{"id":10429,"date":"2014-11-23T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10429"},"modified":"2021-02-09T10:09:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T10:09:47","slug":"mix-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/mix-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Mix It Up & Suit Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have a fantastic guest blog today from Liam of bespoke tailoring company, ‘A Suit That Fits’. He has told us all about the new trends for the guys and how mismatching your attire is the new black!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Unless you\u2019re wearing a morning suit (which never ages), trends in groomswear become derivative rather quickly. An example is the vogue for matching Converse All-Stars for the entire groom\u2019s party. You might think you\u2019re being fresh and \u201cagainst the status quo\u201d but you\u2019re actually following a now tired trend. Always better to go with the classical look if it\u2019s between that and being derivative. In other words, wear dress shoes!<\/p>\n

\"Mix<\/p>\n

{Image via Wedding Chicks<\/a>}<\/h6>\n

In fact, the look of a matching groom\u2019s party is beginning to smack of unoriginality. It\u2019s not that there won\u2019t always be a place for it in the wedding party of the future \u2013 it is, after all, a fun way to \u201clook back\u201d at your single days and bond with your friends one last time before you\u2019re married \u2013 but opting for a mismatched groom\u2019s party is more modern and distinctive.<\/p>\n

Having every member of your groom\u2019s party wear a bow tie is fun, but it\u2019s also undeniably clich\u00e9d. These days, we\u2019re seeing far more groom\u2019s parties mixing bow ties and long ties. Rather than telling your friends what they should wear on the day, why not ask some of your friends to wear a long tie while others wear a bow tie? If you like the look of a matching party, you can still have them wear the same colour.<\/p>\n

In my opinion, mismatching groom\u2019s parties are more distinctive, more natural, and look classier in wedding photographs. They eschew that \u201cnovelty\u201d factor which can easily make a mockery of your wedding. Think about that Haig Club advert, featuring David Beckham and friends, who travel all over the world \u2013 and dress-up especially \u2013 to be with each other and share a glass of whisky. Are they all wearing matching attire? No! They\u2019re just a group of very dapper friends.<\/p>\n

\"Mix<\/p>\n

Of course, you might be afraid that your wedding photos will look chaotic if you don\u2019t impose some kind of order on the proceedings. One way you can make sure the photographs are composed and<\/em> distinctive is to tell your groomsmen the theme of your wedding and let them dress themselves<\/p>\n

Say you\u2019re going for a rustic wedding. Offer them suggestions \u2013 for example, tell them to consider tweed and give them a range of colours (brown, olive green etc.) \u2013 but let them decide what to wear. What you\u2019ll find is that your groom\u2019s party will express a truth you already know: that you\u2019re a group of individuals, drawn together by friendship, who retain your own personalities. This is much better than the uniform, sheep-like look of a matching groom\u2019s party.<\/p>\n

\"Mix<\/p>\n

{Image via Style Me Pretty<\/a>}<\/h6>\n

Most of all: have fun and respect your friend\u2019s individuality.<\/p>\n

Thanks Liam, we love that guys are getting to have more fun with their wedding ensembles. We have no problems checking out some dapper gentlemen, for fashion purposes… of course. Check out the bespoke tailoring company\u00a0‘A Suit That Fits’, for more suit inspiration and advice.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We have a fantastic guest blog today from Liam of bespoke tailoring company, ‘A Suit That Fits’. He has told us all about the new trends for the guys and how mismatching your attire is the new black!\u00a0 Unless you\u2019re wearing a morning suit (which never ages), trends in groomswear become derivative rather quickly. An example is the vogue for matching Converse All-Stars for the entire groom\u2019s party. You might think you\u2019re being fresh and \u201cagainst the status quo\u201d but […]","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":10433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[112],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10429"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10429"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50146,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10429\/revisions\/50146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}