let's hear it for the boys

when i started wedding planning, i had a vision for the boys to wear something very nautical, such a this - 

navy blazers with a khaki pant

sorry, i managed to loose track of which knottie bio this photo was from

cue the record scratch-------- not in this lifetime, my fiance wants to wear a tux he says!

so for the past few months we've been duking it out about nautical vs. formal attire.

and let's just say, i let him win this one, since he did make a valid point: it is his wedding day too, and he'd like to wear something special, like a tux.

 (plus i'm growing less and less interested in decision making as the wedding approaches) 

a place i never thought i'd find myself!

after a failed attempt at MTux (Men's Warehouse's tux store) we tried again at the South Coast Plaza Friar Tux shop... and we were pleasantly surprised by the attentiveness and actual knowledge of the sales guys. 

here's FI looking very dapper in tux coat #1 - a look i like to call California Casual (lame joke)

(this was the most expensive, of course, the guy has expensive taste)

man, i'm really diggin' the shorts and RVCA shirt with the jacket!

look #2  - the skinny/ shinny lapel - this option was quickly ditched for option #1

he appears to not like this paparazzi style of documenting this wedding errand

now for the rest of my groom and his entourage's attire...

i really love the way this groom tied his shirt and tie in with the wedding's color pallet, it also helps dress down the fact that he's wearing a tux 

(i like this idea, i just think a tux is too formal for our wedding)

just to refresh your memory, we have some very bright BM's dresses we're working with here

sorry this dress is no longer available at Jcrew

here are the 2 most "creative" ties offered for rent at Friar Tux, 

which work with our color scheme...

the paisley - we are thinking will be the GM's ties, unless we find something better

and here is the stripe and dotted tie for senior groom, 

and like the GM's this will be his tie unless we find something better

now about that something better.... ideally, we'd love to get the guys ties that they can keep... and maybe have a custom tag sewn into it with the date or our names to personalize it.

in my dreams (from L to R, CW) are the best ties for our wedding, according to my internet hunting! =)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

four of these ties are made by Thomas Pink, if you haven't heard of him... oh, he has great menswear, but not a cheap price tag! 

i never thought there would be so many elements to picking out what the guys will wear... has anyone else found themselves caring a whole lot more about the guys' attire than they thought the ever would?