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It mixes just fine! I'm in a wedding in September and half the guys are in dress blues and half are not. My friend made sure to coordinate the BM dresses carefully though so we all blend without being loud. We're wearing long black halter dresses with gold sashes. It'll look fine, i've seen it at other weddings, too. My FI is a captain and we've gone to a few army weddings in our haydays.
Well, my FH is wearing his Class As and the best man is wearing tux. I have seen pictures of the mix and it looks nice.
In our wedding, all the groomsmen will be in uniforms, plus my fiance, but his brother (the BM) will be in a tux. I think it should be fine! I'm pretty sure that when uniforms are involved, matching exactly doesn't matter as much, at least in my opinion. :-)
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We're doing this with AF mess dress. I actually think it'll look really classy. I'm hoping it works out where every other GM is in uniform.
My fiance is in the Marines and all his groomsmen except 2 are in the Navy. The Navy guys are all wearing their whites, and the two civilian guys are wearing white tuxes. I think it will look great since all the bridesmaids are wearing navy blue dresses!
June Bug - that is a fantastic idea! i've been going back and forth with this problem, too! I like that solution.
I thought it would look weird too--but nope. In every military wedding I've been to there's some guys in blues and some guys in tuxes. The most important part is that they all look handsome, and they do!
We mixed tan suits and white uniforms. Its not a big thing, but make sure the uniform you are putting a tux with is actually a tux equivalent! Most people think the whites are like tuxes but they aren't - they are suits. The tuxes are a whole other uniform.
I did a post about it:
http://barefootstargazer.blogspot.com/2008/10/three-men-and-uniform-dressing-boys.html
And I'm attaching a couple of photos!
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I love the look of uniforms mixed w/ suits :) I don't think it looks funny at all.
...I'm so close to putting up a post on my blog about this! I REALLY like the idea of mixing now...
My cousin is walking me down the aisle in his dress blues, and all of the groomsmen will be wearing suits. But I want him to rock those dress blues!!! He's going to look amazing!
My groom and only one of the groomsmen (not the best man) will be wearing the same uniform, while the other 3 or 4 guys will be in black suits. It's important to my fiance that he and his friend are in uniform. It's be sort of odd, but it's what he wants, so I'm going along with it.
Lilypad, its actually not odd at all. They put so much of themselves into being military that MANY of them want to be in uniform but include friends who are civilians. I'd actually think it odd not to see it mixed.
BIL is Navy and wasn't allowed to wear civilian dress! Here's our full bridal party.
Good to know, mdarrah! I've never seen something like it before but that doesn't mean it won't look good. And they should definitely be proud to wear the uniform. I was in a wedding where the best man was also in the military but had to wear a tux while the groom was the only one in uniform. To each his own!
i have not mixed dress blues YET but im getting married at the end of April and i plan on doing it than...my soon to be is wearing his dress blues and his guys are wearing tuxes...im a firm believer that the bride and groom should stand out anways...
My fiance's not millitary, but we're still having this dress uniform dilemma. My fiance and two of his groomsmen are RCMP officers, one is not. The groom is definitely wearing red serge, but I think it might look kind of funny that only one person is in a tux if we put the two groomsmen in serge as well... I think it's just going to come down to whether they really want to wear it. We're already planning a wedding around a bright red suit, so might as well throw in two more.
Worst that's happened is BIL groomsmen jokes about showing up in a Santa suit and sombrero to feel more included. Haha
well my soon to be guys wanted to wear their class A's (green uniforms) but after thinking about it i had to put my foot down and say the only one in uniform is the groom so its does not look like a freakin rainbow! lol
Haha, with red uniforms I think we've already passed the point of being a pretty loud looking crowd. I dressed my bridesmaids in grey to try and tone it down a little.
@SapphireSun - The grey toning down the red is a great idea! And well - uniforms almost always stand out (or blend in with the waitstaff!) so might as well wear 'em with pride!
FI and I were discussing this recently because of the mix we will most likely be having. FI will be wearing his Choker Whites, 2 groomsmen will be wearing Class As and then there will be the BM and a few other groomsmen not in uniform. I want all of the servicemembers to wear their uniforms because I am proud of everything that they have done to serve our country and want them to be recognized for their hardwork. At the same time, I have concerns about how everything is going to look together. I don't want the bridesmaids dresses to clash with any of the many colors on the groom's side.
i think mixing is totally appropriate! to me, it's not so much about aesthetics as it is supporting my fiance and his desire to wear his mess dress at our wedding. the same goes for our military groomsmen. they have earned the priviledge to wear those uniforms. with that said, our wedding we have the military groomsmen in their air force mess dress, and the civilian groomsmen in black and white tuxes. i think they will all look very sharp!
FH and his 4 GM are wearing their Sailor uniform for our wedding; his best man will be wearing a tux since he is not military affiliated. I actually love the idea of mixing/matching the attire because the Navy brought my FH & I together and I want to give respect to his lifestyle but at the same time incorporating mine. I think the mix will bring even more substance to your already great wedding since it will be personal.
I have seen this mix in several weddings, and I think it looks great. Besides, who doesn't love a man in uniform? 
I think that mixing looks fine. My fiancee is in the airforce and has only been in for about a year now, so the majority of his friends are not military. We still haven't decided if we're having a military wedding or not, but if we do then we're gonna have mixed groomsmen too :)
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my fh is a 2lt in the army and a good number of his groomsmen are his close buddies from west point. he has already been in a military wedding across the country and loved how it was so easy to just wear his dress blues than to worry about fittings and tuxes and figured it would be the same for his military groomsmen that are pretty scattered. he also has a lot of close non-military friends and family and wants them to be groomsmen as well.
i am all for the dress uniform because i love it and im excited about the sabers and all that and am completely fine with the tuxes for the others, ive just never seen it. ha anyone done this same sort of thing or seen it? im just really curious! thanks yall!