Question on tuxes and dad's

kateynjoe · February 2012

FI and I went to look at tuxes today. His tux does not match the groomsmen, which the associate at the store said was normal.... Is it? They will look good together, FI's is just a bit nicer. We wanted to keep the groomsmen from paying a fortune for something they'd wear once.

Also, do our dad's wear tuxes? If so should they match the groomsmen? I just can't leave the decision on what my dad wears up to him or he'll likely try and sardine himself into the suit he wore to my sisters wedding about 30lbs ago! Lol

I know it may be a bit early for this, but everyone in the bridal party is from out of town and many of them are already figuring out their budgets and making plans for the trip so they've been asking FI about the tux price.

NO2012 · February 2012

I was wondering the same thing.....

mcmeghan311 · February 2012

FI and I were just having this same discussion. He says the dad's don't have to match, I think it will look weird if the dads are in black and the wedding party are in charcoal. His mom is very "we let our dads do what they wanted" so I thinkt hat means she's leaning toward FFIL wearing black.

Hope somebody an weigh in that can answer this!

mamameech · February 2012

My dad got himself a nice black suit and will have colours matching my mom. Their colours will compliment us but not match us. Fi's mom will also be a complimentary colour and not necessarily matching.
I'm not sure what the "rule" is but they are gonna look great and the family pics will look great with their outfits; I was very impressed with their choices

volleygurl0306 · February 2012

This is what we are doing.....
FI prefers a 3/4 coat (it is about knee length). He has unproportionally long legs so this makes his body look more proportional. We bought his coat used from Men's Warehouse (they do this with discontinued rentals!). He is a fairly fashionable guy and couldnt decide on what's going under the coat so for now he has two shirt and two vest/tie options (black shirt with royal blue vest and tie OR white shirt with white vest and blue tie....I think. Either way neither match the groomsmen). He will decide the day of and may switch between the ceremony and reception. Also, having a back up shirt (even if it is in the same color) is a good idea if your FI sweats a lot and/or likes to tear it up on the dance floor and will inevitably sweat.

Groomsmen: Black standard tuxes (not 3/4 coat) with white shirts, royal blue vests and ties.

Ushers (my bros): Black standard tuxes with black vests and blue ties

My dad: no longer fits into his tux (he swears he does but it's 20 years old) so we got him a black standard tux with a black vest and black tie.

FFIL: Owns two tuxes (one with tails and one without....see where FI gets his fashion from...they are adorable about their clothes) and will wear his own.

All the GM, ushers, dads coat and pants match and we just differentiated from there. I think it is nice for the groom to look different, but if it is not his thing it's not necessary. In pictures and at the wedding if people can't tell who the groom is because he doesn't have different clothes, they probably shouldn't be there haha.
I think dads should match in formality (if guys are in khakis, they wear khakis, if guys are in tuxes they are in tuxes, etc) but don't have to match exactly if they already own or are more comfortable in another color.

adktd2boots · February 2012

Sardine! HA!

I like the idea of coordination, maybe not necessarily matching.

SCogs18 · February 2012

FI and his groosmen will be wearing the same tuxes. The only difference is that FI will wear a white tie/vest/cummerbund (when he decides) and his groomsmen will wear black (maybe a color if FI has his way, but I don't like the look of it).

FI's dad is his best man so he will match him/the groomsmen as well as the ushers.

My dad will wear a matching black tux and a black tie/vest/cummerbund as well. I guess we are just plain people!

jessa1228 · February 2012

I haven't looked into this yet, but I figure that FI and his GMs will wear the same tux, just different color accents. My dad has explicitly said he wants to wear a tux that somewhat matches the guys, which I have no problem with. I assume FFIL will want to wear a tux as well.

If the fathers aren't in the bridal party, then they are free to wear whatever they want.

Starfish0116 · February 2012

I think we're going to have ours all matching, FI included. I considered having vests that match (or compliment) the BM dresses, but honestly I really like the clean look of a traditional tux.

My dad will be in a tux, and I'd really like to see FI's dad and stepdad in tux's. Obviously I don't want them to be uncomfortable but I also don't want them to look super casual while my dad is a in a tux should they decide to go that route.

FI's dad lives in Hawaii, and is super "island style". Dressy for him is khaki linen or loose dress pants and a silk flower print hawaiian shirt. Our wedding will be more formal than that, so I'd hate for him to stick out but I also don't want him in something he is uncomfortable in.

npott044 · February 2012

I have not started looking yet or thinking about it. I would love to see pictures if anyone has any to see what you ladies are doing!

kateynjoe · February 2012

Thanks a bunch to all of you!!! Likely we'll have our dad's wear basic black tuxes with maybe green underneath since the groomsmen will be all wearing blue under theirs. Our bridesmaids are wearing marine blue dresses with pistachio green accents.

Volleygurl.... Our dad's must be related!!! Mine swore he was all set with the perfect suit for my sisters wedding a couple years ago, and it was a great suit, just WAY TOO SMALL!!!! Thank goodness my sister just found it hilarious!!! Love that Crazy Man ♥

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