Fathers - What to wear?

ecg129

Hey guys, I wanted an opinion. We are having a beach wedding and the groomsmen will be wearing tan tuxedos. We have 3 fathers (since my mom is re-married). Do they need to wear the same tuxedo or could they just wear suits they have from home that might be a different color? Thanks! Emily

bablingbrooke

My dad wore the same tux as DH/GM and my FIL wore a suit from home. I reserved tuxes for both of them and then left it up to them to decide. Worked out fine.

megk8oz

Generally fathers can pick their own attire. I, too, have 3 "dads" to deal with, and they all are doing their own thing. My dad (Step-Dad that raised me since infancy) actually asked me to pick his tux, as he is walking me down the aisle and doing the F/D dance, so he wanted me to pick. Which, I just picked the same tux as FI and the GMs (Its a basic black tux w/a plain white shirt), and let him pick his vest/tie combo (FI is in white, the GMs are matching the BM dresses, my dad decided on plantinum). My "father" (Very uninvolved in my life ... I'm honestly not even expecting him to) told me he was planning on wearing a nice suit that he already owns. And the FFIL told me he already owns a tux, and that is what he will be wearing.

mbcdefg

Do tan tuxedos even exist? Or are you talking about tan suits? Anyway, tell the dads what the groomsmen will be wearing, and then leave it up to them.If they want some suggestions, I would wear either a light-colored suit, or khaki pants with navy blue blazers and white shirts.

ffmaid

They get to wear whatever they want it can be tan tuxes or anything they own as not technically wedding party you get no say in their attire. they pick it themseleves

trix1223

DItto other ladies.  They are not part of the WP, so don't really have to match exactly what the groom/GM are wearing.  It's nice if they can complement the general formality (or lack of) of the wedding.

banana468

My dad wore a tux but he was cool with it.  If the fathers want to wear their own stuff, that's OK too.

stina93446

They don't have to because they are not IN the bridal party. However, if they want to match, by all means, wear the same thing.

peachkins

I agree with pp- they don't have to match the WP.  Our fathers actually did want to wear tuxes, so we did reserve tuxes for them when we did the GMs.  If they'd like to match the GM you can do that- we were able to get a discount on the dad's tuxes by adding them to our group.  They each picked out their own vest, tie, and whatever other accessories they needed.

SaraAlexine

The dads should be distiguished from the wedding party so they don't look they are a groomsman.The dads in our wedding all wore the same suit, but if I had to do it over again, I'd tell them they could wear whatever they want. It would have been less of a hassle that way.