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•Created by globetrotter on 5/24/2024 in #questions-and-advice
Groom in morning dress vs groomsmen in suits?
Should groom wear morning dress for wedding?
I'm getting married in the summer and planning to get something bespoke. Wedding ceremony is outdoors and at 4pm with reception beginning immediately afterwards. Cocktails are outdoors from 4:30-6pm with dinner and the rest of the reception indoors from 6 until late. Ceremony, cocktails, and dinner/dancing all at the same venue. Venue is in Colombia (in a metropolitan city, not tropical)
My fiancée would like me to wear morning dress and I'm not opposed. However, I understand it's not proper etiquette to wear morning dress past 6:30pm. Were I to go the morning dress route I assume I'd need to change into something else by dinnertime? I was considering getting morning dress and possibly a second suit (or possibly going a bit unconventional with the morning suit and doing it in a different colour and getting an additional suit jacket that matches the trousers). That way I would change into the lounge suit or possibly dinner jacket for the evening (white tie would definitely be out of place and excessive). My fiancée plans to wear 2 dresses, so in a way me changing clothes would complement her changing from ceremony to reception dress too.
My groomsmen would not be in morning dress, just matching 2 piece lounge suits. Would it be odd for me to be in morning dress and them not? All other male guests will be in suit and tie. I doubt any will be in black tie.
Thoughts?
TLDR: is it ok for me (groom) to wear morning dress while my groomsmen and guests don't? What would be reasonable to change into after 6pm?
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