What should father of the bride wear

Whatever he feels comfortable in. A suit, a tux, dress pants and a button up.

Our colors are plum, silver and teal. We have the groomsmen in charcoal grey with plum. So the dads are in black with plum. Both dads wanted us to just tell them what to wear so we did. Maybe give him 3 options you feel good about?

View Quoted Comment Our groomsmen are wearing the same. I was thinking a plum button up, dress pants and some boots. ( my dads really southern)

Dads do not need to match the groomsmen or the groom in any way. Decide on the formality of your dress and groom's outfit. Dad should dress in that formality or one step below. So first, is your groom in a tux, a very dressy suit, daily wear business suit, sports jacket, what ever. Then knowing why Dad can wear, he can look in his closet, or buy it rent the right thing. In pictures, black, many shades of grey, dark navy and midnight blue suits will be great with your general colors, will coordinate, not match. Browns and brighter blues, terrible. So decide how formal, and let Dad choose after that. He is escorting you down the aisle, but is not one of the attendants. And for the rest of the night will be with your Mom or his SO. So if a tux ir dressy suit is the choice, MOB will need to be that formal too. They need to match in formality exactly.

View Quoted Comment That was very helpful thank you!!

Our dad's will be in the same suit as the groomsmen but with a different tie.

I told my dad to get whatever he was comfortable in! I told him any color was fine with me. My mom helped him shop, and found a nice grey suit and a burgundy tie to match our colors and her dress. I didn’t need him to match our groomsmen or colors at all. He’s a man who didn’t even own a full suit before the wedding, so I wanted him to go out and find something he liked and was ok with wearing all day! Give your dad a few pointers on what you’d like him to be wearing, if he’s asking for help, or go out shopping with him!

I didn't make my dad match the wedding colors I just told him to wear whatever he liked. He got a really nice black suit.

Dad's suit