What does the bridal party vs family wear?

Parents wear whatever they want

I think they should wear what they want but my daddy is wearing a black tux with a white shirt to match me. My mom will be wearing silver, for no reason except that she looks good in her dress lol!

I'm having my dad wear the same as the groomsmen. Not sure about FH's dad. My mom and his mom, will wear something within the same color family.

Parents are not part of the wedding party, so they do not need to be told what to wear. Having said that, it's nice if they match the level of formality of the wedding party and the wedding generally.

There are many weddings where tuxedos are worn inappropriately, in the daytime or outdoors for example, but if the groomsmen are wearing tuxedos, the Dads should consider it too, or a dressy suit. The same with the bridesmaids dresses. If they are formal, the Moms should wear a formal gown or a very dressy cocktail dress.

As far as colors- anything they want. They don't need to match the wedding colors, but it's nice if they don't clash for the pictures. The men have it easier because suit colors are generally neutral.

My father was going to wear the same as the groomsmen, but I reminded him and my mother that he wasn't actually part of the wedding party and didn't have to 😃. His tux will complement the groomsmen though with a similar jacket, but his color accents are going to match my mom's dress

I plan on telling my family what colors my bridesmaids are wearing in the hopes they don't wear stuff that clashes, but family can wear whatever they want.

My FH's dad just texted me yesterday to ask about suits, and the moms spoke over the weekend about attire! I said I don't care about suits...both fathers are retired and won't have any need to buy an additional nice suit. I said to just wear the nicest suit they owned regardless of color. I'll probably get them ties in our primary color to blend it. As for the moms, i truly just want them to be comfortable and confident in whatever they wear, and have no specifications. My mom just wore this super nice light pink gown to an event this weekend, and I told her that might be an option. Although now I'm wondering if that's appropriate because I plan to put the BMs in blush/light pink and she might look too much like a BM lol.

I think it's up to whatever you want!!

I'm torn on this as well. My dad owns a tux and just expected to wear that. But the groomsmen are all wearing grey suites with ivory or grey shirts, grey vests, and no jacket. I think my dad will be too formal in a tux so I'm debating telling him to wear something else or just finding him a color coordinated shirt and let him wear his pants. But I'm going for no jacket.

Our dads both own plenty of suits where the groomsmen do not, so they will probably just wear something nice they own. However, FFIL decided to go formal and wear a tux to his daughter’s wedding even though the groom and groomsmen weren’t. I think it looked lovely.
My mom and FMIL both decided to go with our accent colors, which I love. Bridesmaid dresses are burgundy. My dress has silver beading and the bridesmaids will wear silver jewelry so my mom wants a silver dress. “Extras” like ribbons on the bouquets will be navy blue, so FMIL is going with that.

My mom isn't matching at all. She originally wanted to, but after she saw my girls pick different dresses, she was set on matching colors at least. She ended up loving a sample dress in plum and ordered it in that color. My dad will probably go for the "unintentional beach bum" look, knowing him lol!

My dad kept asking what colors the groomsmen were wearing so he could match. And all moms (3 of them) kept asking what color the other moms were wearing. I'm not sure if they wanted to match or just make sure they didn't clash. I kept telling everyone wear whatever you want! But answered their questions, so they could feel comfortable. But I didn't ask them to match anyone.

We told our folks to wear whatever they wanted which was probably too vague! they wanted to run stuff by us just to make sure we were ok with their choices, which was kind of them. i went shopping with my my mom and MIL and both ended up in navy--mom in a dress, MIL in a pantsuit. my dad wore a blue suit and so did my step-FIL. our WP was in shades of grey and H was in blue too so there was some nice consistency, but i think it would've worked out even if they hadn't been semi-matching.

The mothers usually wear literally whatever colors they want. My mom hasn't started looking for her dress yet, she said she might do silver because that's one of my colors but I told her that was completely her choice.

My FMIL is Indian and will be wearing traditional Indian dress.

My father and my FFIL are both wearing black tuxes.

Bridesmaids all have the same dress, groomesmen are wearing silver/grey tuxes with aqua ties.

Parents wear whatever they want. They don't have to match wedding colors or wedding party attire.

Both daughters getting married this year are having my DH wear a tux. I'm not sure yet if they will be the same color as the groomsmen or not. I plan to wear something that compliments the wedding colors but doesn't match the bridesmaids.

I’m getting married this September 2026 and the way we are doing it at our wedding is anyone that is part of the wedding are all going to be wearing the theme color or where something that has the theme color in it. For example, my fiancé chose an olive leaf. Theme because she has a thing for olive leaves, so my tuxedo is emerald green with a white shirt and black tie with little hints of emerald green in the tie as well, and my groomsmen are wearing black tuxedos with a white shirt and emerald green ties as far as my shoes I have a pair of emerald green and black Air Force ones custom-made to match my tuxedo and my groomsmen are all wearing all black Air Force ones. My mother is going to be wearing an emerald green dress and my fiancé‘s father is going to be wearing the same tuxedo and colors as my groomsmen. As far as my fiancé’s colors in her bridesmaids, I am unsure of. Because I’m not allowed to see her dress before the wedding. It’s bad luck from what I heard but yeah, I think that only the people that are in the wedding should wear the colors that of bride and groom Where or the colors of the wedding theme. Everyone else can wear whatever they want.