Coordinating bridal party attire; Need advice!

Hm, can you talk him into khaki pants with dark gray blazers and a pink and gray tie?

I like the idea- I suggested it to my FH about standing out from the GM too. I want him in gray but I think he wants black and may put the guys in gray. The only thing is, if the girls are in gray too it may seem like he is matching them instead of his guys. Personally if I was having gray BM dresses, I would put all the guys in gray and FH in black to make it look more balanced.

FH wanted to wear black too, my girls are in indigo blue and we don't have any other black happening anywhere. It's okay though~ he wanted to wear a tux and he didn't like the grey options. It'll be fine. It's such a classic look that it works.

Our colors are pink and gray as well and this is what fh and groomsmen will be wearing, hope this helps!!

I agree with @Jamie I would put them all in grey and FH in black..I think that would look more balanced and "together"

My colors are light pink & gray too!! FH and all the GM are wearing gray suits.

I totally agree with Jamie also - If you want FH to stand out he should be in the black.

H and the GMs were all in the same grey tux, H just had a different vest/tie color and a different color bout. The GMs' bouts were yellow like the BM bouquets and H's bout was white since my bouquet had white flowers in it.

When we picked the tuxes, the men's wearhouse chick said that often, the groom's vest/tie is ivory/white to "match" the bride while the GMs' vest/ties are matched to the BM dresses. Obviously people do whatever, but that made sense to us.

Thank you everyone for your opinions. I really appreciate it. The only problem is that his family ran out and bought him a gray suit like as soon as we decided our colors (not sure why it was such a rush) but anyway.. he has to wear gray now, which I like.. I'm just trying to decide if gray or black would be better for the groomsmen. I think his family would prefer black because they recently purchased their younger son a black suit for something else, but i'm just not sure. Do you think that would look bad? I don't want to cause trouble and make them have to rent a different suit, but I also don't want my wedding party to look awkward.

Thanks!!

It's your wedding and you shouldn't have to worry about what other people already bought or have in their wardrobe if you don't want to! I have known people who have said where whatever you have to the groomsmen and that's great if you don't mind the mismatched look. But since it sounds like you do, I wouldn't stress about what other people think about this. When you accept being in someone's wedding, it is assumed you will need to buy a dress or rent a tux. In the end, this is your and your FH's day and it should look how you want, not your soon to be brother in law or whoever. I have never really seen the gray groom and black GM but it could work- Also, consider having all gray with the varying ties/vests/etc to set the groom apart too, like some of the other brides have mentioned they did/are doing.

Thank you!!! I really appreciate your help.

I'm still back and forth between the gray-gray and gray-black, but I did find a picture of groom in gray and groomsmen in black. What do you all think about the look in this picture?

I think black tuxes seem fine. What I would do is have the groomsmen have either a grey vest and tie or a pink vest and tie.

I like the picture of the groomsmen in black. The groom does stand out. But if all the girls are in the same color gray, still don't know. Hard to imagine all together.

DB's has a dark gray suit by Vera Wang that is darker than the light grays pictured here. They also have a Calvin Klein light gray suit, if that works better. Our colors are pink and gray, and that's what we're doing. Best of luck!

Is it too late to have your girls where pink & then all the guys [including FH] in gray? If not, depending on the shade of gray your girls & FH are wearing, maybe the GM can wear like a charcoal color or something that's still cohesive, but not exactly the same.

I agree with Stephanie C. Would you be opposed to putting the girls in pink or are the dresses already ordered?

We have not ordered them yet. The girls are going to try them on 7/7. But the reason we picked gray was so the girls would be more likely to reuse the dresses, but nothing is set in stone yet.

I really appreciate everyone's suggestions! It helps so much! I'm not around my family or bridesmaids right now and trying to make all of these decisions is getting hard. So I used the "Dress your wedding" tool on David's Bridal website to get an idea of what it would look like if I went with the gray dresses and FH in gray, and groomsmen in black. I know its cartoon and not exact, but what do you think of this? I don't think its quite as bad as I was imagining it would be.. but I wanted to see what you all thought! If this isn't going to work, i'm definitely going to have to consider putting the girls in pink and the guys in gray.