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Send In Your Ugly Bridesmaids' Dresses!

Being a bridesmaid can be one of the most rewarding experiences a close friend can ever experience. After all, you're supporting your friend during the biggest day of her life. The dresses, however, are usually anything but a joyful experience. Were you forced into a poufy, uncomfortable -- or just plain ugly! -- dress, as these 1989 bridesmaids were? If so, we want to see it! Send us a picture of your gown (don't worry, you can crop out your face so you won't offend any brides!), and your story could appear on PEOPLE.com!

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Our Tummies Were Upset After Seeing The Color of This Dress

"[The dress was] Pepto-Bismol-pink that faded into Sunkist-orange, faded back into Pepto-Bismol pink," writes Holly, a bridesmaid out of Baton Rouge, La. But the color wasn't even the worst thing about it: "[There was a] pink satin layer covered by a see-through sheer layer with sparkles." And then there was the style: "Strapless, open-back, with strings laced down the back. Oh, and shaped like a mermaid -- flares out from the knees down." But the dress proved to be an essential fall item. "[For] Halloween, [I] cut the dress off above the knees in a jagged-edge, bought white wings from the Halloween store and pink flip-flops. Won the Halloween contest as the best fairy!".

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This Bride Wants Your Opinion!

Amy, a bride out of Liberty, Miss., writes in with a dilemma: "After coming to this page day after day and looking at the torture these poor girls were put through with these hideous dresses, I can't help but wonder: Will my bridesmaids hate me after my wedding in August of this year?  I THINK the dresses I picked out are cute, but so did all of the other brides on this site. Please help me make my day beautiful and not just a bad memory!"

We think the dresses are sweet and perfect for an August wedding, so you tell us – what do you think of her bridesmaids' gowns?

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Saved By A Burgundy Velvet Ribbon... Sorta

"When the dresses arrived, they were solid white. We didn't want to upstage the bride -- who resembled Little Bo Peep -- and this group of bridesmaids certainly were not as pure as the driven snow," explains La Crosse, Wisc., bridesmaid Leslie of the frilly gown she wore for a friend's 1979 wedding. "So, to differentiate us from the bride, we added two bands of burgundy velvet ribbon. Classy, huh?" We think it was a sweet gesture on the bridesmaids' part, but Leslie says that, even for the 70's, this dress was a fashion disaster. "Some dresses stand the test of time and some don't," she says. "This one didn't stand the test of the moment!"

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We Prevent A Sequined Disaster!

"I was going to pick these dress. I forced all my bridesmaids to try them on," explains Mary, a Newport, R.I., bride whose nuptials are this coming December. "I am having a Christmas wedding and these actually came in red." But before she turned her bridesmaids into be-spangled Grinches, she stumbled upon PEOPLE.com's blog! "I saw your site and had a reality check! I think my bridesmaids will be grateful in the end." For your good deed, Mary, Santa will not be putting coal in your stocking this year!

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Ugly Or A Classic? You Tell Us!

"When I was 14 years old, my cousin asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding. That was the first time I ever was in a wedding," recalls Connie, who donned the poofy gown in 1956. "In this particular picture, I am wearing the same ugly bridesmaid gown for my Sweet Sixteen party. I just came across this old photo and can't believe how ugly this bridesmaid dress really was! This picture is so old, years ago when this picture was taken, they only did pictures in black and white! Uglyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!"

Although Connie hated the gown, we think she looks like a classic high school beauty queen! Tell us what you think: Is this dress ugly or not?

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She Was A Real-Life Oscar Statuette!

"This was a BIG wedding." recalls bridesmaid Janell -- and she's not even talking about the gigantic gold gowns worn by the bridesmaids! "Eight attendants each, and all the girls in gold!" Says the White Bear Lake, MN, native of the frilly foil frock  "These were really shiny, extremely itchy and hot. Definitely an '80's event!" 1989, to be exact. Gotta love those '80s gowns!

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It Looked Like Rainbow-Colored Football Gear!

"If I looked bad as an 11-year-old junior bridesmaid, the grown women forced to wear it looked even worse," writes Maureen, who was a junior bridesmaid in 1992. "This dress includes every color in the pastel rainbow!" The fabric also looks a little... familiar, don't you think? But for Maureen, the design of the dress was even worse than the pastel fabric: "The giant 3-D pink rose, smack-dab in the middle of [my] chest is flanked by sleeves the size of my head. I felt like I was wearing football gear! Each car could hold only two bridesmaids due to our large wingspan."

