What should the best man wear to a wedding if there are no other groomsmen?

I told my groomsmen to wear a black suit (they all had one already) and my FH is wearing a black suit with all matching ties. My bridesmaids are wearing plum colored dresses.

I think it depends on the level of formality you're looking for. If the groom is in a tux, then I think it'd look better if the BM was in a tux. If the groom is in a black suit, and BM owns a black suit, let him wear that. This really is one of those areas where you can do whatever you like, within reason and budget.

At first my FH was going to wear a grey suit and groomsmen wear black, but we thought all black would look better.

FH is wearing a dark gray suit with black vest and tie. BM will wear a black suit with black best and tie to match my MOH.

I think the best man should match the color suit to the groom but maybe match the tie to the MOH dress color.

Thanks for the input everyone.

Groom will be wearing a grey suit/vest and tie.

We had a small bridal party if a MOH and BM. We just told the BM to wear khaki pants and a white shirt and we provided khaki suspenders and a bowtie for him. DH wore khaki pants with a vest. So they looked similar, but not exactly alike since we wanted DH to stand out a bit.

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Totally personal preference! I still think it would look nice for the best man to coordinate a little bit. I like @mimitrue's suggestion!

We just had MOH and BM. Groom wore a traditional black tux (only because he owns a tux but doesn't own a single good suit!) , no vest and purple bowtie. BM wore a black suit, white shirt, and we bought him a purple neck tie to match MOH's dress. I thought it might look odd to have groom wear a bow tie and BM wear a long tie but it looked fine!

You have a lot more flexibility when you have a small wedding party.

I think the suits should match - at least be the same color and wear the same color shirt. His tie could either match your FH or could coordinate with the colors the MOH is wearing.

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