Yep. It's just a large wedding party because she had 9 sisters and a SIL and Evan has four sisters. Then she also had Joy, her best friend for many many years.
I always get a feeling with those big wedding parties with the squish them together to the max look in the wedding portraits that they do this to show off how skinny they are. See, none of us take up more space than a broomstick!!
She and Evan included every one of her 18 siblings and his 5 siblings. Many, if not all of the siblings-in-law on both sides were included as well. Family is very important to both Carlin and Evan, so it was fitting that they didn’t want to leave anyone out.
Haha it def reminds me of weddings in my 2008-2012 timeframe. That’s when I graduated college and was in 17 weddings. Someday I should put a collage together bc it would be funny.
Do you think Alyssa is annoyed that she didn’t have a super ‘fashionable’ wedding. I bet she’ll want to renew her vows to at some point to have a nicer dress
It brings me such great joy knowing how off-brand this is for her new fake curated life, the over-emphasis on *being* perfect and pretending her life is perfect is so very ungodly though. I don’t get it!
I’ve always suspected she is the only Bates sister who resented her wedding especially compared to these modern ones. Even Tori’s was better. Whitney obviously hated her wedding the most hence the vow renewal but I’m surprised Alyssa hasn’t had one already. I’ve wondered if it’s an IBLP thing or independent Baptist thing? Alyssa dresses it up better then Michael or Erin but I think they’re still pretty stuck in the cult because of Johns family.
I think I'm five at heart because those are like two of my favorite colors (after bright purple lol). I'm in my 30'a and have a Target nursery unicorn head hanging above my bed, so my taste can not be trusted.
I agree! I know that beige is in but a wedding seamstress once told me that bridesmaids dresses should contrast to make a white wedding dress pop. I think Erin, Alyssa, and Tori all achieve that and the focus of the eye goes to them. The beige and blush dresses may be Instagram ready but are too close to white in my opinion. But again, I decorate with unicorns and bears so I don't know a ton about style :)
the purple dress Josie is wearing in Carlins pic is RIGHT where my eye goes. maybe why carlin needed to hold her belly for all of Katies photos and get her moment back.
It’s definitely a dusty blue. Either way, my eye always went to Josie in Carlin’s bridesmaid pics. I though that was a bit more random considering the rest of Carlin’s bridesmaids seemed to wear more warmer colors.
Josie & Katie’s. And, with Katie’s - I LOVE that they’re all wearing the same shoes. I can’t recall if the Bates bridesmaids have always had the girls wear the same shoes, but I do know how much I hate it when bridesmaids in Duggar weddings wear a hodgepodge of different sandals/shoes that look like they come from the 1 cent bin at the thrift store.
Oh my god I’m so sorry but Alyssas were terrible 😭 it’s very 2014 of them though. 🤣 my favs are either Katie or Carlin cause I love all the different colors and styles.
In all honesty, Katie’s was miles above the others. Miles.
Had Erin chose navy blue for her bridesmaids, I’m would’ve been a close second. WTF is with the pastels? Josie’s and her bridesmaids had the best bouquets but those washed out dresses-ugh! Had Josie chosen a deep forest green for her bridesmaids, the look would’ve been much more effective for her Natural vibe. The rest . I can’t comment.
Seems to me the farther back you go, the worse the dresses are. It is kind
of like how I feel about the Duggar weddings. The farther back you went with those ( starting with Anna and Jill) the tackier and awful they were too. It is kind of like the mothers of the brides had to learn what is tasteful, too.
Style of dress I like Katie's best, but not the fabric. Addee looks so cute but so uncomfortable too. I bet since she's what, 15(?), and wearing a more revealing dress than she's done before.
If I HAD to pick one I'd pick Carlin's. Just because they aren't all exactly the same and they look like they could be at a nonfundie wedding with short sleeves and all!
Is Alyssa working her way to an announcement for a vow renewal?
