gifting the guys

Dee got the guys fedora hats (in natural) from American Eagle Outfitters (he got himself a black one), suspenders, and argyle socks in a variety of colors. We hoped these gifts would make for great pix during the wedding (pro pix to come soon...).

The girls had some fun with them too!

And hopefully, the guys appreciate Dee's gifts enough to use them after the wedding as well!

your opinion needed: groomsmen suits

we chose the suits already, but we have the option to change still...gray suit for sure.

this is regards to the shirt and tie. i can't decide! so...which looks better?

sand shirt, sand tie with the gray suit


or white shirt, sand tie with the gray suit


i'm adding the inspiration board to help visualize the look i'm going for.

BMs will wear sand colored dresses. GM in gray suits. purple accents wherever.


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Menswear

I really want FI to wear a 3-piece suit for the wedding. Like this guy:

photo courtesy of men.style.com/

I think a suit would be a great investment, and it's a staple in a man's closet. Besides, my man is ready for a nice suit.

As for the groomsmen, I love this idea:

photo courtesy of White Lilac Inc.

I like that it's different, and that it definitely could save our groomsmen some money. Unfortunately, we can't afford to pay for our wedding party's attire. With my inital idea for our color scheme, I drew what I had in mind:

And this is what I found:

I had to beg FI to model for me. Anyways, I found this vest along with the black tie at Jos A. Bank on sale! He didn't have a better white shirt on hand (we were at my parents), and he put on the tie kind of sloppy. It was a little big on FI, but I still thought it looked great. And he wouldn't have been wearing the vest anyway.

But then I fell in love with aqua and orange, and now I don't feel like it will work well with our aqua and orange colored wedding. I'm not writing it off completely, but I may decide to let these go.

If I do let these go, I think I'll opt to have our groomsmen wear suits also, in gray, while my guy is in black.

Jos A. Bank has pretty good sales once in a while. Right now, there's 50% off all remaining clearance valid 09/10/2008-09/14/2008.

What's your man wearing for the wedding?

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