Proof that bridesmaids don't need to match to look gorgeous and coordinated

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Who says you need matchy-matchy bridesmaids? We love it when bridesmaids get to pick out their own dresses, and this whole archive full of real wedding pictures with bridesmaids wearing non-matching dresses. You might always want to check out our more general bridesmaid posts, including our awful-but-necessary How to fire a bridesmaid. Wait and what about groomsgirls? If you’re going that route, be sure to check out our mixed-gender wedding party posts.

Franki & Jay’s colorful wedding meets sword-fighting dancefest

Franki & Jay danced their way through their entire park wedding. They even danced up the aisle! However, at their reception, instead of having a first dance they had a spectacular sword fight!

Heather & Kristopher’s fall backyard barbecue wedding

Heather & Kristopher ran into a lot of roadblocks while planing their wedding: including medical issues, a late officiant, a photographer who cancelled three days before, and a best man who couldn’t make it. Yet that didn’t stop them from having a fun backyard barbecue wedding and at the end of the day all that mattered was that they were married!

Katie & Nick’s sexy, Southern-fried, black-tie hootenanny

For the reception, the bride had but two demands: fried chicken and Michael Jackson. And she got both.

Cali & Richard’s fun, free spirited, bohemian, vintage, moulin rouge wedding

Cali & Richard got married outdoors in an amazingly touching ceremony with a goth-y spin on their Moulin Rouge theme.