he could do a black tux with an ivory shirt? kind of like this:
or white shirt and ivory tie?
My dress was ivory, with a champagne (just darker ivory) sash. He work a block 3 piece suit with a lavendar shirt and purple tie :) Here is a link to our photographers face book page with some pictures!
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150236409531135.318296.56918161134
My husband wore a uniform for the ceremony/photos and changed to a tux for the reception. Black tux, ivory vest, white shirt. Here's us standing side by side for comparison sake.
Yeah, you can get ivory shirts and vests.
Why not also go for a grey suit? This is a softer colour and (IMHO) will go better with the softer ivory colour.
Or he could even go for a taupe suit, like here:
Mine was ivory and my husband (whee!) wore a shirt that wasn't bright bright white, it was more of a soft white.
this is a picture of a friend of a friend. she is wearing an ivory, almost champagne dress and her husband wore a stark white shirt. i think it looks fine. you can also have him wear an ivory shirt, or mix and match white and ivory as PP have posted.
sorry for the huge pic, WB wouldn't let me resize it.
here is her photog's blog if you want to see more pics...
http://jendery.net/wordpress/jennifers-posts/riviera-country-club-jennifer-dery-photography/
The rule is if you wear ivory then your groom and his groomsmen must wear ivory as well or your dress will look dirty against the white
Ivory will not look "dirty" near white shirts, especially not with with a gold overlay. Ivory shirts are nice, though, but not if the guys are renting from Men's Wearhouse and intend to get ivory shirts that way. It's an option, they just look and feel horrible! If they all buy shirts, then no prob. Still, white looks fine. I also loooove men in pastel shirts at weddings.
Sry pic isn't besequal but my dress was ivory and hub wore grey and our colors were shades of purple and ivory .. Thought colors were very romantic
The overlay of my dress was ivory, while the layer underneath was a blush-champagne color. My husband wore a charcoal suit with a lighter grey button-down shirt and solid burgundy satin tie. I pulled in the burgundy with my shoes, and he had an ivory rose boutoniere.
Here are some photos...
Someone on my facebook wore a really lovely ivory/gold gown... and her husband wore a BRIGHT WHITE SUIT. That was BAD and looked atrocious in photos. Everybody ever: don't do that! However, if it's just a white shirt (especially against a grey suit -- i love grey suits!) i think you're fine.
I have an ivory dress and I'm dressing my husband in all black, so.. black is always a cheap fix!
I'm wearing ivory, and my fi will be wearing a black tux - i'm entertaining the idea of an ivory shirt with a fuschia tie [black ivory & hints of fuschia are our wedding colors]
My dress is supposedly ivory, though it really looks more silver to me, and while I WISH my fiance would wear a grey suit, he's going to be in a full tux (black obviously). And I sincerely doubt I could get him to wear an ivory shirt. I think it'll be fine though.
@lightmist: Where's that first picture from? I really like that look!
I had an ivory dress with a champagne sash and the groom(smen) wore black tuxes w/ ivory shirts and champagne vests.
We found really nice Van Huesen ivory dress shirts at Kohls. Got them on sale for the groom and all the guys at 12 bucks each!!
I held a white dress shirt up against my dress first thinking it wouldn't be a big deal, but I was surprised at how noticable it was. It probably depends on how "ivory" the ivory dress is - some are closer to white and it wont matter, others will stand out more.
I had this dilemma too. I ooked and looked and I didnt really like the look of ivory shirt with ivory tie/vest, so my fi will wear white shirt with ivory tie and vest. I think it looks fine. You can do some searches here, there's a ton w/this same discussion and pictures :) and also on google -white shirt ivory dress -something like that-and you'll get a ton of pics.
I wore an ivory dress and my husband wore a black suit with a white shirt and a silver tie. We looked fine in photos and my dress didn't look dirty or dingy.
@smcopp89: I really like the look of your husband's grey shirt with the burgandy tie! :) I never thought about my hubby wearing a colored shirt!
@riakd: I have the same type of dress as you. I'm making them wear an ivory shirt
I wore an ivory dress. DH wore a black tux with a white shirt and ivory tie and vest.
@StarryNight2011: Thanks! I think he looked perfect, but then again I'm a bit bias! I had always envisioned him in a grey suit with a burgundy tie, and he really liked the combination as well, so it was the way to go for us. And, it was a toss up between a grey and ivory shirt, but we both fell in-love with the grey.
My fiance's tie has white in it so we've decided on a white shirt instead of ivory with his grey suit. Plus all of the ivory shirts that we found looked super yellow--I was not a fan. My sister said that her husband wore a white shirt with his black tux and it looked fine next to her ivory dress. I still have pictures from their wedding and I agree that it looked fine. In fact,I wouldn't have even known the difference had she not told me.
Thank you all for the great suggestions! You've got my wheels turning now for sure. The taupe suit looks great! And I hadn't thought of the ivory vest or tie, so that's a possibility. Aaaaand, the colored shirt tie --- that's really neat! I hadn't even considered that option!
You all rock!! :o)
I'll talk this over with my fiance and let you know how it goes.
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Hi Bees,
I need some fashion advice.
My wedding dress is ivory lace over light gold satin. It has an antiquey look to it, though in certain lighting, it can look more white and less antiquey.
Anyhow, my worry is how this will look with whatever my groom ends up wearing. He's thinking the standard black tux/white shirt. But will my off-white outfit look odd against his bright-white shirt?