Groomsmen wearing their own (slightly different) black suits?

briderellablog

Is this normal practice? We'd really like to avoid renting so many tuxes as it's a huge additional cost. I know it's trendy for bridesmaid to wear slightly different styles but the same color. Can we do this for groomsmen?

bablingbrooke

My parents did it for their wedding.  They even had different colors of suits (blue, gray, brown--it was the 70s, after all).  I think it's a great idea.  Plus how many variations are there in black suits, really?

stefani103

That's what we're doing. We will get them matching shirts and ties, but they'll wear their own black suits they already own.

gottahavashorti

We're doing this.  One FBIL and my mom both seemed somewhat concerned about not having identical suits but we aren't going to ask them to dish out extra money for something they already own.

emilyinchile

We're doing it. GMs are common in Chile, so we could hardly ask them to spend money. They'll wear their own black suits and white shirts, and we've got coral ties for them. I don't think the differences will be particularly noticeable.

Liz4444

if they already have it, don't ask them to spend money on something else.  all of our groomsmen are wearing their own tuxedos.

aerinpegadrak

It'll look perfectly fine.  If you want to bring some uniformity, get them each the same tie to wear.

jagore08

We did this for our wedding too.  If you want to see what it looks like, look in my married bio.

plessjm

We are totally doing this for our wedding too. It really had nothing to do with money... my FI decided it would better for the guys bcause if they had to invest in something why not invest in something they could use in their career and like the BM dress trends "wear again". We are providing the ties to have them stand out!