Ladies in suits?

I would let them choose. I've been a 'best woman' before and was told to wear whatever I wanted in black. I like to dress up and would been pissed if I had to wear a suit. To me that's forcing gender roles, just in another way. But if they prefer the suits, sure why not.

We really wanted my husbands groomsmaids to wear tuxes, but we couldn't find anything that was cut for a women that wasn't extremely expensive! We ended yo finding black dresses with a bow tie looking bow in the back. They looked great with the tuxes!

We asked all the tux/suit rental places we could find if they had any for women. We even had them try on men's, but it looked awful in my opinion. It looked like they were playing dress up.

As long as the suits fit them well, let them do it. I feel like that's the hard part though. as VMDizzle said, the jacket might throw a wrench in everything.

I feel like a nice tailored suit might be much more expensive than a simple black BM dress because they're harder to come by.

We are allowing the people standing up to decide if they want suits/dresses. Some of the ladies want to wear suits, some dresses, one a dress with a suit jacket. As long as they are in the right color (if you are going for matching colors) it will work out. Let them decide. You don't want their discomfort to show in your pictures for years to come, or worse, know that you made your nearest and dearest uncomfortable just because it is your special day.

So he wants them to wear men's tuxes? There is a BIG difference between a well tailored women's suit and making them wear a men's tux. I would have to decline that one. Can you clarify?

I think the only thing you can do is have them try some on and see what works. I think it might get weird-fitting with the vests/button-ups/ties, especially if the ladies have larger boobs, but you could always try some and see if you can find coordinating tops for them if the button-ups don't work.

I think that would be cute. I have a ton of suits that were tailored. I'm short lol. But regardless it's expensive. I think a suit would be easier than a tux. It would be easier to have them wear navy, black, gray of even off white imo. It just depends how close you want them to match. Now would the ladies wear ties/bow ties?