I'm getting married on a beach in the keys this March. My dress is a light ivory, strapless, mermaid style with train. My bridesmaids are wearing all black T-length dresses and carrying white flowers. My colors are black and white. I've been struggling with how to fit my groomsmen into this, "black and white" theme without making them look like waiters at a restaurant (black pants and white shirts). I like the way that the black guaybera shirts look with khaki pants for the groomsmen and a white guaybera for the groom with Khaki pants. My question is, will this look "off" with my black and WHITE wedding theme since they are wearing Khaki pants or is it absolutely do-able because its neutral? My flower girl is wearing a white dress with black sash and I was going to have my train bearers wear all white. Ring bearer would dress like groomsmen. Oh, and we are all barefoot.. not sure if that matters. Any fashion input would help here :) Thanks!
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I'm a bit concerned that you will be much more formal than the others in the wedding party. If your material is less formal, I suppose you should be fine. But, all of you should be dress in the same formality.
Other than that, the black dresses would look fine with the khaki pants as long as the dresses were not too formal. And, perhaps instead of white, you could go with ivory. Ivory has a bit of yellow in it and I believe it would blend better.
Just make sure everyone is in the same formality and you will be fine.
My dress is form fitted with no poof, so looks more informal, but is still not a casual dress by any means. It may be more ivory than white.. its somewhere in between.. My bridesmaids dresses are very informal black spaghetti strap dresses, we didnt even get them at a bridal shop, they were purchased from a regular clothing shop in the mall for $45 each :) These are the only items purchased so far.. my dress and bridesmaids. Now i just have to figure out the groom and groomsmen.. I attached a picture of my dress. Based on description of bridesmaids and seeing my dress, do you have another suggestion or is guayabera ok? when you said maybe do Ivory instead were you referring to my overall wedding colors??
I didn't mean to imply that the bridesmaid dresses look like something you would wear lounging around the house.. they are 'informal' only as far as something like a designer bridesmaid dress is concerned, but they are dressy. They have a rouched chest that is fitted then falls empire waist -T length..
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Yes, the overall wedding colors--ivory may be better.
Your dress will be much more formal than the other's attire. Not to panic though. As long as everyone else is the same it may not look too unbalanced. So, if the lady's dresses as similar in formality to the men, you should be fine.
But, if the lady's dresses look close to being as formal as your dress, it may be best for the men to dress up. They could wear light weight linen suits. This would give you some of the informality that you want, but will give you more formality than you have now. You will have more balance.
Ok makes sense. I like the ivory and black idea too! I think the girls will look in line with the guys if they wear the guayabera shirt, but from what you are saying, I gather that I should have the groom dress up like me? This way we are both dressy and then our group is a bit more informal. Maybe I'll have him wear the linen suit. We don't know of a place that rents linen suits so in the interest of saving $$ for bridal party we didnt want to ask all groomsmen to buy one.
So, now shifting to ivory and black as overall colors, you think that khaki slacks on the groomsmen will fit color wise right? I guess its close enough to ivory.
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Actually, all of the groomsmen should be dressed similarly to the groom. However, this is your choice; after all this is an informal event. So, it is your choice.
I think khaki and ivory go very well together.
Now remember, for a destination wedding, the couple pays for the attendants lodging. This may determine how many attendants you both have. Rebecca Black, Etiquette Now
Ok, thanks for all your help. I'll take it all into consideration! As for the note about the destination wedding part.. even though it is a "destination wedding" in some people's minds, because it's in the keys, it is really just in the groom's hometown where all of his family still resides. All of our guests live in Florida or AL so it's not too far. We won't be able to cover attendants costs unfortunately. Would be great to have that budget though.
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Maybe since it is in the groom's hometown, some of his family could house the attendants. They really shouldn't have to shoulder any lodging costs if possible. Rebecca Black, Etiquette Now
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