Mercury or pewter bridesmaid dresses and...

danimarie88

Early on, I told my FI how lovely charcoal colored tuxes are. He pretty much said, "HECK NO, I'M WEARING ALL BLACK" immediately. I dropped it, figuring it's his day too and black is so classic! This was all when I thought I was going to do a dark plum color for my BM dresses.

Last week, I went BM dress shopping and fell in love with "mercury" and "pewter" colors at David's Bridal. That night, I told my fiancé how much I liked those colors more than the purple. He thought it was great. We went to the mall later and he wanted to stop into Savi Formalwear and told me to look at a tux he liked. Guess what? It was CHARCOAL! I asked him why he changed his mind and he said he had no idea how great the charcoal color looked in person. Now I feel like I need to go back to purple so there's a contrast. Having either mercury or pewter BM dresses and a charcoal tux will be too close in color, right? Or am I over thinking this?

csweaney

I'm thinking everything would look a little too "matchy matchy" if you had all silver/gray/charcoals/pewters. Just for some "pop" you may want to go back to the plum. Plus, I think the plum would look better on more skin tones than the pewter--any silver tones have the tendency to wash certain skin colors out. And plum is gorgeous!

danimarie88

That's what I was thinking! I think if he wants to stick with black it would be okay. We will see!

firsttimersluck

idk.. maybe I'm the minority, but if black suits with black BM dresses doesn't look too matchy matchy I don't see how this would. Grey is a neutral, and you could alway use really bright colors for the bouquets/shoes to break it up a bit.. 

Maybe I'm biased because I LOVE charcoal.. :P 

Lolagirl2012

We are doing Alfred Angelo's Charcoal satin dresses and charcoal suits for the men. I've put them next to each other, and they compliment each other nicely, but we are using navy accents on both the girls and the guys. They aren't too matchy-matchy, but compliment each other nicely.

Giaspo

The knot breaks down wedding photos by color... Might help you to visualize different options. Here are grey photos... There are sections for BM gowns, tuxes, etc. HTH! http://weddings.theknot.com/Real-Weddings/gray/results.aspx?type=3&colors=gray

JennLax

You could always put the guys in plum ties and give the girls purple bouquets.  And maybe purple shoes for the BMs as well?  Then you'd still get that pop of colour.

There's also these sashes that come in plum that the bridesmaids could add to their dresses, so it's not as matchy-matchy with the groomsmen:

http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Mix-Media-Sash-G21407_Accessories-Sashes-and-Coverage-Options-Sashes

http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Classic-Satin-2-Inch-Sash-83001_Accessories-Sashes-and-Coverage-Options-Sashes