Coordinating our attire

Re: Coordinating our attire

• LeiselEB member

  

  February 2012

  Is he planning on wearing a white tux? 

  
  

  If not, I think an ivory shirt will be fine for him under a black suit jacket or tuxedo jacket. Don't try to have his shirt match your dress- it'll never work, and no one (even someone standing right next to you guys) will really tell the difference between white/ivory/champagne.

  
  

  
  

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• Peavy member

  

  February 2012

  If you feel like you want to tell him, just say "off-white."  If you are trying to match his shirt to you dress, you really don't need to.  White shirts are best with tuxes; ivory tends to look dingy.

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• Ewe&Sla

  

  February 2012

   I worked in a tux shop  2 years ago and the first thing they taught us is to ask the bride her dress color. It was "forbitten" to have  the groom or anyone else in the wedding party be brighter than the bride... So if your dress is not white his shirt shouldnt be white... on pictures it might look like your dress is old and yellow meanwhile he is nice, clean and brighter.... for that matter anyone who will be on pictures with you shouldnt have white shirts....because like i said no on ecan be brighter then the bride...The couples who insisted other wise, needed to put down their signature  next to the color of the shirt in case they see the pictures later and have an issue with the tux shop....This is just something this particular business has done... Their policy was that cream and ivory are too close to white and its not really considered a color, if you know what i mean...its not a color color its off-white.. its hard to explain....YOu ofcourse can do as you wish... I hope i was a little bit helpfull and not confuse you  further....... its just something i learned when working there..

  

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• mejai1

  

  February 2012 edited February 2012

  He was thinking of wearing a white jacket, and my dress is darker. There's a pic below... I told him to just wear black, but I wasn't sure how to get the point across...

  
  

  
  

  
  

  I was picturing something like this for him...

  
  

  
  
  

   

  
  

  
  But still wasn't sure if my telling him that my dress is "champagne" would be giving too much away...
  

   

  

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• mcdoh006

  

  February 2012

  I don't think it would be giving too much away.  Telling him the color doesn't tell him anythng else about the dress.  He won't be able to guess the rest

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• retaviato member

  

  February 2012

  What's wrong with the groom knowing something about the wedding dress? Why should there be a surprise factor? One could also change her hair color the day of the wedding. There would be a surprise factor with that, too, possibly.

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