Usher attire

Tygirljojo · June 2010

Okay, 2 friends are ushers for the wedding because I wanted them involved. One is MOH's DH, the other is (besides my friend) MOH's DH's best friend and the son of our officiant. FI & GMs are all wearing tuxes. Dads and my brother are wearing black suits. MOH's DH doesn't have a suit and she took it as a good excuse to get him one and was going to get black. Just found out the other friend's suit is a "really dark blue." This is for a ceremony that starts early/mid July at 4pm.

I'm not sure what to do? I don't want to ask my friend to buy a brand new suit just for the wedding and I don't want to ask MOH to get her DH a really dark blue suit because A) still wouldn't know if the blue is close enough and

black would be more useful to him in the long run. WDYT?

alyssa324 · June 2010

I personally would ask the usher with the blue suit to buy black slacks. Everybody could use black slacks. And if he really doesnt think he will wear them again they are at walmart for $12. (just bought my cousin a pair ) And then ask both of them to only wear their slacks a white shirt and tie. That way the dont have to spend at least another $100 for a suit. If you really want them in suits though. I would just let them wear what they have. Their role is so small nobody will notice they didnt match. I think. JMO though

amandasw · June 2010

I totally agree with pp. Either tell them to wear whatever dark suit they have or do black slacks, white shirt (or something else if you know they have another color) and *maybe* a matching tie if you wanted to spring for that. Don't stress about what the ushers wear - it's a fairly small job and people will know who they are by their boutonnieres

dstolz0417 · June 2010

Yep definitely go with pp! Black slacks, white dress shirt and tie to match your WP! That what my brother will wear when he's un usher.

Tygirljojo · June 2010

Wait, they're supposed to have bouts? I was told by florist not necessary for them. If they do slacks and shirt and tie, do they still need bouts?

jennyann28 · June 2010

I was going to say exactly what Alyssa did. I think it's up to you if they have bouts. I'd probably do it, as it identifies them as having a role in the wedding.

sarack · June 2010

I'm gonna go completely opposite and say that they are just ushers.. does it really matter what they wear? I think this is a little thing you shouldn't even worry about. If they have black slacks and a white shirt, go with that, other wise, people will know they are the ushers because they'll be seating people.

When I think of ushers.. i think of a formal wedding. For some reason I didn't think yours was formal?

melissa82 · June 2010

I agree with sarack. They're not actually in the wedding party, they won't be in photos with everyone so it really doesn't matter what they wear. It's not like anyone's going to say, "OMG, did you see that one usher is wearing NAVY and the other's in black??? What an embarrassment!"

Tygirljojo · June 2010

Hmm...well I was originally thinking slacks, shirt, and tie anyhow. I might go back to that. But if I do that, I won't be doing bouts - that just seems like it would be an odd combination.

amandasw · June 2010

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[QUOTE]I'm gonna go completely opposite and say that they are just ushers.. does it really matter what they wear?
Posted by sarack[/QUOTE]

I completely agree and that was sort of one of my points - although I think it's fair to say "dark slacks" or "dark suit" if you want because they may want at least some kind of direction and those aren't very difficult things to come up with for most men.

I had them wear simple bouts that were different from the WP just because I did want them to feel included and make it somewhat more obvious to people who would be helping seat them. Especially because we didn't have them match outfits (I think DH told them to wear suits because they were his friends so he could do whatever he wanted, but nothing specific).

larzhope04 · June 2010

I agree with sarack and previous posters... let them wear what they have and call it good! One less thing to stress about

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