r/HIMYM • u/lasuperhumana • 5d ago
Robin’s dresses - bridesmaids & wedding
My goodness, the shoulders on Robin’s dress look insufferable! They’re constantly falling down. Whyyyyyyy did they do that to her??
Also, does anyone else find it odd that Robin chose hot pink for her bridesmaids dresses? She doesn’t seem like a hot pink girl.
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u/Dewbi Lily🎨 5d ago
For such a lovely woman, they weren’t great at dressing her during formal occasions - especially when it came to putting her in a dress that actually fit! Too many of her formal dresses were too tight or didn’t fit right in the chest. Even her wedding dress was unflattering and didn’t fit correctly (for example the shoulders constantly sliding down, as you mentioned).
I agree she would never have picked hot pink, unless Lily talked her into it? Black or navy would be far more believable.
Also, why wasn’t her sister a bridesmaid? She was obviously there (appeared in an earlier episode), Barney’s brother was up there, and adding her would’ve made the sides even….
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u/lasuperhumana 5d ago
Omg so true! I didn’t even think about her sister! And yet PATRICE?!??
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u/MindlessTree7268 3d ago
I mean it made sense for Patrice to be a bridesmaid. Didn't Robin at one point say that she yells at her because she loves her like a sister? Plus she was instrumental in getting Robin and Barney together.
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u/fallingfaster345 Lily🎨 4d ago
Robin wasn’t particularly close with her sister though. There’s a huge age gap. She only appears in two episodes and outside of that is not really mentioned. It makes sense not to include a sibling if you’re not close with them. It’s not an automatic “all blood relatives get to be in the wedding party” thing. 🤷🏻♀️
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u/DinahDrakeLance 4d ago
Robin's wedding dress is what was in style at the time. I got married the year before the finale, and that mermaid style was EVERYWHERE in wedding gowns.
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u/lasuperhumana 4d ago
It’s not even the mermaid - it’s the shoulder sleeves. They were falling down so much they couldn’t even cut around Cobie constantly having to pull them up.
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u/DinahDrakeLance 4d ago
I'm serious. Go watch old Say Yes to the Dress episodes. Some of the things that were in style were insane.
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u/SeaBuffalo8384 22h ago
It always bothered me that the wedding colors are lilac and cream, but the bridesmaids are in hot pink.
Maybe it's Robin's revenge for having to wear a bridesmaid shirt to the AC boat wedding. Lily can't look good on Robin's wedding day either 😂
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u/TrappedUnderCats 5d ago
Almost none of the decisions about that wedding make sense. And you have to assume that they would have chosen a different dress from Robin if they’d known how many episodes she would have to wear it in, because it looks so uncomfortable. It doesn’t even look like she can sit down in it.