Parent's Attire

Our parents are adults, they chose their own attire.

I haven't discussed it with them yet, but I plan to have our parents wear outfits that coordinate with our bridal party but doesn't match it exactly. Our colors are light blue and silver, so I'll probably ask the moms to wear a shade of blue that isn't navy, and have the dads wear black suits like the groomsmen minus the vest underneath.

All our close family picked out their outfits and I wanted them to be comfortable and feel beautiful and confident. Fmil wore a black sparkly dress, stepmom black ruffly dress, my mom wore a soft lavenderish shade. my ffil and my husband’s grandmother didn’t come to the wedding and I would have been happy just to have them there wearing anything at all. My dad wore a black suit and my stepdad wore a purple shirt and gray slacks. My husband and best man wore a black tux, my brother a black suit, stepbrothers gray and navy suits. Bridesmaids wore red. Brothers girlfriends wore red and purple. My grandmother wore emerald green. We didn’t match but it didn’t matter at all, everyone was happy and looked great.

They should be allowed to decide. They only people you get to decide are those actually in the wedding party.

Our parents picked their own outfits. We trusted them to make good choices and they all looked great!

I had no idea what any of our parents were wearing until they showed up to the wedding. Parents aren’t in pictures with the wedding party so they don’t need to match them.

My brother got married n his colors were dark blue n purple n my dad wore a deep purple tie to match ..... (attached pic) but when my wedding as a gift to my dad who always pays I was going to get his suit n send it in a very sweet way

My FFIL is my FH's best man so he'll be wearing the same suit as FH & his groomsmen (Kenneth Cole "bright blue" suits -- just a little lighter than navy). My dad, also, got the same suit because it was on sale for a great price (they all bought their suits). I'm glad my dad is matching them! I just asked my mom, FMIL, and grandmothers to wear a color of the wedding or something that coordinated with our colors. Our colors are pink, navy, rose gold, gold, and silver. My mom is wearing navy, my grandmother is wearing silver, FMIL is wearing champagne, and my FH's grandmother is wearing turquoise!

We just asked our mothers/grandmother to wear a shade of blue but not navy, black, gold or silver. Our colors are wine, peach, ivory and navy blue. I don’t want them to match but wanted coordination for pictures. My FFIL only wears jeans and tennis shoes so we will be buying his shirt and tie so I don’t have a stroke when he shows up in God knows what lol

I wanted my mom to wear black. But we found a dress that flattered her more than the dress I picked, and it was $100 less. So she is in a darker blue. We're doing black/silver/jewel tones. I'm not really sure what FMIL is doing.
We will pick out suits for my dad, and I'll request that the fathers match.

I only helped pick my parents because they asked and wanted to look good. Trust me, let them decide if possible, it will take it off you. Leading up to the wedding, my mom cared so much about what I thought that I had double the fittings. Her fittings plus mine, at two different places so I went to 6 fittings in the final months. I think she thought it was fun which is was for the first fitting but it was mostly added stress for me by the 2nd and 3rd. The only rule according to my dad’s suit stylist, is your FFIL should match your FMIL and your parents should match.

I was having such a hard time with this too! Especially with the dads. The moms are going to pick out their own dresses, but they are going to coordinate so they don't match (FMIL's suggestion) and we helped the dads out (neither worked jobs that required suits so they had no idea what they were doing nor do they own suits). They're going to wear the same color suit as the groomsmen, but we're putting them in (different) bow ties instead of ties so they look a little different.

We talked to both dads and they didn't care so we set them up suit rentals same as the groomsmen, just in a different color. My brother is wearing the same as the dads. For the moms and step mom, we gave them a color, and trust their judgement. One of my future MILs isn't sure what she wants, so I offered to go shopping with her for moral support.

In the end, we just want all the moms to feel confident and gorgeous. They're smiles will make pictures look that much better!

My dad wore a nice button up that matched my girls color. (DH's father has passed) and my mom wore navy blue that matched the groomsmen. I wouldn't give them a dress code, but ask them to coordinate.

I'm letting my parents choose their own outfits