The groom should choose his wear based on the formality fot the wedding.
For semi-formal or formal wedding the groom needs a tuxedo. The popular
colors are black, white and gray.
Different customary attire for the groom are the following:
* For Formal Daytime Wedding - Cutaway or stroller jacket, waistcoat
Striped trouser, White wing-collared shirt
Stripped tie, studs and cufflinks
* For Formal Evening Wedding - Black dinner jacket, matching trousers
matching trousers, waistcoat, white tuxedo shirt
bow tie, vest and cufflinks
* For Semi-formal Evening - Formal suit or dinner jacket, matchin trousers
White shirts, vest, black bow tie, cufflinks and studs
* For Semi-formal Daytime - Formal suit, white dress shirt, cummerbund or vest
Four-in-hand or bow tie
* For Informal Wedding - Business suit, white dress shirt and tie
In selecting your formal wear consider darker colors for a fall or winter
wedding and lighter color for a spring or summer wedding. Reserve tuxedos for yourself
and your ushers several weeks before your wedding to insure a wide selection and
to allow enough time for alternations. Pick up the tuxedos a few days before your
wedding to allow time for last minute alternations if incase they don't fit properly.
To save money try to negotiate getting your tuxedo for free or at a discount
in exchange for having your father, your fiance's father and ushers rent their tuxedo
at that shop.