Men’s Formal Wear

(for Men Only)

FORMAL WEAR

It’s not only the brides duty to look fabulous at a wedding its the groom’s too! So you can be sure that whatever the occasion in your wedding,you’ll make a great impression. The formal wear of your wedding ceremony can be planned depending on the time of day and the season of your wedding. Men have a simple plan about their wedding attire. Make sure to match your outfit to the type of dress that your bride is choosing to wear. Coordination of your wear with your bride’s is much important, because standing in front of a crowd of known guests you need to look special and your suit should match from the bride’s dresses.

There are plenty number of selection of styles and colors available to today’s groom , his bride and his party. From pleated pants and continental jackets to a top hat and tails and designer name tuxes as well. It is important that the groom chooses a tux that is matching with the color scheme of rest of the wedding party. It will be better if you try on the tux after alterations have been made within one or two weeks before the wedding. Limit the colors because too many colors detract from the sophistication of the wedding. What is most important is what pleases the Bride and Groom and what they feel comfortable with.

Traditional Wedding Wear

Formal Evening Wedding

Evening weddings are more formal than their daytime counterparts More formal the venue, the dressier the attire. For a Formal Evening Wedding a black tailcoat and matching trousers, white pique waistcoat, dressy wing-collared shirt and a white bow tie is appropriate. Patent leather or polished black shoes and black socks should be worn for accessories. Select your shoes wisely since you’ll be dancing in the evening keep them comfortable.

Formal Daytime Wedding

For a Formal Daytime Wedding look for a chic skirt suit , or a gray or black cutaway jacket with dark striped trousers, matching or contrasting waistcoat, white wing-collared shirt and striped ascot tie.

Semi-Formal Evening Wedding

For a Semi-Formal Evening Wedding a black dinner jacket and trousers are worn in if the wedding is in winter, or white if it is in summer. A black vest or cummerbund goes with a white dress shirt and black bow tie. You may wear black gold or jeweled studs and cuff links.

Semi- Formal Daytime Wedding

For a Semi-Formal Daytime Wedding a stroller jacket and dark trousers are worn with a vest, wing-collared shirt and striped or checked conventional tie which gives slight informal look and gives you a comfortable feeling.

Informal Daytime Or Evening Wedding

For an Informal Daytime or Evening Wedding wear a solid black, gray or navy suit with white dress shirt and bow or conventional tie in winter: white or off white jacket with gray trousers, navy jacket with white flannel trousers, or white suit in summer, which are colors in contrast and will give you an awesome look.

Recent Fashion Trends

Trends have changed a lot, and so has changed the way of the wedding wear too. Every kind of wedding has got his new sort of wedding suit

A contoured long or short jacket is worn with matching trousers, wing-collared shirt, vest or cummerbund and bow tie during a Formal Evening Wedding

In a Formal Daytime Wedding, a groom can wear a contoured long or short jacket , white in summer and a dark colored jacket in winter,with striped trousers, wing-collared shirt and ascot tie, with a vest if needed.

For a Semi-Formal Evening Wedding, one can opt for a tuxedo jacket with his own taste of colors and styles with matching or contrasting trousers, white or colored dress shirt, vest or cummerbund and bow tie.

For a Semi-Formal Daytime Wedding a tuxedo jacket worn with matching or contrasting trousers, wing-collared shirt, vest or cummerbund and bow tie will look great for the groom

TUX TIPS FOR THE GROOM

PLAN AHEAD:

You should start shopping for the tuxedos at least two months before the wedding. Have an idea of what sort a suit and in what color you are going to buy before you start ordering and purchasing the wedding wear. See that the dresses are ordered as much as year in advance Bring your lady’s swatches with you…your tux shop can help you choose the right formal wear to complement the color scheme.

SHOP AT ONE STORE:

The tuxedo prices are almost the same in all the shops. But the service, quality, selection and group discounts do vary from one shop to the other. Rent your formal wear from a shop on which you are confident enough. The better tuxedo shops will organize your party and solve the problem of providing tux to everyone.