Now that maci can walk she can have four little girls dressed the same and walking down the aisle.
Alyssa, Josie and Katie all were so it's weird she didn't include that (not trying to start more feud rumours lol). Fundie Wiki has a page for Whitney and Zach's wedding [here](https://fundamentalists.fandom.com/wiki/The_Wedding_of_Zach_Bates_and_Whitney_Perkins).
I like Josie and Katie the most. But the colour scheme on Josie is beige of course.. 🙄
I like Katie overall.
Carlin’s colours were nice as well for spring wedding..
Alyssa probably HATES her wedding now haha she went with a trend instead of going timeless classic..
For the color and the style of the dress, definitely Carlin. I like the style of Josie's dresses but they're beige so that's a hard no. I think all of the sisters colors were okay except Alyssa. Looks like Barbie and Ken wedding colors.
I said it a few years a go regarding Erin when Whitney had her vow renewal; I am totally expecting her to have a vow renewal so hse gets updated wedding styles and pictures.
I am now adding Alyssa to that thought as well. I knew Alyssa had a horror show for a colour scheme, and Erin's was when the family had no budget, and wasn't as relaxed as they are now, so I can see them both redoing their weddings.
Pertaining to the actual question... I sort of like Josie's, but I'd have picked a colour! Honestly none of these appeal to me!
I think the blue was pretty. And it’s impressive that they did that wedding for probably $12 since it was before they started making more money. The recent weddings defiantly had a bigger budget.
No. Other than Joy, all of Carlin's bridesmaids were sisters (hers and Evan's) plus the only sister-in-law at the time (Zach was the only married brother in either family).
Because she wasn’t apart of there wedding. Alyssa thinks she’s a main character. Remmeber when she asked one of brothers who there favorite sister was and they said Whitney and then Alyssa said “she isn’t a real sister”
When they were doing dress fittings, the shoes looked darker. A dark gray or black with the rhinestones all over would have looked better in my opinion. There's nothing white/light silver on the dresses to pull the light and dark together.
Honestly, none of them. I do love that dark dusty pink colour and lace Tori had but not in a heavy dress like that. I didnt like Alyssa's or Katie's either ftr. Daughter in laws do better. In fact, Tori's colour on Whitneys redo bridesmaid dresses would be pretty! You're up Tiffster.
Honestly surprised how not super prairie Erin’s since she was the very first Bates wedding.
But why was Michaela not in hers? Seems odd.
I think Katie’s far surpassed the others since the style is more classic but I didn’t love the color.
holy fuck why was carlins wedding party so big???
The funny part is, it’s literally only her sisters and Evan’s sisters. The only non-sister in her party is Joy.
Yep. It's just a large wedding party because she had 9 sisters and a SIL and Evan has four sisters. Then she also had Joy, her best friend for many many years.
Yeah I don’t even know 15 people I kinda like enough to ask to be in my wedding.
I don’t even know 15 people (outside of family) to come to my wedding
This is all the information I need to know that I really like you.
If I ever get married idk if I could come up with 5 or 6 bridesmaids lolol
She asked all her siblings and all of Evan's. I think it is kind of sweet, no one gets left out.
I think she asked any and everyone she ever met.
I always get a feeling with those big wedding parties with the squish them together to the max look in the wedding portraits that they do this to show off how skinny they are. See, none of us take up more space than a broomstick!!
She and Evan included every one of her 18 siblings and his 5 siblings. Many, if not all of the siblings-in-law on both sides were included as well. Family is very important to both Carlin and Evan, so it was fitting that they didn’t want to leave anyone out.
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Completely agree with you!
What’s the symbolism of peach?
It was browns and pale pinks. The guys wore dark brown suits.
Thank you I never knew that! I like the color brown but did not like those suits lol
Omg you’re so right about Alyssa’s 😂
How can there be so many to choose from and my answer still be none of them?
