Seriously -- are all the men wearing tuxes?
Don't all the men in the wedding party usually wear tuxes?
Or maybe, like Shrift said, I'm used to that as a Midwestern Thing. Tuxes, expensive/useless/ugly/Prom-y bridesmaid dresses.
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Steph L. - Feb 20, 2008 11:02:10 am PST #439 of 10001
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JenP - Feb 20, 2008 11:03:21 am PST #440 of 10001
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Jesse - Feb 20, 2008 11:03:33 am PST #441 of 10001
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Don't all the men in the wedding party usually wear tuxes?
I've been to several weddings where the bride and groom were the only people actually in formal wear. Then the groomsmen wear suits and the bridesmaids don't necessarily wear gowns.
lisah - Feb 20, 2008 11:04:02 am PST #442 of 10001
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if I knew these people, I'd be all LEGS LEGS LEGS it's going to be AUGUST are you people CRAZAZY?
wait...you don't know the people whose wedding you will be wearing this dress in???
Or the coalition of bridesmaids not you picked the color/length and you don't know them?
Dana - Feb 20, 2008 11:04:58 am PST #443 of 10001
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She doesn't know all the bridesmaids. I assume most of them are the bride's friends/relatives.
§ ita § - Feb 20, 2008 11:06:06 am PST #444 of 10001
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The bridal party is formal! I can't be the only one with a cocktail-length skirt or my family will talk about it for YEARS.
I hear you, shrift. I was in an August bridal party in Monroe, MI, and we were all in floor length Vera Wang, and the guys in tuxes. No one thought twice of it.
Ginger - Feb 20, 2008 11:06:11 am PST #445 of 10001
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msbelle - Feb 20, 2008 11:08:43 am PST #446 of 10001
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beth b - Feb 20, 2008 11:13:31 am PST #447 of 10001
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I tried to measure my neck to shoulder length - barely 5 on the right and 6 on the left. which mostly means I couldn't do it myself. but I am still broad shouldered because I have a larger than average neck
I am glad I am not in shrift's position - a dress that has to please too many people
flea - Feb 20, 2008 11:13:43 am PST #448 of 10001
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Weddings I have attended and what people wore:
My father's second. Took place in our living room. I wore purple with puffed sleeves, but in my excuse I was 12 and it was 1984.
Two in Ohio, mr. flea's work colleagues. Tuxes for boys in wedding parties; girls in floor-length.
Mine: veejane in blue linen (her choice), groom's man in regular suit (his choice).
Friends in Ohio: At the courthouse, in business casual.
Mothers second: groom in a suit, bride in artsy fartsy pink; bride danced down the aisle of an octagonal unitarian church. Rain POURED.
Best friend: Groom and best man in tuxes; bride in wedding dress; MOH in strapless grey silk satin with kick-ass knee-high suede embroidered boots (her choice, natch.)
So, all the weddings I've been to with people I actually know have been non-wedding-industrial complex.