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Wedding attire question
Kyougu
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Haven't been to a wedding in forever and I suck at fashion so I need some quick help.
I have a dark suit, which I wear with black dress pants, shoes and black tie. This seems a bit too much for the wedding, as I don't want to look like I'm going to a funeral. Should I change it up? And if so, how.
Changing the suit color isn't an option since my other suits don't fit me anymore (too big happily
) but everything else is.
I have a dark suit, which I wear with black dress pants, shoes and black tie. This seems a bit too much for the wedding, as I don't want to look like I'm going to a funeral. Should I change it up? And if so, how.
Changing the suit color isn't an option since my other suits don't fit me anymore (too big happily
) but everything else is. Kyougu on
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No need to change things up - a dark suit works fine for a wedding. Add a brightly colored tie if you want to spice it up a little bit.
And yes, a suit refers to both trousers and jacket, so unless you're wearing two pairs of trousers, then you don't need to say you have a black suit and black trousers. And if you are wearing two pairs of trousers, then stop doing that.
So like I said, I'm horrible with fashion. Would a blue tie be fine?
Just my 'pinion.
Granted some of the advice changes depending on the type of wedding you are going to. If its for whatever reason going to be a very fancy wedding(like the brides parents are loaded), then you should probably go more subdued.
*been there, done that
And your pants should exactly match your jacket.
Also I'll 2nd the problem with black blazer with separate black trousers. If the texture, material, color are off and noticeable then it comes across as a poor mans suit and looks tacky. Typically blazer/sport jackets don't match the pants and a suit comes matched.
I'm going to a wedding in a couple of weeks and I need to go get a suit (I feel), but I've never shopped for a suit before and I'm a bit nervous. I'm not a big fan of the sports jacket/ blazer thing for myself, for others it can work, but I always feel stupid. I need to decide what color suit to get, and I was thinking some form of gray/charcoal. I don't want brown particularly and black is a bit TOO much for my only suit. I'll likely buy a 2nd suit down the line and make it black perhaps, for when I do go to a funeral.
If they're decent suits worth keeping, you can get them altered.
There will also be dancing so I preferably need decently flexible shoes without too much friction on the soles
If someone doesn't like you dressing like an adult, that's their failure. At life.
It could be done, I suppose, but that better be one hell of a well assembled outfit. The wrong anything would make it look like a Goodwill outfit. Another plus on the suit or dark sportcoat/dark pants white shirt and tie look - it's unfuckupable.
No. It's not an option until 4 hours into the reception when the groom is so sloshed that this tie has moved from around his neck to around his forehead. Then you can take that as a sign that it is fine to lose the tie.
I would suggest a plain texture single coloured shirt. If it was me I'd be looking at a subdued dark earthy green or perhaps purple. Maybe a lightish brown or a yellow tan. Basically muted colours. Typical deep business blue would also contrast nicely.
For a tie, black will work fine but it will look quite formal, but very sharp Alternatively a diagonally striped tie which is the same as your shirt colour with maybe a black complimentary or silver if you can match it with your watch/cufflinks. You could also experiment with bringing in a third colour onto the tie. I mean f you did a flue shirt you could also have a red tie, but you run the risk of looking like a banker.
With the exception of the beach never worry about overdressing.
In advice to the other dude buy a suit that isn't plain black, look at charcoal, grey or dark blue. Personally I am a huge fan of pin stripe.
Satans..... hints.....
And VoC is right. You arent a farmer and this is a wedding. There isn't an excuse not to wear a tie.
Satans..... hints.....
planning my own wedding right now and not planning to wear a tie myself.
not saying our situation is entirely typical, but worth asking the question by me in case the groom of the OPs wedding was going for a similar plan
ties are over-rated.
Satans..... hints.....
Thanks for the advice. I was going through my ties and found a nice colored ties that would go well with the white shirt but I still think I may pick up a colored shirt (dark blue I'm leaning towards) and just decide the day of the wedding. Gotta pick up new dress slacks anyways. I may post comparison pics here so you guys can tell me which looks snappier.
Personally I'd avoid wearing a dark colored shirt with a dark colored suit/jacket. There just isn't enough contrast, and I'd always feel like I looked like a mobster wannabe or something. You also want the same with your tie, you want some contrast to the shirt, whether it's a dark tie and a light shirt, or it's a complementary color such as a yellow tie with a blue shirt.
A lot of conventional wisdom says that light colors near the face are aesthetically pleasing (such as a white shirt or a nice light blue).
I typically wear light-colors for my shirts--pinks, light blues, sometimes green--and get a lot of compliments when I wear the lighter colors. Definitely less compliments when I wear my few darker shirts.
A lot of retail "uniforms" call for dark blue shirts (just think sales people at nicer retail outlets) and you'll immediately regret wearing a dark blue shirt. They look boring and uninspired, in my opinion, and you can take that with a grain of salt if you love dark blue shirts.
I use Express for my shirts--high quality, relatively inexpensive (for the quality/style). You could go to H&M which has a similarly nice style, but much cheaper, however the shirts reflect the compromise in price--they often wear out and look dingy much quicker.
Attending a weeding as a guest in the middle of June in Biloxi, MS. I was considering getting a suit (nice to have one anyways), but then I'm afraid it's going to be deathly hot and I won't be even taking the jacket outside of my room and then the whole buying a suit thing (for the wedding specifically at least) is a waste.
Thoughts?
Definitely.
I wouldn't be weeding in a suit, myself. It tends to be messy business.
Seriously, though, just get a shirt, some nice trousers, and a tie (maybe a vest, if you'd like). Unless you live somewhere in a usually warm climate, where you wear suits in the heat often, I wouldn't recommend buying a linen suit at all. That could just be me though - I don't like the look of the fabric. All my suits are wool.
I would take it as an excuse to buy a seersucker suit, but I'm insane like that, and your only suit shouldn't be that.
I would normally say that a suit is a suit and that's what you wear, but Biloxi+June might be an exception. I would look for a super lightweight sportcoat. Being able to wear a sportcoat in the summer because it's breathable is awesome, but very lightweight suits look like. . . well. . . something you should only wear to a daytime, summer, outdoor wedding
With respect, I disagree. Sure if you're buying a colonel sanders costume, but we have the techmology.
That said, a light blazer is probably the perfect suggestion.