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Calling All Brides: Why Do You Do This To Us?

They're poufy, wacky and definitely tacky, but we'll admit it -- looking through all these ugly bridesmaids' dresses is definitely making us laugh. But we just have to wonder if some of the commenters are right: Are these brides deliberately trying to make their friends look bad, so they look even better in comparison? So listen up, old marrieds and brides-to-be, now's your chance to come clean. Tell us: Did you deliberately pick a frumpy frock for your bridesmaids? We promise we won't tell!

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She Looked Hot... 'Cause She Was Hot

"The dress wasn't incredibly ugly," admits Kelly, a bridesmaid out of Lynnwood, Washington. But it wasn't exactly weather-appropriate, either. "The thing was SO uncomfortable, and long, which made it too hot! Floor length in the day time, in the summer sun!" At least she could lean on her support system for comfort — or some cold water!

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Fast Wedding + Bad Dresses = Happy Marriage?

"I DID NOT pick these dresses," insists bride Michelle, whose sisters wore these gowns in her Yorktown, Virginia, wedding in 1980. "My mother made them." But before you start wondering why the mother of the bride used lace kitchen curtains in her design, keep in mind she had a mere two weeks to plan her daughter's nuptials! "The groom and I had only known each other for 30 days before saying, "I do." The marriage has lasted. And my sisters -- bless their hearts -- still love me!" And, since it was such a quick wedding, Michelle says that the damage to her sisters' egos wasn't too bad: "The wedding was attended by only 16 people, so the humiliation was limited."

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The Sun Was NOT Shining The Day These Dresses Were Made!

"The bride's mother insisted on these horrendous iridescent blue monstrosities." says Jennifer, a bridesmaid out of Meridian, Idaho. "The bows, the lace, and the fabric itched like crazy." To make matters worse, Jennifer says they almost had a wardrobe malfunction! "One of the other bridesmaids was rather busty and she was spilling out of the dress all day." But these maids didn't have to just wear the dresses — they also had to perform! "We had to walk down the aisle with [the parasols] open and then when we got to the altar, we had to do a little choreographed move to close them." You know what they say: When it rains, it pours!

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Not So Ugly... But Not So Well Made!

We admit, we've seen worse dresses, but like a lot of bridesmaids' gowns, these shimmery sheaths are hiding sinister details. "The rhinestone clips snagged against the cheap material and all of the hems fell apart by the end of the night!" says Lauren, a bridesmaid out of Cleveland. "She's a great friend and person for all of us to wear these for her!"

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Think This Is Bad? You Should See The Back View

We see London, we see France... And we would have seen more if it weren't for the black shawls worn by these bridesmaids. "The Maid of Honor however had us hunting the clearance racks in three cities for this ill-fitting mess. Its back was low cut, all the way to the underwear!" writes Cybele. "The black shawls were to hide the underwear!" Turns out they should have brought some Shout wipes to the wedding as well, Cybele says. "This dress is purple at the top and fades to white at the bottom. The wedding was on outdoor pier in NYC, [so] all the dresses had a dirty grey train before the wedding even started!"

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They Found The Rainbow Connection

"The actual dresses aren't really the problem here," admits Amber of her cousin's 1973 wedding. "Instead of picking one color for her bridesmaids, [the bride] decided to have a 'rainbow' wedding." Although the wedding party looked like a package of Skittles, the Madison, Tennessee, native admits that an even bigger problem were the hats worn by the bridesmaids. "It was an indoor wedding, but the bride wanted head gear. The hat situation is still a mystery to my mother."

Were you forced into headgear as a bridesmaid? Tell us about it!

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The Pepto-Bismol Color Made Her Nauseous

"This has got to be one of the worst dresses out there," writes in Cleburne, Texas, native Heather, who slipped into this salmon-colored satin-and-lace gown for her mother's wedding. "There is such a thing as too much pink! The only thing worse was the one that the maid of honor got to wear."

On a scale of 1 to 10 (ten being the absolute worst), we give this dress a 7 (and assume the maid-of-honor wore a 10!). What do you think?

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You Can Pay For These Shoes With Singles

If you've ever been a bridesmaid, chances are you've heard those dreaded words: dyed-to-match shoes. Yep, dyeable shoes go hand-in-hand with the poufy gowns, unflattering styles and unnatural colors that could make George Hamilton look pasty. Although the shoe company Dyeables is redeeming the look with some new, pretty styles (we really like this one from their website), we have to ask, what's up with these stripper heels? These look like the bridesmaid will be swinging around a pole, not walking down an aisle!