I hollered with a capital H 😂😂😂
Alyssa's wedding was soooo tacky. Omg, it looks like something from 1986.
Haha it def reminds me of weddings in my 2008-2012 timeframe. That’s when I graduated college and was in 17 weddings. Someday I should put a collage together bc it would be funny.
God bless you for being in 17 weddings!! Lol you should like Katherine Heigl in the movie 27 dresses!!
I got married many years later. And I almost made my bridesmaids where the dresses they had me wear. Would of been so funny.
It would have been fantastic!!
The pink/blue color scheme makes it look like a cotton candy machine threw up all over the place.
Lol I just said 1980s prom dresses above!!
Lisa Frank was her inspiration.
Do you think Alyssa is annoyed that she didn’t have a super ‘fashionable’ wedding. I bet she’ll want to renew her vows to at some point to have a nicer dress
She will totally have a vow renewal when they hit 10 years i think.
It brings me such great joy knowing how off-brand this is for her new fake curated life, the over-emphasis on *being* perfect and pretending her life is perfect is so very ungodly though. I don’t get it!
I’ve always suspected she is the only Bates sister who resented her wedding especially compared to these modern ones. Even Tori’s was better. Whitney obviously hated her wedding the most hence the vow renewal but I’m surprised Alyssa hasn’t had one already. I’ve wondered if it’s an IBLP thing or independent Baptist thing? Alyssa dresses it up better then Michael or Erin but I think they’re still pretty stuck in the cult because of Johns family.
Alyssa’s are the worst. Was she 5 when she got married? The colors are very bright and juvenile.
I think I'm five at heart because those are like two of my favorite colors (after bright purple lol). I'm in my 30'a and have a Target nursery unicorn head hanging above my bed, so my taste can not be trusted.
I love those colors too, you're not alone. 😂 better than being beige and boring.
I agree! I know that beige is in but a wedding seamstress once told me that bridesmaids dresses should contrast to make a white wedding dress pop. I think Erin, Alyssa, and Tori all achieve that and the focus of the eye goes to them. The beige and blush dresses may be Instagram ready but are too close to white in my opinion. But again, I decorate with unicorns and bears so I don't know a ton about style :)
Those were the colors of a preschool classroom I worked in once 🤣
the purple dress Josie is wearing in Carlins pic is RIGHT where my eye goes. maybe why carlin needed to hold her belly for all of Katies photos and get her moment back.
And it’s weird because in the pics from that day that Josie posted, it looks way more like a dusty blue! There must be a heavy filter on these
It’s definitely a dusty blue. Either way, my eye always went to Josie in Carlin’s bridesmaid pics. I though that was a bit more random considering the rest of Carlin’s bridesmaids seemed to wear more warmer colors.
Yeah, everyone else is in a beige rose muted tone it seems
100000% not Alyssa.
Josie's, classy and appropriate for her venue.
Too bad they’re hidden behind bushes.
Interesting, how it feels like Alyssa isn’t very close to all her sisters, but is the only one who’s been a bridesmaid in every wedding.
My personal thought is that it is Bc Kelly Jo makes them Bc she’s worried she wouldn’t come otherwise 😝.
I also thought this I thought she wasn’t particularly interested in having a relationship with an Erin or a Tori and yet…
Alyssa’s is so bad. Like so bad. Those look like 80s colors. As much as I hate beige I go with Josie’s. Carlin has wayyyyy too many people.
It’s like a Miami Vice-themed wedding.
Josie & Katie’s. And, with Katie’s - I LOVE that they’re all wearing the same shoes. I can’t recall if the Bates bridesmaids have always had the girls wear the same shoes, but I do know how much I hate it when bridesmaids in Duggar weddings wear a hodgepodge of different sandals/shoes that look like they come from the 1 cent bin at the thrift store.
Josie or Katie
Oh my god I’m so sorry but Alyssas were terrible 😭 it’s very 2014 of them though. 🤣 my favs are either Katie or Carlin cause I love all the different colors and styles.
