Bow Tie or Tie?

If you wear a tux, you wear a bow tie. If you wear a suit, wear a tie.

You can wear a regular tie with a tux. That's what my husband went for. he opted for the tie and vest instead of bowtie and cumberbun

I have seen a lot of tux shops mix tuxes with vests and ties....I think it is up to you as to how formal you want to go....I did tuxes with vests and ties....I liked the look better and it was a way to add some color to their ensemble without having a colored bow tie.

Yeah their vests will be very light pink to match the dresses so I wanted some color as well, but if we went with the bow tie option, I wouldn't want a colored bow tie.

I personally prefer the tie with vest look myself....Unless you are in super formal environment with cummerbunds, bow ties aren't my cup of tea....

Bow ties make me giggle. I'd opt for the tie.

Agree with MS L. Some guys can rock them, but many normal guys can't! Lol, FH and all the groomsmen would have looked silly in them. I also opted for the tie, clearly.

No offense to girls who like that bow tie look, it just wasn't for me! (And FH wasn't into it either, I did take his opinion into account)

My husband wanted to wear the classic tux with a bow tie. I'm not a fan of them. So when we went to Men's Wearhouse, I took the sales guy to the side and explained that i didn't really like the bow tie, but wanted my man to feel like he made the decision to wear a tie and not me vetoing the bow tie. He got the message loud and clear. I told DH to try both on and chose which ever one he liked better. The sales guy gave him a nice tie and vest and then a god awful ugly patterend bow tie and cumberbund. DH quickly said he liked the tie much better. Problem solved

LOL, Mellojean -- you are a genius!!!

I have this weird hatred for bow ties. I vote ties!!!

I second Nancy! mellojean, that is absolutely genious!!

Good job mellojean! My FS is wearing a tie and a pocket square. He hates bow ties and he also vetoed bouts saying they look too prom-ey. Worked for me! I also hate bow ties and bouts

We went for the vest and tie...Just looks better on my guys since they are all super tall lol

FS and the guys are wearing tuxes with ties. I like ties better and so does FS, but it's a personal preference.

FH is wearing a tux but not tie at all, but the BM is wearing just a regular tie.

Thanks for all the feedback, it has helped us a lot!

I am with Lala, I really don't like bowties. My FH would never wear one anyways. So my FH and all of the GMs will be wearing vests and regular ties. However, some men really look great in bowties, I think it is just a personal preference

Personally, I love bow ties. Not those stupid looking pre-tied things they have at tuxedo rental places, but classic, slightly floppy ones that you tie yourself. Sigh.

My FH will be wearing one of those, just because I love them even though he wasn't really thrilled about the idea but, he's pretty awesome that way. The groomsmen will be wearing regular ties so he looks a little different.

We are going with Ties...The groomsmen are wearing PINK Ones!!!! lol They arent too thrilled but i am!

My FH left it up to me to pick the tie out, so I went with a bow tie.

I'm not a fan of bow tie and FH isn't either so we're doing tie. I have no decision on the boys, he knows the color and he'll be the one picking the suit and everything else.

If you and FH are both undecided I'd say get the guys involve and see what they prefer, you can't go wrong there