What were the worst shoes you were ever forced to wear as a bridesmaid? Tell us!

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The Sash Left Her Fit to be Tied

Lillian thought she had it made. The bride, after all, worked at a bridal shop, and knew what she was doing. The design for the bridesmaid gown was elegant and classic, and even the color -- sage green -- was muted and pretty. Then she heard about the sash. "When [the bride] told me green and pink I was thinking sage green and pale pink," the Shreveport, Louisiana, bridesmaid tells PEOPLE.com. "But HOT PINK? Sage green and hot pink! Who does that?" At least Lillian found a good use for the gown: "I will make pillows for my bed out of the sage green -- and burn the hot pink!"

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Wedding Dresses Made Of Toilet Paper!?

We are pausing from our regularly scheduled ugliest bridesmaids' dresses to share this with you: Why spend 2k on your wedding dress when you can go 2-ply? As part of a these brides looked no further than their bathrooms for the perfect dress, crafting gowns out of toilet paper. (For a full gallery of toilet paper gowns, check out Giggle Sugar!) Some of the brides look absolutely Charmin in their couture-esque gowns, while others just look like they got into a fight with the Brawny paper towel man. Now we're just left wondering: Did these wedding belles have bridesmaids -- or chambermaids?

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She Suffered From Deja Ew

If you think this dress looks a bit familiar, you're not alone. "Apparently this five dollar consignment dress had made the rounds," writes Buffalo, M.N., bridesmaid Joanne, "because a lot of women over 40 told me they had one just like it for prom or weddings they were in!" We admit that we've seen similar versions of the same dress. They're all shiny, poufy -- and much-despised by the wearer. "I almost dropped out [of the wedding], that's how much I HATED this dress," says Joanne. "I came to my senses and of course stuck with it for my best friend!"

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This Cloud Doesn't Have a Silver Lining

At first glance, this dress doesn't seem all that bad. (We've seen worse!) But Deborah explained just why this gown made her frown. "All the bridesmaids were hippy, heavy, not the right body type for this dress," says the Howard Beach, N.Y., native. To add insult to injury, the baby blue and white coloring wasn't exactly flattering to thicker body types. "I looked and felt like a big, pale puffy cloud." At least it was a good hair day... Right? "It was hot and humid," says Deborah. "My hair frizzed and the bride wanted the girls hair down."

On a scale of 1 to 10 (ten being the worst), we give this dress a 2. How about you?

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The Bride Just Wanted To Have Fun

If you thought this was a prom photo from 1987, then you've just made the bride very happy. "My best mate got married last year," writes in Kristy. "She told all of her bridesmaid that she wanted an '80s-themed wedding. She made us all wear different style bridesmaids' dress as well as a different colors." But the outcome wasn't rad, fresh or bodacious. "It was horrible! You may wonder where someone might find four '80s bridesmaids' dresses," says the Woodland Hills, California. native. "Just try your local thrift store. That is what she did."

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They Were Escorted By Lounge Singers

Ah, the '70s. When disco reigned, love was free and brides dressed their wedding party in pajamas. "I found this picture of my mother's wedding," writes Theresa from Rochester of the tiny blue flowers and tiny bows that overwhelmed her mother's friends at her 1975 Rochester wedding. But even more impressive? That the best man was apparently Tony Clifton!

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Hooded Robe and a One-Piece Pantsuit? Hey, It Was The '70s!

Attention Fashion Police! Before you arrest this bride for her fashion crimes, take note: The victims were her accomplices! "My best friend and sister assisted in figuring out how to utilize my favorite color, orange in my wedding scheme," admits Linda. "After much thought we opted for a unique design with a 'very cool' velvet hooded robe and a one-piece 'very hip' pantsuit which would surely be wore again and again as wild party pajamas." Although the getup was cool for her 1971 wedding, Linda admits, "Looking back over 35 years later... what were we thinking??"

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Dress Does Double Duty As Bedspread

"These dresses were 100% cotton quilters' fabric and could be machine washed -- if you ever thought you'd wear it again," writes in Suzanne of the busy of the busy floral sundress she wore as a bridesmaid in her friend's Alameda, California wedding. It's bad enough it looked exactly like the bedding at a country inn, thanks to the little pink flowers sprinkled all over it, but as Suzanne writes, "We wore 'suntan' nylons, white leatherette shoes and porcelain rose earrings. I love my friend, the bride, and me wearing this dress proves it."