OUT OF TOWN GUESTS:

Some tuxedo shops provide mail-in cards members specially designed for the ones who live out of town and find it difficult to go to the tux shop for fittings. Approach these members go to a tailor to be measured and send the measurements to your tux shop. Your tux shop will prepare the right tux and have it ready for delivery by the time your guest arrives in town for the affair. Do not take these measurements without the help of tailor . It is usually not a good idea. Measurements should always be taken by a professional.

Tuxedo Rentals:

The tuxedo rentals include jacket, pants, shirt, tie, cummerbund or vest, studs, and cuff links. Other accessories are usually provided if you need them. Formal shoes may also be rented.

CHECK THE FIT:

Tuxedos should be picked up on the assigned day, and once you get them check if they fit you comfortably. If the fit should be changed, better tuxedo stores make alterations on the premises and they do make adjustments while you wait.

GROOM-THE MAN OF THE HOUR:

Most of them would want the members of the bridal party to wear the same tuxedo style. But the groom should have something to set him apart. Today’s designers recognize this need and therefore introduced their designs as a collection for a groom. A collection consists of a particular jacket style available in different colors or a tail coat model and matching short jacket versions, so that the groom can have a jacket in a particular color and the bridal party the same model in a different color. This idea allows many different possibilities and combinations. Also, the groom could wear a black tail coat while all the ushers could wear the same style and color without tails. Different color ties and cummerbunds could also be used to match the ladies’ dresses

Something for Everyone

Choose the tux that best complements your peculiarity and personality. As with any garment, a tuxedo is a fashion statement. Today’s tuxedo designs offer a greater variety than that were earlier. Box cuts, tapered cuts, tails, waistcoats, and double breasted, just to name a few, are all readily available tuxedo suits. You can consult with the tuxedo consultant before buying it.

BOUTONNIERES AND HANKS:

Boutonnieres can add a nice touch to any tuxedo. It should be worn on the left lapel. If you do not want one, you can just wear a colored hankie as a substitute, but not both at the same time.

A WORD ABOUT RETURNS:

A good tuxedo consultant does everything to his greatest effort to have your tux ready on time. This is not an easy task, since he has to rely on punctual returns. Save yourself expensive late charges by returning your tux on time. If you know that you cannot return it yourself due to busy schedules after your wedding have a reliable family member do it for you.

The Groom’s Checklist

There are loads of things you will/may need to do before the big day. The basic order of events is more important than the exact dead-line of time here and make sure you allow enough time for everything .Here is a checklist below in chronological order of those ‘not to be forgotten’ steps…

1.Buy the engagement ring well ahead of time
2.Put a wedding guest list. Note which guests would like to have seated in the reserved pews of the church or of the
wedding ceremony site.
3.The formal ware, non traditional outfits and other things for you and the men in your wedding party depend on the
kind of wedding affair that you and your bride have chosen.
4.Make an invitation to your best friend to be your best man and select and invite other friends to be ushers.
5.Select a good gift for your best man and the ushers and present it at the wedding rehearsal or the bachelor party,
which you feel as the best place to honor your friends.
6.Select a gift for your lady. It may be of diamond or any other which you feel would surprise her.
7.Choose the wedding rings with your bride. You can engrave your ring with your initials if you would like to.
8.Well plan for the honey moon with your bride so that you can reserve for tickets and residence ahead of time to
avoid rushing at the last minute.
9.Arrange the bride’s bouquets with wonderful and attractive colors, and all the necessary things for the bride’s mother
and female relatives on both the sides.
10.Make sure that the bride has made all the necessary tests for the blood test, birth certificates and baptismal
certificates.
11.Apply for the marriage license and obtain it before the wedding date.
12.Give this license to the best man before the wedding, he will then present after the wedding ceremony.
13.Change the status on all pertinent paperwork regarding your marital status like insurance on life, property,
household, medical and fire.
14.If there is to be a prenuptial agreement, the agreement should be drawn, reviewed and seek a counsel so that the
agreement may be signed.
15.Arrange a bachelor dinner several days before the wedding. Let the best man and ushers host this dinner .
16.Set a date for the wedding rehearsal. Inform the best man about the clergyman’s fee and the logistics of the wedding,
the honeymoon and travel plans.
17.Print out our Best Man’s Checklist and give him a copy and any other resources he’ll need.
18.After the wedding ceremony, the couples should sign the wedding certificate and have your best man ensure it is
safely put away.
19.The day next to your ceremony, send a telegram to the bride’s parents thanking them for the auspicious wedding
and reception.

 

Your Best Man and Your Wedding

In any wedding ceremony, the role of the Best Man is most critical for the groom. The Best Man is not simply one of the facilitators of the day’s event as it relates to the groom. He deals with all the contingencies of the day. He acts as a formidable character who is reliable and resourceful in providing all essential information and working for the Reception, wedding transportation, forgotten items, unexpected guests and so on.

The Best man guides the groom in each and every step of the engagement and wedding occasion starting from the the bachelor party till the moment the groom and his bride drive off to their honeymoon.

Thus the Best Man has to oversee the following four main things:

–To check that the groom makes it successfully to the alter
–To assist and manage any unforeseen reception problems
–To ensure that the groom maintains things correct enough to not make a fool of himself
–To see to that the groom and bride successfully make it on their way to their honeymoon.

The Best Man Checklist

The Best Man’s duties get into many diversions like things to be carried out before the wedding, during and after the reception, on the wedding ceremony

Before the Wedding

1.Arrange for the bachelors dinner and party
2.A gift for the groom
3.Be helpful in guiding the groom’s family and friends
4.Confirm honeymoon arrangements.
5.Arrange transportation for the groom to get to the ceremony and from the ceremony to the reception.

Before Leaving to the Wedding Ceremony

1.Help the groom in packing his dress.
2.Ensure that the car is packed for the honeymoon.
3.Wedding Ring
4.Travel Tickets, Passport, ID etc.
5.Reception Speech
6.Money/ Travelers Checks and car keys
7.Gifts or acknowledgments

Before Walking Down the Aisle and After the Ceremony the best man has to be with the groom to ensure that the groom has used his restroom. Check if his shoes are tied , pant’s fly is up and all together if he is neat and teak. See if his face and hair are in order and nothing is between his teeth . Calm him and put hi fear and second thoughts put to rest . Wedding ring is with the best man . Then the marriage license is signed. Finally pay the clergy fees.

During & After the Reception:

Most of the grooms would want best man to arrive early and that he may have to stay even after the bride and groom departs. You can very well ask him since he is your best friend. A couple of days before the wedding date, review all the arrangements you have made with the Best Man.

The Best Man can have the checkbook or credit card for any needed payments Musicians or DJ setup. The events like Speech to the groom and bride,Offering the first toast, Dance with the bride and her attendants, Reading telegrams or special mail for the bride and groom should be with the Best Man as an order wise list to remind everything to everyone on time.

Panic Kit for the Groom.

There are possibilities of the groom to go sick or panic suddenly due to restlessness .The Best Man should have all the basic things that may also be forgotten by the groom by mistake. Put them in a zip up bag and have them handy. The items the Best Man should have ready with him always are:

1. Aspirin, Tylenol and Antacid
2. Hair comb or brush
3.Black magic marker Small towel or paper towels
4.Hair gel or hairspray Extra toothbrush & toothpaste
5.Deodorant Mouthwash
6.Reception Speech (your best man should prepare this alone)

To sum up and spell out properly, the Best Man who will help to make your wedding day easy and trouble free. Select a close friend who is resourceful, energetic, and diplomatic and with those skills to find solutions to problems without offending or creating new ones.