Celebrities are just like us, and they too play the role of bridesmaid now and again to their childhood or fellow superstars. To satisfy your sartorial appetite for ultra beach wedding dresses, we’ve rounded up 16 of the most well-dressed it-girl bridesmaids; use them as your bridesmaids blueprint, or as fashion inspiration for your social calendar.

They’re rarely edgy, but that doesn’t keep them from feeling sophisticated. They’re endlessly classic formal beaded wedding dresses with sleeves, but not at the expense of novel, fun appeal. Seated at the cross-section of all things fairytales and happiness and happy-go-lucky spirit, pastel colors seem to embody the best parts of love—the beginnings, when everything is full of hope and potential.

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It’s never too soon to start trying on dresses and getting a feel for what you like and don’t like, what suits your body shape and what designers you might want to try the new season designs from when they come out.