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I think you should go to the barber shop and get a straight shave. My guy does that sometimes and it's AMAZING!!!
I'd go with your bride-to-be on this one--look like yourself, even if it means not shaving on the big day. If you're worried about too much stubble for a late-day wedding, shave the night before rather than the morning before to give yourself a little leeway.
Perhaps invest in your own straight-razor kit, hook up a small slow-cooker to warm your towel for the pre-shave wrap and a nice aftershave to mark the day.
I'm the bride and I'm not sure what he should do either. One one hand we like the way he looks with a little scruff. Without it he looks about 15 years younger than me, lol. And on the other hand, we wonder if it'll look too unkempt, or if we'll look back at our pictures and think we made a bad decision.
Btw honey, I don't think you meant to put this Denver.... :-P
Well if you really do look significantly younger than your FI when clean cut, I think you should keep the scruff. Not only does it look like your usual self but you'll probably feel more mature too.
So, are you talking about stubble or a full beard? Just wanted to clarify. If you have a full (or semi-full) beard, mustache, whatever... then I think you should keep that. Why change just because you're getting married? But if it's actual stubble then I would say no. I wish I could see a picture or something! :)
My husband got a professional straight razor shave at a barber shop on our wedding day. It was better than his regular shave, plus they helped clean up his side burns.
No beard or anything, just slightly scruffy. Here's engagement pics I posted with him scruffy. Not sure I have any that are clean shaven.
Hmm...I think it's fine for the e-pics but I tend to prefer the clean shaven look myself--even if it makes you look a bit younger. That's just my personal opinion. If you want the stubble look maybe do the straight shave the day before. I highly recommend it--from all the reports I've had it's totally worth the indulgence!
I love a classic clean-shave, even if it takes a couple of years off your appearance. DH usually has some scruff, but he shaved (for me, yay!) for our wedding day. :)
My DH has the same type of 5 O'clock shadow by the afternoon hair. However, he went clean shaven for the wedding. It's just somehow more formal. I would vote clean shaven. I also know from DH's search no one in our area would do the straight razor shave either, not even my long-time hair dresser or his old school barber dad. After seeing your engagement pics, I think you can pull off the scruff but clean shaven will just look so much more put together for wedding day photos!
I vote clean-shaven. I agree with PP that it looks more formal. These pictures are forever and when you're all old and conservative you don't want to look at them and be like "gosh, I was such an unkempt young man." lol.
Thanks everyone for your advice, I'm very thankful to have it! Ultimately, it looks like the answer was most obvious after all - totally a matter of preference, with no clear cut right/wrong answer.
In the end, if I keep searching and find a place that'll do straight shaves then I will totally take that route. But regardless, I'm of the sense that the day should be more formal and special than the average and I shouldn't chance looking unkempt - there's a reason why my FI won't be doing her own hair and that's why I will go clean shaven.
Thank you again. This truly was a large help and my FI was right that you are a very kind and welcoming bunch. :) Best to you all!
my FI wears full facial hair year round. Not Grizzly Adams bushy, but close and clean and hot dayum sexy! He is definately keeping it on the day of the wedding. And I think its fitting that he looks like himself on our most special day.
I personally don't mind a little bit of scruff! The FI and I are actually doing a "shave test" right now.. he had a full beard but just shaved it down to barely there scruff. We're taking pictures every few days to see what we like best!
Team shave. Since you said you look like you have some 5 oclock shadow even when you do shave, maybe it'll feel special for the day to do it. It feels fresh, doesn't it?
Go to Floyds Barbershop, google a location near you. They still do the straight blade shaves.
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Hi all, I'm sure that I'm in the minority here as a gentleman, but my fiance is addicted to the site and I find myself with a wedding day question so I thought I'd leverage the experts. :)
My dilemma is whether or not to shave my facial hair on the big day. I regularly keep a bit of stubble, and both my FI and I prefer me this way. On the other hand, when I do shave, even when I'm fresh out of the bathroom it looks like I already have a 5 o'clock shadow. I tend to be pretty traditional though and think shaving is something I should do on the big day and as my FI says, you don't want to look back in 20 years and wonder "what the heck were you thinking?"
So...to stubble, or not to stubble?? Does anyone have any advice or insight into getting a better, closer, cleaner shave than for the everyday? (I used to dream of having a straight shave at an old fashion barber shop, but I've learned they stopped doing that in the area of the wedding years ago due to AIDS.)
Thanks all!!