Should the Groom and the Best Man wear exactly the same at a wedding?

Question

Should the Groom and the Best Man wear exactly the same at a wedding?

Answer 1

noo

there is normally a colour scheme at the wedding, eg the bridesmades where the same colour dresses as the bestman's tie/cravatte

you should wear a darker shade of tie, or even a waist coat of that colour so you stand out

Answer 2

They can do but the groom must then wear a badge saying 'Groom'. (for the bride)

Answer 3

Depends on your style of wedding. Are you having a church wedding. If so it always look better on the photos.

Answer 4

They don't have to but mine did. My husband and all the groomsmen wore the same thing...what made them different were their boutonnieres. My husbands matched my bouquet with bling and pearls and red and white rose, the best man wore red and white roses and the groomsmen wore red, while the fathers wore white.

Answer 5

its entirely up to you its your wedding, if you want to wear the exact same thing then there's no law against it, as long as the person you are marrying feels the same way about it

Answer 6

no. to tacky. they can wear similar things, like the same suit but different handkerchiefs, or different suits same handkerchiefs. hope i helped =]

Answer 7

really no it's bad taste  

Answer 8

no because the groom is supposed to stand out now the best man doesnt have to wear the same thing as the grooms men...cause hes better :) thats how my wedding was...the groom stands out just like the bride stands out from the maid of honor

Answer 9

no, its tacky and looks cheap. make the best man look worse than the groom, but same colors.

Answer 10

The groom should stand out from the best-man.  He should look some what better, just like the bride stands out from her wedding party.

Answer 11

No, the grrom should have the best than the best man :)

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Answer 12

We had the best man and all the groomsmen in the same, the groom and the ring bearers wore the same. The groom should be a little different so that people, who might not know him as well, will be able to tell which one he is.

Answer 13

well at our wedding they both looked different

we had three ushers and the father of the bride looking the same. They had lilac waist jackets with lilac cravats. My husband wore a cream waist jacket with mushroom cravat and the best man had a cream waist jacket with lilac cravat!!!

But it is entirely your choice as to what colours they were!!!

Answer 14

In my opinion, no. The grooms vest & tie should match the wedding gown color. The best man's vest & tie should match the maid/matron of honor's gown.

Answer 15

No, I don't think that they should. It's the groom's wedding day and not the best man's. What we are doing is the groom is wearing all white, the groommen's are wearing black suits with the tie and vest a certain color and a white dress shirt. The only difference for the best man is he will have a black dress shirt underneath his black suit.That's the best thing we could come up with to differentiate him b/c we have 3 wedding colors. Their tuxess could be similar but you might wanna make sure the best man is recognized as the best man and won't confuse anyone as the groom lol.  

Answer 16

No they should not wear the same thing.Why would they?

Answer 17

I'd personally ignore all the sanctimonious smarties saying 'Nooooo!'

Simple matter of personal taste.

I got married recently, and myself and the best man were practically identically dressed, except the tartan in his kilt was different to the tartan in mine. And frankly it looked smart as f*ck.

Anyone who thinks the groom is going to get much attention at a wedding obviously hasn't been to many. No one is looking at the groom. No one gives a particular stuff about the best man. Everyone, and I mean everyone, in the church, register office or wherever, is looking at the bride.