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The Bridesmaid Gets Revenge!

This looks like one ugly wedding, but it's actually a really fun bachelorette party. Tiffni from Chicago tells PEOPLE.com about how she embraced the ugly for her sister's impending nuptuals. "I took it upon myself to take revenge on all the friends who have made us wear ugly bridesmaids' dresses. I threw a bachelorette party for my sister and made a mandatory request to all girls who were to attend. Each one had to wear the ugliest bridesmaid's dress they had hanging in their closet. We had a BLAST! Sure, we looked ridiculous, but at least we got one more wear out of those dresses. So ladies, don't throw those dresses in the trash, make a party out of them!!!"

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As God Is Her Witness, She'll Never Wear This Dress Again!

Holy Scarlett O'Hara! With the plush red fabric and bows from here to the Mason-Dixon line, we do declare, Providence, R.I., bridesmaid Jennifer may have topped Ginger's floral fiasco on the Ugly Scale. As Jennifer says, it's "the worst thing that ever happened to me." Our deepest sympathies Jennifer, but remember, tomorrow is another day!

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Was the Groom Harry Potter?

Santa Ana, California, native Edna had just one thing to say about this bright blue satin sheath: "The bride designed these herself." With those wizard sleeves and empire waist, we're guessing that the wedding was at Hogwart's. On a scale of 1 to 10 (ten being the worst), we give this blue bomb a 6. How about you?

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Things Weren't So Bad 'Til She Saw The Shoes

This golden girl is far from telling the bride, "Thank you for being a friend." And it's not the polka-dotted skirt or the buttery disco-style fabric that maid Tiffany finds so funny. Says the San Francisco gal, "YES, those are the shoes we wore with this dress." Now, it is possible to pair red shoes with a gold dress and be very chic — remember Reese Witherspoon at the Golden Globes? — but this combo is just not working. The dress is a pastel and the shoes are too dark. What do you think: What kind of shoe would you match with this dress?

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She'd Climb Every Mountain Not To Wear This Dress

"Our bridesmaids dresses look like they are from curtain drapes," laments Susan — and we have to agree. The fabric looks more Bed, Bath and Beyond than bridal! But although the wedding party didn't exactly burst into, "Do, Re, Mi," they were still entertaining, albeit unintentionally: "Everyone who would look at me wearing the dress made fun of me," the Tustin, California, native says. "It was hideous!!!!" We're guessing the dress isn't one of her favorite things.

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Lets Add Some Silver Lace And Poufy Sleeves!

"I can just imagine the thought process of the 'designer' who came up with this hideous style," says Holbrook, N.Y. Bridesmaid Lynda. Here's what she thinks his thought process sounds like: "Hmmm, let's take some black satin, make it into a straight column gown, and add giant poufy sleeves. Let's fancy it up by adding silver metallic lace over the bodice. OK, it needs one more finishing touch. How about adding a poufy peplum at the hips and better yet, make it asymmetrical, because what bridesmaid wouldn't want to accentuate her hips in silver, poufy, metallic lace? Fantastic!" Sounds right to us, Lynda!

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I'm Not Frumpy, I'm Pregnant!

"My friend is a goofball, and I thought it was a joke," Susie writes in about the frumpy frock her old roommate made her wear. "The fabric was crinkled up and looked like leopard print, and the belt thingy was awful." The worst part? While most bridesmaids complain that dresses make them look pregnant, this Glendale, Arizona, bridesmaid really was five months pregnant. However, in this dress, "my baby bump was disguised as fat! Not a good cut on me." All was not lost though: "I sold it at a yard sale for $5."

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Ugly Challenge: Can You Top This Mess?

"I would love to see the dress that can beat this one," Ginger writes in of the flowered, curtain-style dress she wore as a junior bridesmaid in her aunt's wedding. "There were actually adult women that had to wear the same dress, and I was mortified at the age of 12! I can only imagine how the adult bridesmaids felt. I love my aunt dearly, and it may have been the early nineties, but this kind of dress was never in style." Okay ladies, ready to take Ginger up on her challenge? If you have an uglier dress in your closet, we want to see it! Click here to submit your photo!

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Little Wedding on the Prairie?

For her 1978 wedding, Teri opted for a country-style print — something Laura Ingalls would wear! But looking back now, the Elk River, Minnesota bride admits she's "not sure what I was thinking. That was the style then right?" Based on some of the other bad 1970's gowns coming in, we can safely tell Teri that she's off the hook.

