Guys being a bridesmaid?

Re: Guys being a bridesmaid?

• bablingbrooke member

  

  May 2010

  He could wear what the GM wear, or a black suit with a tie in the same color as the BM dresses (if the GM aren't doing that already).  

  
  

  StageManager had a guy as her MOH but I can't remember if he carried a bouquet.  I'd ask your friend what he thinks--would he feel totally weird holding one?

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• Licia&Wayne

  

  May 2010 edited May 2010

  Have him wear a tux/suit or whatever formal wear the other men are wearing (that I assume are on your fiance's side, but correct me if I'm wrong). You could have him dress in just formal wear or add a pop of your wedding colors through a boutonniere, a pocket square, his vest, etc.
  
  He doesn't need flowers (edit: but if he wants to carry them, go for it!), and he can walk down the aisle with another groomsman or be waiting at the front with the other members of the WP. It's really up to you.
  
  Also, there are plenty of posts about this on the the Wedding Party board. Give it a search and see. There is wonderful advice in all of those threads.

  
  It's a girl!
  

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• gottahavashorti member

  

  May 2010

  Have him match the formality of the groomsmen.  So if that means a suit or a tux, he could also wear a suit or a tux.  His tie and vest could be different colors than theirs if you prefer.
  
  I would have him wear a boutonniere or pocket square rather than carry a bouquet.
  
  You can also call him a bridesman or bridal attendant if you'd like rather than a bridesmaid.
  

  
  
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• quotequeen member

  

  May 2010

  My brother is standing on my side, and he's going to wear a regular black tux, same as if he was on FI's side.  It will be clear he's on my side when that's where he stands, I don't feel the need to distinguish it in any other way.

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• trix1223 member

  

  May 2010

  Mixed gender sides are more and more common, as are uneven numbers on each side.
  
  Would you make a guy carry a floral bouquet at any other time in his life?  Why do it for your wedding then?  Let him wear a tux or suit that matches the formality of the other men in the WP.
  
  And he's not a bridesmaid.  He's one of the bride's attendants (my preference) or a bridesman.

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• mbcdefg member

  

  May 2010

  I would personally call him a Bridal Attendant, Attendant, Honor Attendant or Bridesman. Not a bridesmaid. He may be your attendant but he's still a guy.
  
  I would ask him to wear a suit or tux, depending on what the groomsmen are wearing. I would match his tie and/or vest to the color that your bridesmaids are wearing.
  
  I would get him a boutonniere or a pocket square, not a bouquet. (Unless he really wants one.)
  
  He can walk side-by-side with a groomsman on the way in/out of the ceremony, or escort a bridesmaid along with a groomsman (one on each arm), or walk solo.

  

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• amberma member

  

  July 2010

  We won't be giving my male friend a bouquet. I jokingly told him that he had to wear a dress and he told me he would come stark naked if I made him wear a dress. He knows that it was only in good fun. We have already made plans with him to have him go for a tux with the guys.

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