And by "interesting" I mean "eeehhhhh." I told him what he picked for himself, groomsmen, and our dads was totally up to him, thinking "Yay! One less task for me!" and plus, it only seemed fair, since he has no say in my wedding get-up.
Then this weekend he told me he decided on classic black tuxes, no vests, and all the men in black straight ties, except for him. He would like to wear a black bowtie and adamantly feels that he should stand out (hello, groomzilla) and he believes different colored lapel flowers aren't enough. His actual words were "I believe it would be a faux pas for me to not have a different tie." Haha, um, sure.
I can't really wrap my head around him wearing a bowtie, while all the rest of the men are in normal ties. Ties seem "tied" (haha - pun) to the level of formality. So we should either have a black tie wedding and wear bowties, or we shouldn't, and wear normal ties. Am I just being too nitpicky?
On the formality scale, our wedding is fairly classic, but falls short of black tie. While the bridesmaids and mothers are wearing floor length sequin gowns, it is an outdoor wedding in a courtyard, and the ceremony starts at 5, about an hour before the sun will go down. (This is not a hipster wedding. There is no bowtie+suspenders+colorful argyle socks look going on so he can't justify the bowtie that way.) Should I just let this go and let him do whatever he wants, or should I try to save him from himself?