But you tell us: Which is worse? Bridesmaids dresses from the 1980s or 1970s?

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Who's NOT Allergic To Bad Fashion?

"I learned that cheap polyester makes me break out in hives," Emily writes in about the shiny, synthetic dress she was forced to wear. "The dress was a neon, shiny, purple polyester-blend of a mess." But the trouble didn't end with the hue. According to the San Francisco maid, "the full-length skirt had a series of large pleats across the rear that made even the skinniest of girls look like a bloated elephant." But Emily's not blaming all her problems on the dress — she suggests that they're a reaction to another irritant: "Maybe it was just the bridezilla!"

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Pretty (Unhappy) in Pink

"I love my sister-in-law but what was she thinking, putting a redheaded high school girl in a bright fuchsia dress?!?" laments Karen, a recovering bridesmaid from Muskego, Wisconsin. "The dyed matching shoes also add that special touch." As if the loud color weren't enough, Karen says, the dress was also suffering from a severe bow overdose. "It had big poufy sleeves with little bows.  If that wasn't enough, there was a huge bow on the waist in the back. My sister-in-law thought I could wear the dress to prom one day. HA!" Ever the trouper, Karen found a silver lining on that pink cloud: "At least the flowers were pretty."

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Chocolate: Fun to Eat, Not to Wear

"Who doesn't love chocolate brown velour?" asks bridesmaid Shelly. Hmm... Do we detect a note of sarcasm? "The bride is a great friend of mine but she didn't do us any favors by choosing this dress," explains Shelly, pointing out that the accessories only made things worse. "Elbow length, scrunched up gloves and matching pumps. To top it all off, we had to wear white tights." There is only reason we can think of for dressing bridesmaids like chocolate popsicles. As Shelly says: "We definitely did not upstage the bride!!"

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Bridesmaid Embraces Inner MacGuyver, Saves Day

From the start, these dresses had everything going against them. "These were homemade, lavender, tea-length, tulle, strapless." If that's not enough, Seattle bridesmaid Kerry says they were also five sizes too big! So, armed with some ribbon, Kerry invented a last-minute fix. "I had to invent a corset-style back the night before the wedding." Even her last minute handiness couldn't help these disasters -- but at least they stayed on! Kerry offers this word of advice to future brides: "Please never put your friends through this! Come on, we know you don't want them to looking better then you but this is nuts!"

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We Didn't Know Hefty Bags Came In Red

This bridesmaid was seeing red over the baggy crimson gown she was forced to wear for her cousin's backyard wedding. "It looked like a red trash bag," Kristin from Buffalo, N.Y., tells PEOPLE.com. "They were made by a grandmother." But unlike Grandma's homemade apple pie, these dresses were far from endearing. "They needed to be altered about 20 times, and they still turned out like trash bags."

We've definitely seen worse, but on the Ugly-O-Meter (with ten being the absolute worst), we give these shapeless scarlet sheaths a three. How about you?

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Hippie 1970's Bride Says "I'm Sorry" Now!

Christine admits that her flower power wedding was more hippie chick than hippie chic: "I can't believe, when I look at this picture now, what I was thinking!" the Moorpark, California, bride tells us of her 1976 nuptuals. "I wanted a simple old-fashioned wedding, and I thought the fabric looked old-fashioned. My bridesmaids hated the material and tried to talk me out of it -- but my mind was set." Looking back now, she admits, "I must have been out of my mind!"

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See What Happens When Others Shop For You?

"The day that the wedding party went dress shopping, I became violently ill and had to go to the hospital," writes Baltimore bridesmaid Michelle. "They [picked] the dresses without me. This is what we ended up with." But although these purple people-eaters look bad from the front, Michelle assures us that the back of the iridescent taffeta gowns were just as bad: "The back cut [was] out with a big bow!" She says she was horrified then, and assures us, "I am horrified now." As for the dress? Michelle says, "That dress cost me $150 (maybe more) and it ended up in a ball in the back of my closet."

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Brides, Don't Forget! Your Maids Come In All Shapes In Sizes!

Here's something that we can relate to: The bride picks out a dress that she thinks looks good, but guess what, it doesn't look good on EVERYBODY! "I Look like I belong to the seaweed in the ocean!" laments Jennifer, about this photo.

Hey, on the bright side: Your shoes are cute!

