Groom's Suit - blue, grey, brown, help!

Do you have a picture of what you'd like and what he'd like?
Maybe you could find some sort of compromise between the two of you.

My hubby wore a black suit jacket, white shirt and dark grey dress pants. He looked great. I had no input as he decided that is what he wanted to wear. A brown suit would look good for a fall wedding.

If it's what he wants then I'd let it go. FH told me what colour he wanted and we planned around that. I'm offering input on the shade and the accessories when he asks but it's his call, just like my dress was my call.

If you're worried it won't look good with the other colours (I think it'll be fine though despite my dislike of brown suits) then I'd ask him to find you some inspiration pictures of the suit colour with the rest of the colour scheme. You'll get to see it together and you'll know he's put the effort in to look at it with all the other components

My FH is choosing his own look and wants to wear a different jacket for the reception. I’m glad that he at least he’s sticking to our wedding colors. But I have no say in how his suit will look. I’ve attached all that we are doing for the grooms and his men’s part for the wedding.
I know for us ladies we want it all a certain way because it’s how we’ve been picturing it. Maybe you can suggest instead of brown go with a cream suit. For the Groom since we take charge of everything else should be pick what he wants to wear and look. I’ve attached some creams and Browns that I think wouldn’t look bad. Sorry, hope this helps

View Quoted Comment The brown is more of what he wants and the grey and blue options are things that I would rather have.

Has he ever worn a brown suit? There are precious few men who look good in a brown suit. They are just so drab. Will he be renting or buying? A suit or a tuxedo? If he is buying, he could get a lot more wear out of a grey or navy suit.

I suggest he try on some brown suits, to see if he even likes how he looks in it.

View Quoted Comment Yeah I think I just have a distaste of brown suits that I might have to get over. I tend to see them as a more vintage feeling rather than the modern aesthetic we are going for. You are right though, it should be his decision.

What I wanted was not the route FH wanted, am I upset? Nope! He had no choice what I wore - I want him to feel just as comfortable and good as I will.

Fh is wearing a dark grey tux with a white shirt and a rust colored tie. His GM are wearing the same tux with navy ties. They are all wearing black shoes & white shirts.

View Quoted Comment He actually tried one on for me to see to try to convince me and he looks good in the brown. His main reason for brown is that he has been in a lot of weddings these last few years and every one has had him buying a grey or blue suit. He does wear suits for work so he'll be buying the one for our wedding too and just wants something more unique.

View Quoted Comment Those boutonnieres are awesome! Yeah I don't think I was expecting to have such a set picture in my head and I'm having a little bit of a harder time coming around to his idea. Y'all are helping me for sure though in realizing that just like I chose my wedding dress I love, he should get to choose what makes him happy.

Hi Elizabeth,

Your FH's suit is ultimately his choice however, the need to get on the color pallet is certainly a consideration he should make.

A good compromise would be you picking the color and he picks the style, cut, and the accessories.

If he goes with the blue ( grey is for day-time) then he can further stand out with:

Detailed lapels

Double Breasted Jacket ( Love This- very unique and classy)

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Double Breasted- Grey

Double Breasted- Navy

View Quoted Comment Thanks for the ideas! I'll talk to FH about how we can come together more on this decision and the details of it all can certainly make a difference!

Have him go and try some on at a locally owned Tux/Suit rental place if you have one. The company we've been working with has helped us tremendously with color schemes and had a lot of examples from other bridal parties. Plus, being locally owned they had all of the options already in-house and we weren't picking out of a catalog. I hope you have something similar nearby!

View Quoted Comment That's a good idea! We have been looking online a lot but it would be nice to go somewhere that might have examples of other weddings.

View Quoted Comment I ultimately decided the color scheme and then my FH picked exactly what he wanted within that color scheme. He wanted to stand out from the groomsmen so he got a custom navy suit with a subtle cross stitch pattern. It looks awesome and he felt like he got to have the same experience as I had choosing my dress. He had our wedding date embroidered inside of his jacket.

While I think the right brown suit could work with dusty blue, in general I feel brown suits are very vintage. So if that’s the look you’re ok with I say let him wear brown but if you want a more modern look I’d try to talk him into a navy suit and then let him put his personal touches on the rest of the look so he’s not “cookie cutter”

My FH is wearing solid black.. because that's what he wanted. Although I did ask his opinion, as he did mine, my dress was my choice and he definitely didn't get to choose my dress. IMO I think the groom should be able to chose what he wants to wear- after all, it's not just "my" wedding. Its "our" wedding.

Sorry, going to be really blunt here, but no one should wear a doodoo brown anything to their wedding! A brown suit does not look good on anyone, IMO.

As far as my input on my H's attire, we really just discussed colors. He wanted to wear navy, which I also wanted for my bridesmaids, so we were like, "ok decision made. monochromatic wedding party." It was a very short conversation lol. My H dresses insanely well, all the time, so this was not a concern for me. I did go with him to look at tuxes, just because he wanted a second pair of eyes, but it was really all him. He chose a navy tux, and his stood out from the GMs in that his jacket had black lapels, while theirs were solid blue. They all wore black ties and black patent leather shoes, and looked sharp AF.

Had he wanted to wear a brown suit though, lol, I would've steered him away from that. There's a reason you don't see a lot of wedding photos with brown suits...

FH and I discussed what he'd like to wear and I gave input based on our venue and other colors to consider (we're getting married in a redwood forest so brown would fade, black would be a bit harsh). Once I had an idea of what he wanted I created a pinterest board for him and added suit looks that would work with what we discussed, then we sat down and looked at them together and he decided on a three-piece blue suit, white shirt , brown shoes and belt and an ivory tie and pocket square to match my dress.

Something Like This

He wanted to have dark color suit. I did help with the color of the shirts and ties.

View Quoted Comment That would be my dream look for the guys but he is so against anything in the blues. He wears suits every day to work and he is so bored with all the blue, black, and grey he sees every day so he feels like brown stands out. I don't want to fight him about what he wants to wear but I also don't want to look back on pictures and not be happy about it. He really does look good in a dark brown suit, it's just hard to get on board with it for the wedding.