Since we want our groomsmen to wear suits rather than tuxes, we thought we'd also pick up some "accessories," if you will, to personalize their outfits a bit more and also function as part of their wedding party gift. We want their look to be unified so that people can tell that they're part of our wedding party, so here are some of our ideas:
Ties
I'm not sure if I've ever told anyone this before, but our first official wedding purchase (made a month before the actual engagement, haha), was a tie for Eddie, purchased on Etsy from seller rabbitstop (Tie One On). As our colors and look have evolved, we're not entirely sure if he'll wear it on the big day, but since he's worn it several times since then so we've definitely at least gotten our money's worth.
Here is the tie we purchased! Vivian from Tie One On is really nice, and she offered to customize our ties for our groomsmen based on our colors and what she could find at the fabric shop. The hand-made quality is really nice, and the ties, while not 99 cent store ties, are a pretty good price compared to ones you could find in a department store. Another popular Etsy tie shop is Cyberoptix Tie Lab, where Eddie got his groomsmen tie for a wedding he was in last year. They have some great graphic screen-printed designs.
This was Eddie's tie, the popular Oak Tree design (but his was in yellow).
Suspenders
It was important to us that the groomsmen looked unified without their jackets on, since it's going to be hot and we don't want them to have to wear their jackets after we're done with the ceremony and pictures. One solution is to have them rent matching vests, but most of the vests that you can rent just felt too prom-y for us (when we want a more informal look), so we thought that suspenders might do the trick!
Ok, I know what some of you might be thinking: "Suspenders? Like a clown?!?" While it's true that we were looking for suspenders we did come across a lot of atrocities like these, suspenders can look so cool! Let me convince you.
(OnceWed)
Jessica Claire, whose wedding I've already mentioned several times, had half of her groomsmen wear vests, and the other half, suspenders. From Style Me Pretty, shot by Jose Villa.
So far, the biggest challenge has been just trying to find grey X-back suspenders (not a fan of the Y-back ones)! Even at Macy*s, they only have two colors: taupe and black. But I've seen some different options online for under $20-I'm confident that we'll find something.
Socks
Socks are quite possibly one of the most popular groomsmen gifts, particularly fun argyle socks. It's probably because they contribute to lots of fun pictures! They are fairly easy to find in men's stores and even Target, but Eddie is picky about socks, so I'll let him get them for the guys.
(via Google Images)
(Jose Villa)
Tie Clips/Bars
After Eddie decided that he wanted the J. Crew Ludlow suit, I really fell in love with the look of the tie clip in the photo. I think that it really adds to the look. But the J. Crew tie clip is $75!! That was definitely more than I wanted to spend. So we started hunting around for tie clips (also sometimes referred to as tie bars). We found some great stuff on Amazon! Here are a few that we saved:
What are your favorite men's accessories (and is there a manlier way to describe such things)?
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