Bridesmaid Tattoos

View Quoted Comment Me? Nothing. I can understand the bride's request but I wouldn't ask that of anyone.

And having hair and makeup as part of a requirement in a wedding party is telling them to change their appearance. The skin is literally being covered up.

View Quoted Comment I understand your perspective.

View Quoted Comment Thank you for clarifying.

View Quoted Comment I understand where your coming from, 4 or my bridesmaids have tattoos and they never even came up as I planned my wedding.

I agree that makeup is makeup, whether it's to cover up a tattoo or a blemish on the face.

I'm personally not a fan of tattoos, they just aren't my style so I choose to not have any. But I would never ask anyone to cover them up because they aren't my style, that's just dumb. One of my friends (She was in my bridal party) has a tattoo on her shoulder and she asked me if I wanted her to cover it up, and I told her absolutely not. Another friend that was in my bridal party has probably close to 10 tattoos, including several on her arms. I'm not sure that you can see them in any of our pictures, honestly, I've never noticed either way. It just isn't that important in the grand scheme of things.

All of my bridesmaids have tattoos, As do myself, So i would never asks anyone to cover up who they are! Even if their tattoos were not my taste, I still wouldnt asks them to cover them up. I knew who they were before i asked them to be in my wedding! I feel thats very inappropriate to even ask them to do so.

It is super inappropriate and rude to ask. You asked these women because you love and want to honor them, to ask that they alter a part of themselves just for your wedding is outrageous. (same goes for hair color, length, weight, pregnancy, etc.)

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When it came to my wedding my bridesmaids' tattoos also weren't important to me in the grand scheme of things.

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Thank you for sharing your perspective.

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Hmmmm....interesting.

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Thanks for listening!

If I was asked to cover up my tattoos, I would no longer be in the wedding.

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Can you explain why?

If the tattoo was on the Bridesmaid way before the wedding (5+ months), then the Bride has no right to complain. The tattoo is apart of that person and even though it might be the worst thing ever, it's still your friend/family.

If the tattoo was a couple weeks before the wedding, I think the Bride has the decision in the long run. The Bridesmaid should have asked the Bride to see if this may or may not be a big deal to her since most dresses don't cover the arms and the tattoo could have waited till after the wedding day. With this said, the Bridesmaid could simple stand sideways in all photos to block the arm =)!!!

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My tattoos are a part of who I am. Anyone close enough to me to want me to be in their wedding knows that about me and more importantly, they all know that I am heavily tattooed. It's not a small wrist tattoo or a small piece on my leg. I have a full sleeve on my right arm/shoulder and my legs are both nearly covered.. even with my tattoo-free left arm, my leg tattoos would show in a short dress.. a long dress would have to have long sleeves (and I neeeever see that here) and during most parts of the year in California, i would be an uncomfortable, sweaty mess if they did want that for some reason. I have a friend in my wedding party with a bridge piercing and I would never even ask her to remove that because it is a part of how she expresses herself and it would feel controlling and weird to ask her to remove it so that my wedding could look a certain way. I love everything about my friends and the diversity between them can and should be apparent even in my wedding pictures.

Me and all my bridesmaids have visible tattoos... so I wouldnt anyway. But if I didnt like tattoos, i probably wouldnt ask a person with visible tattoos to stand with me.

View Quoted Comment Some places book months in advance for tattoos. This may have been planned before the wedding date was set (depending on length of engagement). I've had to put down payments on appointments to high end artists for mine before, so this may have not been a spur of the moment. Especially on a large tattoo. I like your idea about posing though... Its a simple fix to some that seems minor.

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I think it would have been nice for the bridesmaid to ask the bride first. I understand that the tattoo is apart of the bridesmaid and the bride should love her with or without it but it is the brides big day and she has the right to control the aesthetics of her wedding. 🤷🏾‍♀️

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Thank you for sharing this. I understand your perspective.

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When I got married my bridesmaid's tattoos weren't even on my mind but one of my bridesmaids did ask me if she could dye her hair from black to blonde about a month before my wedding and I told her no.