First holy communion..

cruella_de_vile

frisbee wrote:

Just a quick question does it have to be a white dress or would i get away with ivory,my daughter will be a bridesmaid two weeks before her communion and i was kinda hoping she could wear the same dress for both occasions.

My daughter is making hers this year and according to the literature we have been given it has to be white - it may be different in your area though

3KIDSNOMONEY

definitely try ebay us.

bought mine 2 years ago as couldn't find one in the shops i liked.

cost about £30 incl. shipping and is lovely, my other daughter is wearing it this year.

Crabman

When I made mine, the girls wore the lovely white dresses and we wore the red tie on a white shirt with black trousers. I personally feel sad to see parishes do it in 'own clothes', they don't have permission from the Vatican to do that, so the priest obviously isn't too well versed in basic Canon Law... :rolleyes:

There is another thread here discussing Holy Communion dresses. Hope you and your family have a wonderful day

MinnieSpender

Aw, thanks for this thread. It brought back lovely memories of my own FHC - floor length white dress made by my mum (my sister wore it later) and a veil.

I'd definitely give eBay a go - and try Primark for cheap shoes.

Have a great day.

dee_mum_of_3

depending on where you live a lot of charity shops have beautiful dresses in my area some for as little as £7 - we have no little girls but as i had 2 boys making their first holy communion at the same time all 3 of my boys wore 3 piece suits and the 2 being confirmed wore red ties the one not had blue but they looked so smart as a lot of the boys wore their own clothes and it was my boys that the mums of the girls(in lovely dresses all the girls were!)wanted phhotos of them taken next too lol!

dws_72

Just ordered from ebay australia, dress was £25 cheaper from there had all the sizes lsted and measurements

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Penny-Boutique

hope this helps someone...!

johncas1

A friend of mine in her church the girls had to wear a headdress and veil and a white dress and shoes or boots other accessories like capes bags gloves wore optional although most of the girls wore wearing gloves

Just go for a cheap dress from ebay a veil and headdress fromm ebay to and a nice pair of white gloves and your set look here

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/STUNNING-HOLY-COMMUNION-DRESS-IN-WHITE-SIZE-9-10YRS_W0QQitemZ160081101094QQihZ006QQcategoryZ315QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Veil and gloves included all for £69

This one is only £15 just buy a pair of gloves for £2 and shoes on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/long-style-sleeveless-communion-dress-with-veil-LOOK_W0QQitemZ190080648923QQihZ009QQcategoryZ315QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

And look at thos formal one stunning and only £49 for the whole set http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Girls-Communion-Dress-w-Veil-Headpiece-Umbrella_W0QQitemZ220080769090QQihZ012QQcategoryZ315QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem you would only need a pair of gloves and shoes or boots and there are loads of other cheap stunning dresses available

cruella_de_vile

I thought I would resurrect this thread to let you know I got this dress [URL] http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-WHITE-RHINESTONE-COMMUNION-
FLOWER-GIRL-DRESS-SZ-2_W0QQitemZ130090085187QQcategoryZ105486QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]
[/URL] for my daughter and it is fabulous! It worked out at £35 including the postage which compared to what other parents at her school are paying is an absolute bargain.

I also got a triple layer underskirt for a tenner and shoes for £8 (also off ebay, brand new too!)

So for just over £50 for the lot and she looks amazing!

So if anyone is still looking for their daughter and is worried about the quality off ebay (I was) then don't, you will be delighted with your bargains!

Fizog

BHS have been doing beautiful white dresses very simple, floaty look lovely with a veil or circlet of white flowers. Our church are encouraging parents to steer clear of the lacey huge meringue dresses as quite a few children are refugees and parents don't have the disposable income to deck out the girls the boys just wear a nice shirt and tie.

Katmc2k

tweegirl wrote: »

Try Ireland - bit extreme I know, but plenty of free day trip tickets available from either Holyhead or Pembroke (if you're the right side of the country) or if you know anyone that's going on holiday. I think they have a "set" holy communion day in Ireland and the shops are full of dresses before that day, after that day they sell them off really (and I mean really) cheaply. When my daughter was "done" it was after the Irish day and my mother-in-law got her the most wonderful dress for next to nothing.

I second one of the previous replies about veils - I haven't seen a girl wear a veil in our church for years and our priest is still quite strict about most things. As regards shoes, my little girl had a pair of white sandals that she wore for the whole summer after.

for some reason i read "iceland" and for the whole post couldn't work out if you meant the country (although how holyhead or pembroke are the right side of the country for this i couldn't fathom...) or the frozen food shop....:rotfl: