Help needed with the men's suits

Hi Deborah, just a suggestion regarding the colour choice for the bridesmaids and the boys - we have fitted wedding groups before where both the boys and the girls have opted to wear navy (or various shades of navy) and it just looked like a large block of navy in the wedding photos. To break it up, may I suggest that the boys dress in light grey suits with navy accessories to tie it in with the girl's dresses?

To answer your main questions - you could stick to the navy suit for the groom with a light-grey waistcoat. While traditionally double-breasted waistcoats were worn inside a morning suit/tails, nowadays we tend to break tradition and go with what looks good. So there's no issue with the double-breasted waistcoat - it all depends on what colour you decide to do for the suits.

If you wish to stick with navy for the boys, then a light-grey waistcoat works for the groom as well as the boys, and as mentioned earlier - you can try and match the accessories such as ties and pocket squares to the colour of the girl's dresses. Paisley may just be a bit too much and there is a danger of it looking gaudy.

If you decide to change the colour for the boys and groom to light-grey suits, then you could still go with the light-grey waistcoat. The point of differentiation for the groom will be the satin trims on the dinner suit.

Hopefully this helps, but if you have any further questions, please feel free to get in touch.

Jatin V

Montagio Custom Tailoring

Hi Deborah

I would love to answer your questions and the easiest way to do this is to invite you and your Groom to come for a Groom Styling Session. For the last 4 years we (Just For Him) have won the title of Best Grooms Fashion in NSW and in April we won the grand title of Best Grooms Wear Australia. What this means is, if you come to Just For Him, you know you are being dressed by the best !

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Essentially, like the other suppliers, I can give you lots of ideas of what the boys should wear, but its much easier if we show you the total look all together as you will know if you like it or not when you see it - your eyes don't lie.

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All the best - Lisa

Hi Deborah

Very light grey would work well with your chosen suit colour and allow a bright tie against it without looking cluttered. Light grey will also smooth things out under the suit allowing single or double breasted vest to be worn without making to big a statement. The groom could then wear a tie to compliment your dress or a strong navy satin.

Best of luck :)

Xavier

Black tie by Xavier

Hi Deborah

My suggestion is to stay away from double breasted waistcoats as this is normally worn with Morning tails not dinner suits and lounge suits.

Have the groom in a nice Navy dinner suit, Wing collar dress shirt, with a nice Ivory waistcoat and bowtie to match, and have the groomsmen in a Modern checked navy suit

with Bowties wearing a turn down collar dress shirt and no waistcoat.

Leave it nice and simple, You will enjoy the photos for decades to come.

Deborah, a tough ask indeed. I would advise three piece vests for the gents. Meaning matching vests (or waistcoats) to the suits, and then the matching ties for the boys. Putting the groomsmen into the floral vests can be a distraction from the overall look, as some colours can be overly vibrant. I would recommend single breasted vests for the boys, and the double for the groom. This would provide him a point of difference. Then you're free to go all out on the matching ties for each of the guys.

Some general advice for menswear is the K.I.S.S principle. Keep It Simple (I wont call you Silly or Stupid). I hope this helps.