Guests who dress inappropriately!

I should also add that he does in fact own formal clothing he just doesn't choose to wear it...

Other than having his parents talk to him there isn't much you can do, unless your venue has a strict dress code

People who never dress up are not going to change for a wedding. I think you should just let this go. You probably either won't notice him or won't care when the day arrives. Honestly, no one can dictate how an adult can dress.

My stepdad is the same way. He's gotten better in the past couple years but he still tends to dress in jeans & ripped clothes. Im not holding my breath that he dresses appropriately. While i really want him to wear a suit im not gonna let it affect my day. There isnt much else you can do to make him wear one.

Good for you steph!

Can you include on the invite (all or just one) the required dress code and send to him?

I'd sit him down and lay out the rules to him. Dress correctly or at least attempt it up to you to decide if you want him there if he can't act appropriately for the situation.

My FMIL is going to wear a pant suit to a humid beach wedding. I asked if she could wear a skirt or a dress my mother is wearing a dress MFAIL is wearing a dress, the bridesmaids are wearing dresses and she's the only one not.

It doesn't sound like there's anything you can do to get him to wear it-- he's been talked to, he actually owns the stuff so buying it for him won't help, he's going to do what he's going to do :/

Looks like your options are to kick him out if he shows up in that stuff, or let the photographer know ahead of time to expect this and to try to keep that guy out of the pictures as much as possible.

I would seriously offer him a bribe to wear the clothes you want him to wear.

We have a guest who will be coming who CANNOT dress appropriately either. The last wedding he went to that my fiance was at, he originally tried to wear jeans with those chains all over the place. Oy.

We're going to honestly assign someone to him. Like, check in with him and be like, "Hey, what are you wearing?" My fiance got him to dress appropriately for that last wedding, so we expect someone else will do us the same favor.

But the bottom line is that if he dresses inappropriately, unless there are genitals showing or there's a dress code AT the venue (so he'd be turned away by the venue), there's nothing you can do.

It probably won't cut any ice with a guy who wears ripped jeans & a t-shirt to a formal wedding, but since he's a cousin, you could take the tack that "dressing appropriately for a formal wedding shows RESPECT for me and our family. And the occasion." I