We just picked our bridesmaids dresses... YES!
http://www.morilee.com/bridesmaids/bridesmaids/284 In grape. We are going to have a lot of blue accents to go with the purple (as well as silver). What color should the tuxes be? And ties and stuff? Originally I didn't care and was just going to go with black and solid ties to match whatever color we chose for dresses. But now I have seen lighter grey and even charcoal tuxes that looked cool. And I was thinking their ties could be blue and purple (striped or some pattern). Not sure if that would look good with the grey. Maybe I could only get away with that if we have black tuxes? Future hubby does not care, he will wear whatever (although probably happiest in a t shirt! Lol) so he is no help on opinions. His opinion unless he hates it, is "it's fine.". Also, we are going through tux rental at men's wear house. If anyone has any good ideas or has seen something neat from there?
Re: What color tuxes? :/
In the end, I think it depends on the formailty of your wedding. If you are having an evening wedding I would go with black tuxes, but if you are having an afternoon wedding you can certainly get away with a nice grey suit.
And since grey is considered a neutral color, any tie or vest color will look just fine.
You can either go with long ties or a bow tie. IMO, I think any guy looks better in a long tie then a bow tie.
Since black is a neutral color, anything will go with it. Again, IMO, I prefer a pattern to the tie, whether it be a multi-colored or pattern, or a solid color pattern.
Also, even though your girls are wearing purple, that does not mean that the guys have to wear purple. For example, my girls wore green and the guys wore purple. The two colors coordiante with each other so it looked fine.
Finally, my H and I went through Men's Warehouse to order the tuxes. They were very helpful and have all the tuxes, vests and ties in house to look at so you can pick the color that works the best.
GL