Themes and Ideas - Country western themed weddings

My fiance and I are planning a country western themed wedding. We are having all our nieces and nephews plus our 3 kids in the wedding. The guys will be wearing blue jeans, white button up dress shirts and cowboy boots. Any ideas on my type of dress and dresses for the bridesmaids? The wedding is set for September of this year. Thanks

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