridesmaids for sharing with Lauren of Southern Savvy Events our dresses. Those girls sure do know what they’re doing when it comes to bridesmaid style!

Look at those amazing florals! Wish we could have these in our salon all year long. The design by New Creations Floral Co. fit the style of this tropical southern Golden Girl soiree just right!

We also are in awe of these fun and sweet stationery from Olive Paper. These would also serve as sweet little cards for your bridesmaids to keep. We love the idea of making a scrapbook of all your friends weddings including your own to celebrate the memories with your closest gal pals.

Our Southern Golden Girl Gal Pals

Of course you can always stop by Bella Bridesmaids, our other retailers, and our own salon in Charleston to try on our Lulakates. And for the month of December, we will be offering 10% off discount on any Lulakate dress! Make an appointment today!

It tastes as sweet as pie to see our Carter gown featured on Martha Stewart Weddings!

Our Carter dress seen here in the beautiful pages of MSW is in our lovely Tea Rose color. With a cinched waist and criss-crossed halter neckline, it will fit to a T on any bridesmaid!

This editorial feels like an ode to the 1940s era too and we are totally ok with that! Look how gorgeous they all are in their fashion forward pieces!

Here, the Carter dress is seen with the Brunch style skirt. In the editorial, Carter is seen with the Dahlia style skirt.

You can also have this beauty made in Long as well!

The Fall issue is on stands now, and we totally recommend grabbing an issue for yourself! So many awesome ideas and more!

Our Lulakate Harper dress (in this amazing Forest green color), has completely inspired us to make one last stand before this summer weather leaves us. We decided to take a little adventure over to the idea of a tropical bridal brunch! Complete with palm details, hibiscus floral crowns, poppy pink lipstick (of course), and some tropical heels. This inspirational post also furthers the idea that you really can wear our Lulakate dresses for more than just one event.

And without further ado…

LULAKATE HARPER TROPICAL BRIDAL BRUNCH INSPIRATION

The fun that the Harper dress encompasses is evident with the short Dahlia style skirt. The pleating gives a fuller style as to allow for comfort and ease. And of course you can’t go wrong with a V neck and V back! Totally classic, classy, and yes, sassy!

Tropical Accessories:

We are 100% smitten with these hibiscus pink, gold, and turquoise earrings from BHLDN. And we know every Lula needs a bag to put all her essentials in. This bag we found on Etsy is perfect for this tropical vibe we have going. The shoes? Oh yes, palm details with a sturdy heel and ankle strap are totally giving us heart eyes.

During the brunch, before treats and drinks have been served, perhaps it would be fun to do a flower crown bar. Have all the necessary materials, hibiscus flowers, greenery, and floral tape and wire so the guests can make their own flower crowns.

Don’t Forget The Details:

When you think Tropical, you most likely immediately go to a vision of beaches and palm trees. In the case that you may not have any palms close by, head over to your local nursery and see if they happen to have some palm like plants. You can either place them in bright blue pots or use the leaves as placemats for your dinnerware. These paper cutouts featured on Oh So Beautiful Paper will give you plenty more inspiration. Definitely a DIY-er’s paper paradise!

Treats and Eats:

Now in terms of feeding your guests, it would always make sense for a tropical bridal brunch to have pineapples. Lots and lots of pineapples! This pineapple turned floral display is amazing and perfect for table centerpieces. Cut out the insides of juicy goodness and use with toothpicks for easy munching, and then fill with some tropical flowers. Voila! Another idea for this would be a watermelon. A perfect end of summer treat and you can use the watermelon too for a centerpiece.

If it’s a little warm outside, this idea of a pineapple as an ice-cream bowl could not be more up our alley. Yes please!

And the old-timey convertible beetle? Yah, we just love this picture and fits in great with our inspiration!

Hope you enjoyed this installment of our #LULAKATESTYLESERIES! Our Harper dress is a total win and like we said, can def be worn again and again. 🙂

Could we be anymore in love with this pastel candy-licious styled shoot? Even if there weren’t any Lulakates in the shoot, we’d still love it! The concept of pairing candy, pastels, and a wedding, seem perfect and very kind to our inevitable sweet tooth.

