Need some ideas for a pageboy outfit, not too formal

sethsgran

I am helping a close family member come up with ideas for her wedding in December. She wants to have 2 pageboys, 5 & 3, but doesn't want the overly formal suits. The wedding is in church with flower girls and bridesmaids, white wedding etc. She simply wants the boys to look smart but not so dressed up they look like little old men. Any suggestions please.

jackieglasgow

Monsoon have lovely boys clothes, in fact a whole section on their site is called Paigeboys or something similar, they have lots of lovely little waistcoats, shorts, trousers etc you coould make alovely outfit from.

ETA here's alink, obviously most of it is summery just now, but they will have a winter range out before then, too.
http://www.monsoon.co.uk/Monsoon-Bridal/Paige-Boy/icat/pageboy&bklist=icat,5,shop,children,boy,pageboy

sethsgran

ooh thanks for the link

rinroo

My 2 son's are matching their dad with suits, but at my sisters wedding last year, my sons were pageboys and they wore navy blue trousers with a matching blue waistcoat and a relaxed rolled up linen shirt and converse pumps, they looked super trendy and smart! But then all the men wore converse under the suits.

sethsgran

Converse, excellent idea, thanks for that

kr15snw

At a recent wedding the page boys just had matching trousers (grey to match the groom) and then white shirts and pink cravats (same as the groom). At 2 and 3 they were ADORABLE!

Plus their mums admitted the trousers and shirts they could keep forever

faerie_girl

We are getting something like this for our son: http://www.mamasandpapas.com/product-three-piece-tank-set/s0006874/type-s

Something he can wear again! It will probably be the last thing we buy along with some new shoes. He's slowed right down with his growth so i know if we buy him anything now he'll have a growth spurt! Mothercare, Adams (now only online), Asda etc all do similar things so I am not going to worry about picking anything up at short notice.

sethsgran

I love the ideas so far and I'm sure the bride will find some inspiration from everyone. Thanks so much. The Mamas and Papas is fantastic