October 2012 Weddings

Tux questions...

FI and I have already decided where our tuxes are coming from. In fact, he and the groomsmen have already been measured...out of necessity because the store called us out of the blue a couple weeks ago to tell us that the vests we chose were being discontinued. and we needed to get everyone fitted ASAP if we still wanted to have them. That was super stressful, but not the point of this post. Right now, the GMs are wearing plum vests and ties to coordinate with the BM dresses. FI's vest and tie are pale yellow because that's the wedding's accent color, and also for a really complicated and nerdy reason that would take way too much explaining for this post. Basically, we each have a color that represents us, and wearing each other's color signifies that we belong to each other. Like I said, nerdy. Anyway, I've been having doubts about this lately, ever since I told one of the GMs about the color scheme and he made a wisecrack about FI looking like a marshmallow peep. I don't want my groom to look like a peep! I talked it over with FI already and he doesn't care whether he wears the yellow or something else. He has said he doesn't want white or ivory, so that's out. And we looked at gold when we picked the tuxes, but the options there were either too gaudy or too brown looking. So right now the options are stick with the yellow, change to black, or something else I haven't thought of yet. And while I'm on the subject of tuxes, what do you ladies plan on having your dads wear? We haven't picked vest and tie color for my dad, my stepdad, or FI's dad yet, and I'm not sure what to do with that. Especially because my parents are divorced and remarried and I'm having them both escort me down the aisle, so my dad would need to coordinate with both my mom's dress and his wife's! Maybe just black vests and ties for the dad tuxes? What are your thoughts on this?
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Re: Tux questions...

  • I say go with yellow because it seems to have significance for you. If you're using yellow elsewhere in the wedding, it's fine. I've seen lots of guys where light yellow vests and not look like peeps.

    Also..I planned to have my dad wear the same thing as the other GM. They're wearing brown tuxes with burnt orange vest/tie. maybe I'll have my dad is a gold vest/tie. I haven't really thought that far ahead. FFIL is just buying a brown suit to wear, since he has no desire to do a tux and I'm not going to push it.
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  • I'm a fan of the classic black vests and white/ivory for FI (although your FI isn't into that)...I think black is timeless and you'll never look back at your pictures and regret your choice.  You could keep the GM in purple, FI in black, and dads in either color.

    By the way, where did you get your tuxes...FI and I were thinking Tuxego in Latham, but we haven't even started looking at tuxes yet (need to get on that soon!).
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  • it is your wedding so it is about you and your fiance If yellow is one of the colors that you guys want bc of the meaning as a couple go for it!  dont worry about the whole "oh he will look like a peep" you are getting married in October so no one will even think of that (too far away from easter lol).  as far as the tux situation i dont know bc my 9 yr old son from a previous marriage is walking me down and dad, stepdads are not getting tuxes. I think the whole matching wife and ex wife is too complicated. go for neutral perhaps. good luck!
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  • WE are going with MOORES out here which I think is Mens ware house in the states?

    they are in black suits with brown truffel vests and tie...
    FI is wearing the same as his best man and Jr Groomsman not sure what my dad is wearing yet lol
    WE might make FI boutineere different though to make him stand out a bit...

    the vests and ties match teh dresses of the MOH and the BM.
  • Nic, we're using Men's Wearhouse mainly because their colors are designed to coordinate with DB's, so we know everything will match. I wouldn't give them a strong recommendation because the communication has been poor. They gave FI three freaking days to get all six of his groomsmen measured after the vests were discontinued. Plus they gave him a hard time about wanting his own vest to have a full back rather than an 'apron' kind, after he explicitly asked them if he could have the kind of vest he wanted when we selected the tuxes, and was told yes! That said, I would still recommend MW more than I would recommend Tuxego. FI and his brother were in a wedding together last year and got the tuxes from there. They were expensive to rent, and the condition the tuxes were in was disgusting. Both of their shirts were stained, and FI had a cigarette burn in his tie! After that experience, FI was adamant that we get tuxes anywhere but there. Ugh, I swear I must be the only bride alive who has no issues with bridesmaid dresses but tons of tuxedo drama...
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  • Ugh!  That sucks about Tuxego : (  I got that suggestion from our Day of Coordinator...I'll be sure to mention your bad review when we eventually meet with them and see what they say about it.  Hopefully they own up to it and don't give me a BS response!

    I've heard some horror stories about Men's Warehouse as well.

    I didn't have any BM dress drama either...hopefully, the drama does not appear when we start the tux process : /
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