Pastel Candy-licious

Featured on Wedding Chicks, this styled shoot can be seen in full with all the charming details. Sarah Sofia Productions is the designer and stylist behind all this cuteness, and Ariel Perry captured all the fun.

And how amazing is this “Love” cut-out? Hmmm, may need this in our shop!

Calling all sweet tooths! (Including ours!) What’s not to love about a cotton candy champagne cocktail bar?

The models wear our Kenzie Top with Sassy Striped Dahlia Skirt, Carter, and Lucy dresses. (Pictured above from left to right)

Gotta say, we love the combination of colors!

P.S. We have so many colors too! And in two different fabrics!

Check out our site to mix & match to fit your needs!

Isn’t it positively charming?! Every detail came together so sweetly, and again, we are so in love with this concept! Please check out the full post to see all of the vendors incredible work over on Wedding Chicks.

We are definitely Kate Spade inspired with Kristyn today in continuing our #LulaKateStyleSeries!

Kate Spade Inspired with Kristyn

It’s no secret that we love love LOVE Kate Spade. The prep, the pep, the too-cute-to-boot style; we just can’t get enough. So naturally it would make sense for us to want to put together a little Kate Spade inspired style with one our Lulakates. The Kristyn dress is both classic and elegant. A dress where you really can do no wrong. And in terms of styling her, we always like to spice up a classic with some fun trendy touches, and that Kate Spade style works perfectly.

A few stripes here and there would serve a bridesmaid well. Keeps a little pizazz and also a little interest to the eye. And we for sure love the idea of these hot pink bridesmaid shoes! Add a little gold, a little sparkle, and a pink lip, and we are good to go!

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If wanting a little more sophistication, perhaps have hair all the way up in a ballerina bun or classic updo. Keep eye makeup fresh and natural looking for this style, but go all out on the pink lip! That come hither color works anywhere from casual to black tie.

 
If you are also wanting to go full on Kate Spade, don’t forget to add polka dots into your style. Do black table linens and sprinkle white or gold dot confetti on them, or have your cake designer put polka dots on the cake.

 
OR you could even choose our Striped Dahlia Skirt like this seen here! 😉

Hope you enjoyed our Kate Spade Inspired with Kristyn as much as we do! You can see more dresses already styled for some inspiration here, here, and here. Or find us on Instagram to follow along with our #LULAKATESTYLESERIES.

Happy Friday and have a great weekend!

Lulakate Carter

With Carter Long as shown above, or short and sweet like below, the Lulakate Carter dress is one fabulous dress for one (or several!) lovely bridesmaids. Becoming a fast favorite, Carter in any color rocks the house, and you can be sure to move and groove with those awesome dance moves!

Plus, who doesn’t love pockets? If we see a dress or skirt with pockets, go ahead and buy us three! Such a sucker for them, so it’s no wonder we incorporate them into our dresses. Totally useful for keeping your lip gloss, a tissue for tears, or your cell for taking all those snapshots on your bff’s big day.

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With a simple, and darling bow, (if we do say so ourselves!) tied at the nape of the neck, Carter leaves us with a sassy open back! And with these two colors, you can make the Carter dress both super elegant with Carter long, or sweet and sassy with Carter short. Either way, you can be sure to have lots of fun in this bridesmaid dress!

Carter Styled Two Ways

Primped & Polished: Pearls for days, light pink and blush tones, and a delicate bouquet of babies breath make the Lulakate Carter elegant and very a-la-Audrey-Hepburn.

Pretty & Poppy: And if Marilyn is more your speed and vibe of the wedding, choosing Carter in short and accessorized with pops of orange corals completes that request easily.

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Have fun styling the Lulakate Carter dress and don’t forget to show us your bridesmaid style with the hashtag

#LULAKATE

or

#LULAKATESTYLESERIES