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can gray and chocolate brown go? -pics posted

i posted a msg last night about how we LOVE 2 suites. and how we, the ones who will have a beautiful but non cookie-cutter wedding, are wondering if we could put the groomsmen in brown and the groom in gray?!?!

in my post i didn't give pics... so here's the DL...

the ladies will be in cobalt blue w brown cowboy boots
men in brown converse
the wedding is 10-10-10 under a tree in new england
reception is in a huge rustic barn -tree limbs, bird nests, moss... yadda yadda
i, the bride, will be in a silk halter gown with "bling" low & around the waste
lots of fun to be had with soda in bottles & wax lips for the photo booth....

i know most will say NO, but, i'd still like input bc we're on the fence with it! :)

J & J






Re: can gray and chocolate brown go? -pics posted

  • I think they look okay together, and you could probably get away with it bc you are having a fall wedding according to your bio. However, I personally like perhaps one darker and one lighter color and then maybe an accent color. They grey is almost like a metallic silver/grey. Could you throw in another lighter color to offset the 2 darker colors?
  • I think they go good together!  Plus if you put the groom in gray he will stand out from the rest of the men.  The actual colors go together if that is what you are worried about, and I dont think anyone will think anything of the groom wearing a different color than the groomsmen.
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  • I think it'll look great!
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  • I am not a big fan of grey and brown together.  I would do grey and black.
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  • I think that will look fine together.

    PS-The brown outfits (tux, vest and all from Calvin Klein) is what we're using.  Great choice!!

  • no, i was posting again because 1. i've never posted before and wasn't sure if people checked back to the original post and 2. bc the first time around, i didn't put up pictures... which i think help the situation... as was proved when more people agreed to go for it the 2nd time around.
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