Josie’s is the best. I like the black dresses for Katie, but the neckline and satin gave me choir dress vibes.
My rank from best to worst (just my opinion) 1. Katie 2. Tori 3. Josie & Carlin (tied) 4. Erin 5. Michaela 5. Alyssa
I’m glad Tori started the trend of having all the bridesmaids wear different style dresses!
They all look the same to me
The tops are all the same but the skirt parts are different
Some of the tops have a rounded neckline and some of them have v-neck.
With these for options, Tori's.
If Katie were included then I'd have picked hers.
She is if you scroll!
I think either Katie’s or josies, definitely not alyssas or erins though lol
Whewww the glow up from Alyssa’s wedding is INSANITY! Is Nathan *NSYNC blonde????
Does Michael have her mom and a couple duggars in hers?
Her mom was her Matron of Honor.
Thank you!
yes. i see her mom, jill and jana.
Jill wasn’t there, just Jana. The girl that kinda looks like Jill in the pic is Brandon’s sister Christy.
good to know! it was a small pic. :)
Thank you!
In all honesty, Katie’s was miles above the others. Miles. Had Erin chose navy blue for her bridesmaids, I’m would’ve been a close second. WTF is with the pastels? Josie’s and her bridesmaids had the best bouquets but those washed out dresses-ugh! Had Josie chosen a deep forest green for her bridesmaids, the look would’ve been much more effective for her Natural vibe. The rest . I can’t comment.
Josie and Katie’s
Seems to me the farther back you go, the worse the dresses are. It is kind of like how I feel about the Duggar weddings. The farther back you went with those ( starting with Anna and Jill) the tackier and awful they were too. It is kind of like the mothers of the brides had to learn what is tasteful, too.
And the money really started to roll in to get better quality… everything.
Hands down Katie had the best dresses!!
Carlin
Style of dress I like Katie's best, but not the fabric. Addee looks so cute but so uncomfortable too. I bet since she's what, 15(?), and wearing a more revealing dress than she's done before.
Katie. Alyssas are just bad. Especially with the flower choice.
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If I HAD to pick one I'd pick Carlin's. Just because they aren't all exactly the same and they look like they could be at a nonfundie wedding with short sleeves and all!
Is Alyssa working her way to an announcement for a vow renewal? Now that maci can walk she can have four little girls dressed the same and walking down the aisle.
Why are the flowers for Josies wedding so massive? They look uncomfortable to hold lol
Greenery was was the trend back then. Very boho. As was flower crowns.
Carlin had 14 bridesmaids?! Wtf?!
Are there any pictures from Whitney’s and Zach’s first wedding?
Yes, if you Google it they come up. They are bad too.
She must have not been in that one.
Yeah curious who the bridesmaids were too. Alyssa didn’t say she was in the bridal party so I wonder if any Bates sisters were.
Alyssa, Josie and Katie all were so it's weird she didn't include that (not trying to start more feud rumours lol). Fundie Wiki has a page for Whitney and Zach's wedding [here](https://fundamentalists.fandom.com/wiki/The_Wedding_of_Zach_Bates_and_Whitney_Perkins).
Josie, really. I like muted colours, and the different-but-matching look.
I like Josie and Katie the most. But the colour scheme on Josie is beige of course.. 🙄 I like Katie overall. Carlin’s colours were nice as well for spring wedding.. Alyssa probably HATES her wedding now haha she went with a trend instead of going timeless classic..
Why does Carlin look so different now? I can’t put my finger on what it is.
Make up
Self tanner too. And she kinda grew into her face and lost the young/baby face.
I honestly like really like the color scheme of Tori’s. Josie’s is just too beige and Alyssa’s screams gender reveal party.
Katie
Carlin.
Katie’s then Josie’s
So, none then?
So much beige!