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Drowning In a Sea of Tulle

Poor Sara. It's bad enough being forced to wear a strapless, shapeless gown,
but when that dress comes with not one, but TWO layers of tulle, well it's
almost more than bridesmaid can bare. "First it was a layer of purple," says
Sara, "then a layer of blue sequins." Finishing off the look, a chunky gold
belt. (Why? Who knows!) "The dresses made everyone look fat, pregnant or
just plain crazy!"

We feel your pain, Sara! You don't look crazy, just trapped in an ugly
dress. Have you had to wear a dress this bad -- or worse? We want to
see it!

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After the Wedding, They Went Trick-or-Treating

Usually, when the bride offers to pay for the bridesmaids' dresses, it's a good thing. But for Patty, it was a fright — literally. "[She] wanted a 'gothic' themed wedding," the New Yorker writes in. "So, she went and bought Halloween costumes. I actually went into a costume store and found my 'bridesmaid dress.'" But like a trouper, Patty and her fellow hellions embraced the situation — much to the bride's chagrin. "She got mad at us because at the wedding, instead of posing all proper, we pretended to be vampires and stuff and made monster faces."

Getting a laugh out of these dresses? Now it’s your turn! Send us your ugly bridesmaid dress photos. (You can go incognito like Patty, don’t worry!)

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She Partied Like It Was 1499

Here's another bridesmaid dress from the '80's... The 1580s! A bridesmaid from New York writes in, "My sister decided to have a Renaissance-themed wedding, complete with madrigal band and maypole. My dress was a seafoam green tapestry that was so close to the table cloth fabric that my mother had to find new linens at the last minute!" But there was yet another problem with the heavy fabric: "It was 95 degrees for the outdoor ceremony!" Fie, the lass ne'er wore it again!

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On The Bright Side, Halloween is Just Six Months Away!

Yep, this is a Halloween costume. As bridesmaid Maggie tells us, she won second place in a costume contest for this dress she was forced to wear in an 1980's themed wedding. "My sister has always been a big fan of the '80's -- sequins, big hair, gaudiness," the Toledo, Ohio, native tells PEOPLE.com. "I was not surprised when she picked out this heinous turquoise nightmare for me to wear. It is the most unflattering, unsightly, unattractive dress I have ever seen in my life." But it didn't stop with the dress: "She actually found shoes, purses, jewelry, and nail polish to match this thing." Since the wedding, Maggie's also worn it to Mardi Gras, and found another use for it. "Sometimes I wear it when I clean my house."

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Is it a Wedding or a Night at The Moulin Rouge?

We've heard of school pride, but as Debbie from Lubbock, Texas, tells us, sometimes school cheer can go a little too far. "My friend decided on dresses in her fiance's alma mater colors: red and black for Texas Tech. The dresses made us look like saloon girls," she writes about the Lady Marmalade gowns. "We bridesmaids felt so much like 'can-can' dancers that we took a 'surprise' picture by sitting on a piano for the wedding album." But unlike most bridesmaids who never wear their dresses again, Debbie's put hers to good use: "A few years later I actually used the dress for a Halloween costume as a saloon girl."

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It's the Great Pumpkin Bridesmaid Gown!

This gown for an October wedding was definitely more trick than treat. "All the bridesmaids were in different colors -- yellow, red and orange," Caroline from Ottawa, Canada, writes about her pal's autumn-themed wedding. "I think I was the pumpkin." Although it could have been worse — we've seen some poufy, pumpkin-shaped dresses so far! --  we give this dress a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10. How about you?

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40% Nylon, 60% Metallica, 100% Ugly

Kristi from Canton, Ohio, was more suited for a headbanging metal show than a wedding, thanks to the dress she was forced to wear. "The tag actually says, '40% nylon, 60% metallica,'" she tells PEOPLE.com about the silver minidress. "I thought it was a joke." But unfortunately for Kristi, the bride was very serious about her maids embracing their inner metalhead. So Kristi says she got her own brand of "revenge:" "Without her knowing, I put the dress on for fun and had a photo shoot. The pics are hysterical." Rock on!

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The Toxic Green Dressing Room Adventure

Some brides completely lose their sense of humor when planning their wedding. Well, not Traci! The Davenport, Iowa, bride tells PEOPLE about a little prank she pulled on her pals while shopping for bridesmaid dresses: "I saw this incredibly ugly green dress and told my bridesmaids that someone had to try it. I told them that it might look better on them than it did on the hanger." One devoted bridesmaid, Ann, did try it on, but as Traci admits, "I did not go with this dress because I would not have had any friends afterwards if I did!"

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