
It’s insane because you can’t even fit in one car. You Should Have As Many Bridesmaids As You Want: False“I’ve been in weddings with 12, 13 bridesmaids. Sometimes you come back from the bachelorette party and you’re not in the wedding anymore.” The thing is, when you get a lot of women, who all have their own situations going on, add in a bride who has dreamed forever about this perfect day, then you add alcohol, there’s always going to be some fights. So they got in this huge fight that just escalated and got so out of hand and the bride asked her to not be in the wedding. “I remember one bachelorette party in Miami, the maid of honor felt that she had gone through all this trouble to organize our trip, made dinner plans, and the bride wasn’t being grateful enough. Especially for brides that you’ve grown up with, there’s always some random new coworker who’s like, ‘I’ll host the shower!’ And you show up and it’s all pictures of them with the bride from the last year, and you’re like, ‘Wait, where am I in all of this?’ ”īut things can also take a turn for the dramatic.

It’s Like the Movies: TrueThere’s certainly a comedic side to being a bridesmaid, says Schumann: “That scene from Bridesmaids at the bridal shower with the puppies is actually pretty accurate. I don’t want anyone to see me looking like this.” The worst is when the other bridesmaids are like, ‘Oh, yours looks so good!’ and you’re just thinking Are you insane? I’m trying to meet someone at this wedding. “I’ve had more pins than I can count in my hair I’ve had glitter hairspray I’ve had corn rows halfway up my scalp I’ve had tendrils framing my face I’ve gone home and cried because the up-do is so bad. You Can Wear Your Hair Down: Increasingly TrueThe biggest stylistic change Emily has noticed in 15 years of being a bridesmaid is the transition away from up-dos. The strippers were picking up coins and saw us crying and were like, ‘What is going on here?’ ” dollars, so she was tipping in pounds-like literally throwing British pound coins on the stage. My sister was living abroad at the time and had no U.S. Not even really thinking about it, we were like, ‘Sure,’ and ended up sitting in the front row of this strip club, sobbing as we made up. This shuttle from Sapphire’s pulled over seeing that we were upset, and asked if we wanted to get in. We were in Vegas and had been drinking in the sun all day, and emotions were running high. “And at another wedding, my sister and I had a giant fight at my cousin’s bachelorette party. The speech was supposed to be funny but it was so awkward for everyone that people started slow-clapping. “At my sister’s wedding, I drank on an empty stomach before my speech because I was nervous-then I just started crying uncontrollably. There Will Be Tears: TrueWaterproof mascara at all bridal party events is a must.

If flying across the globe to be a bridesmaid twice in 48 hours isn’t dedication, we don’t know what is. Coincidentally, both are scheduled for the same weekend this August, one in Santa Barbara, California, on a Friday night and the second two days later on the Amalfi Coast. This summer, Emily celebrates the weddings of two couples, both of whom she introduced, so naturally both couples asked her to be a bridesmaid in their weddings. That’s at least two a year for the last decade and a half.
BECOMING A BRIDESMAID SAPPHIREFOXX MOVIE
But for Manhattan-based communications director Emily Schumann, however, the movie is a reality-from her first call of duty at the age of 15, to today, the 30-year-old has served in bridal parties no fewer than 30 times.


Katherine Heigl plays the quirky, hopelessly romantic Jane who brings new meaning to the phrase “always a bridesmaid,” who accepts bridesmaid duties no fewer than on 27 occasions. For many women, the movie 27 Dresses is a hyperbolic take on reality.
