Not matching the colors for the bridesmaids to the groomsmen

waitandsee

I was wondering what the general thought was on the groomsmens vests not matching the color of the bridesmaids dresses. The bridesmaids dresses are in a sapphire blue. but it is very different from cobalt or royal blue. and where we have set up to get the guy's tuxes dont have the right color. and it varies by quite a bit. so I thought to have the groomsmen have their vests in our other color which is a light spring green. I've seen a few other brides do something similar with different color combinations. We are having a casual wedding on my mothers farm. so i thought this might help give the right feel to the wedding as well. What do you think?

Just Jen

Personally? I hate that matching vest thing. So we're not doing it. Girls are wearing navy. FI and his GM are wearing classic all-black tuxes.

aerinpegadrak

You can always just do black vests and either get a blue tie, or do a black tie as well and do blue, green, or both in their bouts/pocket squares.  A lot of people don't like the look of colored vests anyway.

kristinanddan

Colored vests say "prom" to me, so our guys wore black vests and ties, and the groom wore white. IMO, it's a classic look that is never out of place. The girls were in chocolate brown.

momofayden

My girls are in eggplant dresses and the men will be in sage vests.

jessNlane52804

I love a tux with a black vest & tie. I also love the look of a black vest with a colored tie. FI's one and only wedding request was to wear green, so we had to go from there. Our gm will be wearing black shirt w/ green vest & tie. FI will wear white shirt, green vest and black tie. The bm are wearing all black. I think it's ok to use different shades of blue as long as they don't clash. According to what not to wear, dark blue is a neutral so it goes with everything

krmabojo

My girls will be wearing a celadon dress and the groomsnen will be in ivory. I think matching or unmatching both looks fine. It depends on what you like.

MOBinFL2008

I don't care for the matching of the vests and dresses.  I also think "prom" when I see it. 

My SIL was channeling James Bond when he picked out his tux.  All the guys wore a basic black tux, white shirt, black bow-tie, and cummerbund.  The groom had a white pocket square, all the other guys had a tartan plaid pocket square. 

Dragonfly6191

I'm doing the same thing.....BM's are wearing European Lilac, and the GM's are wearing silver vests! The girls are wearing silver shoes and accessories, so I'm hoping it blends well!

KappaUCF20

I preferred a slightly more classic look so my DH wore an ivory vest and tie while his lone groomsman had a black vest and light pink tie.  But you can do whatever you want.

mbcdefg

FI is not a fan of colored vests (neither am I), so he will wear a black vest and a green tie. The groomsmen will have black vests and green & black striped ties. The bridesmaids are in black dresses with green sashes.

Do yourself a favor and banish the word "MATCH" from your wedding vocabulary. You will drive yourself insane if you try to make every color in your wedding perfectly match. Instead, focus on making everything "COORDINATE." Which means that certain colors will look good together even if they are not the same ... shades of the same basic color, colors that complement each other, or neutral colors (black, silver, gold, white/ivory, sometimes even light pink). You don't want things to clash, but it's absolutely fine if they don't match.