Matching cravats????

elliebobs

Hi all

just after some opinions as to what everyone else is doing.

Wedding isn't until Jan 2013 but me and the OH were discussing what colour cravats he is having. This is his area so I'm not bothered what colour he goes for but I'm a bit confused as to whether the groom and the best man etc have to match.

Looking at some other wedding photo's they all match but my feeling is that if someone was to look at the photo's how would they know who the groom was; am I being stupid!

All the men are wearing matching tartans so the only thing that will differentiate them is the cravat colour.

What are you all doing or what did you do?????

White_Sapphire

There are a few ways of differentiating the groom, best man and ushers; different cravats, waistcoats, a bigger buttonhole for the groom, etc

Entirely up to you/him which one(s) you choose!

ShrinkingSavingKaren

We all had morning suits for hubby ushers and best man etc the rest had a deep blue hubby had navy but as above its personal choice really x

elliebobs

phew! so I'm not going bonkers then. Thanks ladies; different coloured cravats it is then. That would totally confuse OH; having to chose two colours; he gets all bemused at the Subway counter so this could send him into meltdown!

MaggieBaking

We dressed our fathers in red waistcoats and cravats and my husband wore them in ivory.

trying_2_b_good

Best Men & Ushers wore blue cravats and husband wore ivory. Looked really nice, and easy to differentiate! Plus he matched me better as I was in ivory, not blue!

Idiophreak

Guess it depends on your attitude toward the thing. Personally, as the groom, I didn't want to be "special"...I wanted to be seen as an equal to the rest of the guys involved, so I wore exactly the same. The only slight differentiation was the best men, who had little insignia badges, like in You, Me and Dupree - a running joke. That meant that I looked exactly the same as the ushers and groomsman.

Oh, I also awarded the coolest cufflinks in order of seniority...
So I, naturally, had Batman
BM were Spiderman and Superman
Then ushers were Captain America and The Phantom
And groomsman was Iron Man.
But you'd have had to be paying real close attention to pick that up

In terms of "how would they know who's the groom"...I thought the whole "snogging the bride" thing might give that away

aworbey

At my brothers wedding we just reversed the colours on the waistcoats and cravat so best man etc had cream waistcoat with red flowers on and a red cravat and the groom had a red waistcoat with cream flower and a cream cravat.

floss2

DH had the same cravat & waistcoat as the BM & ushers, he had a larger buttonhole with an orchid & a rose (a buttoniere), the others just had a rosebud.

picklepick

My DH had a bigger buttonhole than all the other groomsmen. We had the added issue that he and his Best Man are identical twins and still people could tell them apart.

Another point though, are you letting him choose colours regardless of whatever colour theme you're having? My DH's cravats matched the colour of my Bridesmaids dresses.

Mrs_Moore_To_Be

Ours had all the same colour - Hot Pink. The wedding Party had cravats and husband has ruched tie in the exact same colour. He also had a different waitcoat to the rest of the wedding party. His buttonhole was also a bit more 'fancier'
Pic of the bridal party minus FOB & FOG:

Plus he will look like the groom as he will be standing next to the bride!! :rotfl: