Groom wearing a white suit

Look on pinterst. He doesn't have to wear black or white shoes. You have a million options to choose from. His shoes can match the bridesmaid dresses if that's what you're going for.

I like the idea of maybe a grey suit for your FH? Like dark grey or even light grey... But depends on what color your BM dresses are. I don't know what your religion is but if you're Catholic, men are not supposed to wear white in the church for their own wedding.

Miranda, do you have a citation for that bit about Catholic men not being allowed to wear white for their weddings? I've read a lot about Catholic weddings, and never seen that rule.

Interesting...neither of us is Catholic, so we don't have to worry about that. I like gray too, but I don't want to push him to change his mind since that's the only thing he asked for. Maybe if I can get him to try on a gray suit, he'll change his mind.

I can tell you that men not wearing white suits to their wedding is not in the bible.

White suits? No. Get him into one of those light grey suits; very flattering.

You should have him try on a white tux while you are in a white dress and see how it looks. He may like the idea of it but not the execution. Maybe a white dinner jacket with black pants will satisfy he need to wear white.

I agree with Rosemary, he should coordinate with you more than the bridesmaids but if he must wear all white, white shoes will probably blend best.

If you are getting married on a beach a white linen suit with tan shoes could work.

If you are going to go with white be careful and make sure they (the suit and your dress) match in color. Otherwise it could easily make one look dirty or dingy. For example, I have a cream/off white colored coat and pure white gloves (didn't realize until I brought the gloves home and put them with the coat). On their own they are both really cute but put the gloves with the coat and the coat looks like it's dirty where before it just looked soft in tone and to the naked eye you might not have even really noticed it wasn't white. It will look really odd if the colors are even slightly off and it will show up in pictures as well.

Also, to me white suits on guys have an odd pimp quality to them. I can never get over it and I feel like they need a top hat and cane to go with them.

My first husband wore white. He looked like a pimp which was telling because he ended being a huge cheater.

Maybe?

My parents had a Catholic wedding and my dad wore a white suit. FH will be wearing a white jacket and black pants and some snazzy spectator shoes.

I prefer grey honestly. Straight up white rarely does it for me. It just feels forced.

And I agree white with you in white is going to look.... Eh... Like a lot of white and possibly dirty white lol

Reggie I was thinking the same thing! That it looks pimpish, or at least 90's sleazy used car salesman. But he's from Haiti and it's a popular choice down there. LCya I love the white jacket with the black pants. Maybe I can suggest that to him. I am also concerned about the colors matching exactly... I was hoping if I get them from the same place they could at least help me with that problem. Well my dress will take priority. If they can't find a suit to match... Oh well, sorry honey!

My DH wanted to wear a white jacket with black lapels and he looked so handsome. The rest of his groomsmen wore all black tuxedos. We did not compare the color of the whites, but I love the way the pictures look. He rented the tux but bought the jacket at Macy's.

I'm not understanding the logic of his vest and tie matching the bridesmaids? They should be white also or they should match/coordinate with the GM.

Also, change your avatar to something other than the rings! They're associated with spam/trolls.

Well I was thinking that the white suit would match me, and I didn't know if I wanted him in aaallllllll white, so that's why I thought to have the vest and tie match the bridesmaids. The GM's vests/tie will match the BM's as well. Mrs. B I do kind of like the white jacket with the black pants.

And thanks for the tip about the avatar...I just joined this site two days ago and I have no idea what I'm doing yet! (In regards to Wedding Wire, or planning a wedding!)

It is not a requirement for a Catholic marriage, but it is recommended that the men wear black. One of the premarital courses that I had to take for my archdiocese this past weekend told us that typically as a sign of respect for God, the women wear white and the man shall wear black. Now these are the deacons words and I'm just paraphrasing here but I was told the women wear white to symbolize purity and chastity, and men should wear black because black is a symbol of death. The groom wears black because he must love his wife so much that he is willing to die to himself to lay his life before her. He lets go of all personal and selfish desires to live his new life for her. Of course the bride must have this same mutual love for her husband. He said the black and white combination is representative as man and wife as a whole. Again, those were my deacons words... Not mine. However, the Catholic Church is not going to turn you away on your wedding day if the groom is not wearing black. I've seen Catholic ceremonies where the groom has worn grey.

ETA: I have no idea where this comes from but this is just something the deacon told us. I will call him and see if there's something somewhere that I can use for reference if in fact this is true and not just a strong opinion from my deacon lol