Help - Father of the Bride attire

jcerda

I'm having a hard time visualizing my fathers attire. I know that often his hanky/tie would match the MOB, however they are not married and he is not remarried. Groomsmen are in Black tux, black vest, purple tie, purple hankie (matches the bridesmaids), FI is in Black tux, ivory vest, ivory tie, ivory hankie. But I don't know what to put my father in... He will be in black tux, but wasn't sure what vest/tie/hankie configuration to put him in.  Part of it is that I can't visualize it for some reason part of it is not knowing what is common practice.  Thanks in advance. 

blgrout

We are putting both the FOB and FOG in tuxes to match the GM, since we picked tuxes before MOB and MOG picked out their outfits.  The only person in our WP who has a different vest/tie color is the groom.  IDK if that's right, but that's what we did.

Avion22

Maybe just have him wear a standard black vest/tie and no pocket square?   Or a purple pocket square (maybe a different but complimenting shade of purple to the groomsmen)?

FWIW, I've never heard of matching the FOB's "accessories" to the MOB outfit.  Sounds like they'd look like middle-aged prom-goers to me.....

Magdala9

When my uncle walked his daughter down the aisle.  He wore a black vest with a black and turquoise.  He has blue eyes and the turquoise looked great on him.   My aunt and uncle are divorced and my uncle has not remarried.   My cousin had a black and white wedding.   Basically my cousin and uncle, picked an accent color that looked great on my uncle. What colors looks good on your dad that does not overly match the bridal party?

jcerda

Thanks for the input. I was told about the parents matching from the tux place when I asked them about the FOB attire.  Not that I had to actually worry about that since they are divorced. 

direy25

Both of our dads just wore a classic black tux with black vest, black tie and white shirt.

dubird

Well, my dad is wearing his uniform, so yeah, no matching there.  XD

It really doesn't matter what the parents wear, as long as it's the same level of formality as everyone else.  They're not techanclly part of the WP (unless one is a BM or GM), so they don't HAVE to match.  With that being said, my mom is doing her dress in one of the wedding colors, and she and my FI's mom have been coordinating their outfits, but that's all them.  She wanted to match what we were doing, so we worked out something that she'll look good in and like.  ^_^

Habs2Hart

I'd do classic black tux with black vest/tie combo.  Coloured vests look to prom to me and wouldn't suit a man of that stature.  I'd go classic for a father.