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Groom's Attire - Dress shirt color????

Can't find a topic relating to this, but here it goes anyway.I'm having a laid back, wedding in the mountains of north carolina. Definitely not a black tie affair but still classy. I have a great tan poplar suit from brooks brothers and an orange tie (i know what you are thinking, but it looks good.) I've tried on both blue and white shirts and they both look good, but wanted to know what would be a better choice for a summer wedding. Brides dress (haven't seen it yet, but know it's not traditional and definitely not stark white.) I'm afraid a white shirt may look bad against her dress which is why I was leaning toward the blue. I'm having 2 groomsmen, who are wearing the same tie, and was just going to let them wear a blazer and khakies...but once again, do they wear blue or white shirts? I want to be different from them but don't know if we should all wear the same color shirt and ties. Any advice, thoughts, suggestions are greatly welcome.

Re: Groom's Attire - Dress shirt color????

  • No one will notice the color difference between white and not white.  Seriously.
  • I beg to differ - I wish I had a picture to post :( At my coworker's wedding last year, she wore a beautiful ivory gown and her groom wore a typical black and white tuxedo. The each looked wonderful - separately. Her beautiful dress looked dingy, dirty and yellow next to his white shirt...in every, single picture. They only ordered black and white photos of the two of them because of the yellowness. I bet if he had worn a black or coloured vest there would have been less white showing, and it may not have been an issue. And maybe others won't notice, but I know I would and it would bother me (At my own wedding! I wouldn't judge someone else's choices once they've been made.) If your bride's gown is "nontraditional," and not white - could you possibly ask if it is closer to champange? I think a white shirt would be fine against a "darker" neutral colour. This just depends on how much she wants to tell you about it, though :) My groom and groomsmen are all wearing the same thing (open collars, no tie, no vest), and they are all fine with that. If you really wanted to stand out, you could wear the blue shirt, and have the guys wear white (less likely they would be in pictures right next to the bride). I really like the sound of your proposed outfit, sounds very cool.
  • My dress was champagne and ivory, and my DH wore a white shirt with ivory vest/tie.  It looked perfectly fine and didn't make my gown look dingy at all.  You can see all the pictures in my married bio if that would help. 
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