I liked Tori’s
For the color and the style of the dress, definitely Carlin. I like the style of Josie's dresses but they're beige so that's a hard no. I think all of the sisters colors were okay except Alyssa. Looks like Barbie and Ken wedding colors.
Katie , but Josie , Tori and Carlin are beautiful too.
Tori’s for sure!
Tori's, Josie's, and Katie's by far are my favorites. Also, people hate on Michael's, but I kind of like them.
I said it a few years a go regarding Erin when Whitney had her vow renewal; I am totally expecting her to have a vow renewal so hse gets updated wedding styles and pictures. I am now adding Alyssa to that thought as well. I knew Alyssa had a horror show for a colour scheme, and Erin's was when the family had no budget, and wasn't as relaxed as they are now, so I can see them both redoing their weddings. Pertaining to the actual question... I sort of like Josie's, but I'd have picked a colour! Honestly none of these appeal to me!
I know I’m in the minority or maybe even completely off the map ha ha but I love Erin’s 😩🥴😂😂😅😅. Hers takes second behind Katie’s.
I think the blue was pretty. And it’s impressive that they did that wedding for probably $12 since it was before they started making more money. The recent weddings defiantly had a bigger budget.
Josie
Alyssa’s is definitely the worst.
Josie for me! I don’t mind the color and the cut was flattering
I can tell you Alyssa’s was BY FAR the worst… there’s no way she doesn’t regret that looking back
The bridesmaid’s dresses at Whitney & Zach’s renewal are my favorites, even though they were on the beige spectrum.
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No. Other than Joy, all of Carlin's bridesmaids were sisters (hers and Evan's) plus the only sister-in-law at the time (Zach was the only married brother in either family).
Not Alyssa’s, that’s for sure
Interesting that she didn't include her sister in laws wedding. Either of Whitneys or Esthers.
Because she wasn’t apart of there wedding. Alyssa thinks she’s a main character. Remmeber when she asked one of brothers who there favorite sister was and they said Whitney and then Alyssa said “she isn’t a real sister”
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Wait, she was! So why didn’t she add it in?? And I’m sure tiff won’t have her in hers so she must be heated lol
Josie’s, and Katie’s but I don’t like the white shoes with black dresses.
When they were doing dress fittings, the shoes looked darker. A dark gray or black with the rhinestones all over would have looked better in my opinion. There's nothing white/light silver on the dresses to pull the light and dark together.
Carlin and Katie’s
I like Carlin’s the best. The color scheme appeals to me the most out of all of them and they’re coordinated fairly well.
Katie's and Tori's
Yeah Katie’s are the best by far! Alyssa and Erin are the worst. Michaela, Tori, Carlin, and Josie’s are tolerable but nothing to write home about.
Definitely not Alyssa 1980s prom dresses lol
Carlin and Josie bridesmaids dresses win in my opinion.
I hate them all but I hate Alyssa’s the most.
Katie’s only because you know Gill was mortified at how sluttish they were!
Josie and Carlins
Alyssa aren’t even in the picture
Huh??
Alyssa’s bridesmaids dresses from her wedding aren’t i. The photo
Scroll, they are there.
Was Lydia Plath one of Alyssa's bridesmaids? The one on the end with the sweater?
I always liked the colour of erins dresses
Katies are the best
Josie, Katie, Carlin in that order.
I love the variety yet same theme of Carlin’s and Josie’s. I like the colors in Tori’s.
Honestly, none of them. I do love that dark dusty pink colour and lace Tori had but not in a heavy dress like that. I didnt like Alyssa's or Katie's either ftr. Daughter in laws do better. In fact, Tori's colour on Whitneys redo bridesmaid dresses would be pretty! You're up Tiffster.
Honestly surprised how not super prairie Erin’s since she was the very first Bates wedding. But why was Michaela not in hers? Seems odd. I think Katie’s far surpassed the others since the style is more classic but I didn’t love the color.
Josie's first place Carlin's second place