Mob/smob/mog Attire?

We let our parents dress themselves. We didn't need added stress and they are adults. We gave corsages and bouts to all parents and stepparents, but that really depends on your relationship and if you want to honor them.

I just told them formality and let them pick whatever they were comfortable with. I had no idea what any of them were wearing until they showed up at the wedding. I’ve never heard of letting MOB choose first or coordinating. We gave corsages to moms and boutonnières to dads.

We didn't dictate colors. It ended up that my mom wore navy and my MIL wore silver. My MIL bought her dress first. The bridesmaids wore light pink dresses. The guys wore dark gray tuxes. My FIL and dad wore whatever suits they owned. My dad's was light gray and my FIL's was black. I gave corsages to the mothers and grandmothers (well, in my case it was his grandmother and my great aunt). You can give corsages to whoever you want to honor.


Honestly, as long as the formality is the same (like they are all wearing cocktail or evening gowns and suits or tuxes and not like....1 floor length evening gown and the other in a sundress), the pictures will look good. The likelihood of your stepmother and his father's girlfriend being in the same picture is pretty slim to begin with, I would think.

They all wore what they felt comfortable in. I never said anything about what they should wear and they all looked great. The pictures look perfect because they are dressed nice and they are people I love standing next to me on my wedding day. I got corsages and boutonnieres for all grand/step/bio/mother/father figures of which I have many lol. And also my brother/stepbrothers because they’re special to me and I wanted them to be recognized.

How are you matching colors though? my sister in law was not a bridesmaid but i let her wear the same color as the bridesmaids.

Are they all supposed to wear the same? I don't think they have to all wear the same - if they want to then ok

Does one gets one color from the scheme (Navy) and the other gets the opposite (Dark Green)? i would let them choose colors for themselves

Do you have them wear a spectrum? MOB in a light blue and others in darker colors? i would let them choose colors but if you want, it is nice to suggest colors if they ask for suggestions.

Do you just let them pick anything they want, pictures be damned? unless it is super inappropriate, i would let them decide

Same for corsages? Do you give them all corsages? i gave all of the people walking in the processional a corsage

What about the Fathers/Stepfathers/Boyfriends? Are you asking them to coordinate? i did not but my brother and dad decided to coordinate anyway

I told my mother what color dresses I was doing for the bridesmaids and she is going to select her color to complement them. She has asked me to go shopping with her as a girls’ day to make it fun, which I have no problem with it. She talked about doing a navy, purple or dark gray. The MOG will pick hers after my mom gets her dress, but I don’t feel the need to go with her or anything. Both mothers are getting corsages. For the fathers, they both want to rent suits and we asked them both to do gray because the groomsmen will be in black. But they can pick which shade of gray and the colors of their ties and shirts. We’ll get them boutonnières as well.

I’m severely limiting my moms choices but that’s only because I know she’ll show up in a black dress she wore to my sister’s funeral so I’m picking her dress out. In order to make it fair, no one is allowed to wear black but all of my guests know about my mom so they’re okay with it. My brothers and dad are wearing matching ties to the bridesmaids. Other than that, it’s up to anyone what they want to wear.