Tux Issues

krismarie621

Has anyone not done tuxes and just had their groomsmen wear the same clothes?

Here's our issue. Most of our guests arrive Sunday morning. Sunday night is the bachelor/bachelorette (stag/stagette for us Canadians!). Monday, the guys are all going to be hungover and probably still sleeping (Monday would be the day they'd have to go pick up the tuxes), and then Tuesday is the wedding.

One of our groomsmen mentioned it may be easier if all the guys just wear black pants, dress shoes, and a matching dress shirt.

Obviously he's willing to wear whatever but I wonder if this would look ok in photos? It'd definitely be a bit more casual but it *will* be summer and our wedding isn't as formal as it was originally going to be at our at-home wedding before we switched to Vegas.

What do you think? Anyone have photos of guys that aren't wearing suit jackets?

Gribbles

Personally, I would insist on formal wear -- it doesn't take too much effort to go and pick up some suits and they need to remember that the wedding is more important than their Stag night!

What do you and FI want?

Could you arrange for the suits to be delivered or something?

j_jaye

We are just doing black dress pants and a shirt....my FI definately didn't want a tux. I have looked at photos and I think it looks great. But I also think it depends on the style of your wedding.

aerinpegadrak

You really think the guys are going to need 24+ hours to sleep off a hangover?  If this one dude thinks that he's not going to be able to make it, he doesn't have to go.  DH just went with my dad and brother to pick up the tuxes for everyone. 

smokeybailey

Our guys are bringng their tuxes with them. 

Besides they can sleep until 1, get up, go get the tuxes, come back, go back to sleep.  If they can't deal with that then maybe they aren't the best choices to stand up for your Fi.

vegasgroom

I think dressing up for a wedding, especially if you're in the wedding, is not too much to ask, and I think tuxes look good, so I'm taking care of that for my GM's and I think that one GM can have a few less drinks to get his tux if he's that concerned.  However, I don't think it looks 'bad' when a wedding is just dress shirts or suits instead of tuxes, all depends on the couple and what they want; a friend of mine got married on the beach recently, the guests were all casual dress, the wedding party wore suits and flip flops :-). 

direy25

Ditto PP's - casual dress would be fine, if that's what the two of you want.  But if you want to be formal, it's definitely not too much to ask for them to pick up their tuxes, no matter how hungover they are. 

motochick25

Look it's your wedding so it's however you want it to be. But our groomsmen our just wearing dresspants and dressshirts. My FI is wearing a suit though. We wanted it to be not so formal.

MrsSilverwolf

In all of my wanderings through photographers I came across a picture of the groom and his groomsmen. I didn't notice at first, but when I came back to it, the groom was in a tux, everything he wore was black except his tie was red. Then the groomsmen were all in black with red ties too but upon closer inspection they were only wearing dress pants and shirts and no jackets!! I totally couldn't tell at first because it was all the same color scheme.

If you want to go more informal then I think that is perfectly fine. But if you do want more formal then tell the boys tough luck and they have to go get tuxes anyway. It's up to you, but I think either way will work, especially in Vegas.

krismarie621

*Sigh*

I don't know what we want.

I sort of am leaning towards tuxes because I'm a bit of a control freak and like everything to match.

But you guys are right. It's not too much to ask that they wear a tux.... I think I just needed to hear it from someone else.

wallacje

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_tux-issues?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:91Discussion:2df4b38a-3dcf-40bf-8c39-39dcf3f0bcacPost:6f42e93a-0ed7-4978-9798-1c96b1374c4f">Re: Tux Issues</a>:
[QUOTE]Ditto PP's - casual dress would be fine, if that's what the two of you want.  But if you want to be formal, it's definitely not too much to ask for them to pick up their tuxes, no matter how hungover they are. 
Posted by direy25[/QUOTE]

This

smokeybailey

Are you torn between two looks or are you saying you guys want to go more casual because it is "easier" and no one will have to pick up the tuxedos?

Where is your wedding? In a chapel? In a ballroom? On a golf course?  What are you girls wearing?  Formal wear?  Short mix and match dresses?

I'll be honest.  I think that groomsmen without jackets when everything else is formal looks odd.  Now if everything is "no jacket required," then by all means go for it.  but if your girls are in floor length dresses or the venue is formal then go with the jackets.  remember you don't have to do tuxes.  Most guys own a great dark suit for just an occasion.

mollytn75

We are doing black suits with matching ties. I did not want a tradtional tuxedo (bow tie) and my fiance and his best man have gorgeous black suits so it seemed silly in our case do a tuxedo and it was one less item to hassle with in vegas.

smokeybailey

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_tux-issues?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:91Discussion:2df4b38a-3dcf-40bf-8c39-39dcf3f0bcacPost:7ba0551b-7cf9-4081-b232-31165ac0af49">Re: Tux Issues</a>:
[QUOTE]We are doing black suits with matching ties. I did not want a tradtional tuxedo (bow tie) and my fiance and his best man have gorgeous black suits so it seemed silly in our case do a tuxedo and it was one less item to hassle with in vegas.
Posted by mollytn75[/QUOTE]

A tuxedo is not defined by the tie type.  You can do a tux with a regular tie, a bow tie or even a bolo tie.  It is more defined by the other elements.  So, you don't have to do a bow tie if you do a tuxedo. 

direy25

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_tux-issues?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:91Discussion:2df4b38a-3dcf-40bf-8c39-39dcf3f0bcacPost:2e8b835e-ac8c-4459-8bca-837782221897">Re: Tux Issues</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tux Issues : A tuxedo is not defined by the tie type.  You can do a tux with a regular tie, a bow tie or even a bolo tie.  It is more defined by the other elements.  So, you don't have to do a bow tie if you do a tuxedo. 
Posted by smokeybailey[/QUOTE]
Ditto - our guys' are wearing tuxes with a regular tie.

vegasgroom

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_tux-issues?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:91Discussion:2df4b38a-3dcf-40bf-8c39-39dcf3f0bcacPost:d33d3217-a0fe-45b1-aaa9-1b5504fc74f9">Re: Tux Issues</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tux Issues : Ditto - our guys' are wearing tuxes with a regular tie.
Posted by direy25[/QUOTE]

Me too, I hate bow ties.

smokeybailey

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tux Issues : Me too, I hate bow ties.
Posted by vegasgroom[/QUOTE]

I respectfully disagree.
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