Tuxedo shirt color - will white make my dress look drab?

Re: Tuxedo shirt color - will white make my dress look drab?

• jagore08 member

  

  February 2012 edited February 2012

  No and most of his shirt will be covered my his jacket.

  
  

  ETA: My dress is a Casablanca ivory/champagne gown and DH wore a white shirt with his black tux.  It looked fine and you really couldn't notice a color difference.  Also, your dress is champagne so it won't look like the colors are supposed to be the same.  Here's a picture for reference. 

  
  
  

  Ignorance is a poor defense.

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• Magdala9 member

  

  February 2012

  Some grooms actually look better in an ivory.  I had DH wear ivory because he looked better in ivory.

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• Avion22 member

  

  February 2012

  Yeah, the tux people like to push ivory.  In theory, I think ivory is kind of weird.  At least, it used to look more yellow and much more "ivory" than any ivory dress I've ever seen.   In practice, I can't honestly say that I've seen an ivory shirt in the last decade, or if I did, I didn't notice it.    

  
  

  CGMr has a pic in her signature of her daughter wearing an ivory dress and the groom in a suit with a white shirt.  It looks fine :-)

  

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• PHughes819 member

  

  February 2012

  I fully agree-- ivory does look dingy in pictures next to white

  

  
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• kekr0202 member

  

  February 2012

  I wouldn't worry about this at all.  I'm wearing Casablanca champagne as well and my honey's shirt will be white.  Won't look odd, in fact, I did not like the ivory shirt option we saw.

  

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• mrszeno34

  

  February 2012

  My dress salesperson told me the same thing, my dress is a light cream color.  When we looked at the ivory tuxedo shirt - ugh, it was borderline yellow.  Just awful.  I think we'll "risk" it with the white, I'm sure it will look just fine..

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• pgcp member

  

  February 2012 edited February 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_attire-accessories_tuxedo-shirt-color-will-white-dress-look-drab?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:15Discussion:e1b3a434-0693-485b-8ded-c5eda99d59d2Post:416b2c36-746b-40c6-9e15-f2145a14a70f">Re: Tuxedo shirt color - will white make my dress look drab?</a>:
  [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tuxedo shirt color - will white make my dress look drab? : Here it is.  I think ivory shirts look dirty next to a black tuxedo or suit.
  Posted by CMGr[/QUOTE]
  ITA!
  
  It's far more important that the individual person looks good than to have shades of a color match between two or more people.  Remember this is an adult event, not high school homecoming or prom.  Adults should dress to flatter their own coloring.

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