Black is back - or possibly it never really went away! Whilst you may think that black bridesmaids' dresses (as well as black BRIDE's dresses) would be the reserve from the goths amongst us, reconsider. Sophisticated, glamorous, and eternally versatile following the wedding day itself, there is no doubt that black bridesmiad gowns can simply take the biscuit.

But before we look at some of the fabulous black bridesmaid dresses available from Dessy, I just needed to share this glorious black wedding gown shot through the lovely Jenny Haas Photography. Gone would be the days when 'Marry in black, wish yourself back' was hissed at any bride contemplating a black wedding gown; nowadays you can put on whatever you fancy, and I need to say that I do rather fancy this dress and veil...

But to the girls. I checked out short black bridesmiad gowns a while back, here I'm just likely to concentrate on long ones, which obviously are particularly ideal for autumn and winter weddings.

The bride above created an inspirational color scheme by dressing 1 / 2 of her junior bridesmaid dresses in long black and half within the palest of apricots and pinks. By introducing bright blood-red roses in the floral arrangements the entire effect is very stunning and incredibly feminine.

Other ideas for dressing your bridesmaids stylishly in black originate from these great images from Spindle Photography and Cheshire Wedding Photographers The Crawleys.

Dessy has a lot of gorgeous black gowns to select from that I'm spoilt for choice so I've just come up with a few of my very favorites...