[la gran siete]

I never wear suits if I can help ,but as i am going to my godson's wedding next week ,I thought I better buy something reasonably smart .Anyway I toddled off to M&S bought a pair of fine blue corderoy trousers then I saw this rather natty blue denim jacket and thought thats kind of unusual so I bought that too .To complete the ensemble I bought a blue denim shirt and a lurid tie to which my wife reacted like she was feeling ill."OH well you cant please everyone" I thought. I shall also be sporting a pair of gaucho boots and maybe a kerchief in my top pocket

[Philly112]

Should be OK if the bride's wearing a Vivian Westwood bin bag.

Phil

[JonMace]

I'm sure you do not really expect an answer lol

[Digger]

Originally Posted by la gran siete

I never wear suits if I can help ,but as i am going to my godson's wedding next week ,I thought I better buy something reasonably smart .Anyway I toddled off to M&S bought a pair of fine blue corderoy trousers then I saw this rather natty blue denim jacket and thought thats kind of unusual so I bought that too .To complete the ensemble I bought a blue denim shirt and a lurid tie to which my wife reacted like she was feeling ill."OH well you cant please everyone" I thought. I shall also be sporting a pair of gaucho boots and maybe a kerchief in my top pocket

Hmmm. . .if i were your wife I too would be considering what to wear at my next wedding .

[kingbal]

lol i'd love to see a picture of this outfit

[Toasty]

You could probably get away with it for the reception, but not really for the ceremony..

[Sonic67]

is it a cowboy wedding or something? I want a picture too. (I keep thinking of Brokeback Mountain.)

[shahedz]

let me guess, you're waiting for someone to say no and then you're going to go into one about how shallow , image concious and brand junkies everyone is.

[IronGiant]

My cousin turned up to my sisters wedding ceremony in jeans and a leather motorcycle jacket. He was nearly turned away at the door because it was assumed he was a gatecrasher.

Dave

[Ultima]

Originally Posted by shahedz

let me guess, you're waiting for someone to say no and then you're going to go into one about how shallow , image concious and brand junkies everyone is.

[GasDad]

Originally Posted by la gran siete

I never wear suits if I can help ,but as i am going to my godson's wedding next week ,I thought I better buy something reasonably smart .Anyway I toddled off to M&S bought a pair of fine blue corderoy trousers then I saw this rather natty blue denim jacket and thought thats kind of unusual so I bought that too .To complete the ensemble I bought a blue denim shirt and a lurid tie to which my wife reacted like she was feeling ill."OH well you cant please everyone" I thought. I shall also be sporting a pair of gaucho boots and maybe a kerchief in my top pocket

Your Godson probably won't care - but his future bride might.

If any one is going to bothered about it will be her (or her mother) - She will be the one who will worry about wedding photos and what everyone looks like. So I'd ask the bride to be - unless you know them really well, in which case you'll know what to do.

[BAN5HEE]

If I was your Godson I would pull back that invite. Do you really want be know as the guy who came with the denim? Seriously though. I don't care if you never wear a suit. This is his wedding day. Make an effort and wear something nice. Hiring a suit costs nothing now adays.

[Sonic67]

At a wedding lots of pictures are taken and then shown to many others at work etc. You'd stand out a mile. I assume you don't mind multiple people looking at these photos for what will be many years to come and going, "who's that?"

Aside from that I always think that weddings are the brides day and not yours. What would she say?

[shahedz]

Originally Posted by BAN5HEE

If I was your Godson I would pull back that invite. Do you really want be know as the guy who came with the denim? Seriously though. I don't care if you never wear a suit. This is his wedding day. Make an effort and wear something nice. Hiring a suit costs nothing now adays.

agreed- my sister had her wedding in May and has another reception in Nov ( one in may was in cyprus) - i would be damn annoyed knowing how much she has spent and the effort she has put in to if anyone turned up in denim- i wouldn't want them there.

[kingbal]

Just imagine the facebook comments

"Whos the roady in the denim jacket?"

"I don't know, i think he came for the free beer"

"He looks like an utter tool, its not a bikers convention!"

[Toasty]

Originally Posted by Sonic67

At a wedding lots of pictures are taken and then shown to many others at work etc. You'd stand out a mile. I assume you don't mind multiple people looking at these photos for what will be many years to come and going, "who's that?"

Back in the days when I had lots of hair, I attended a good friend of mines wedding suited, booted and brushed, tied back hair. Thought I looked the biz until I was shown pictures of me with a bright orange hair tie so any picture with a slight profile I looked a right

[bouncer]

Of course its okay, Its just as good as going naked to someones funeral.

Whats a hair tie? Sounds very obvious come to think about it.

[Ian J]

There's always one relative that ends up embarrassing the happy couple so why not go for it

[Sad099]

well at least you'll be alright if they have line dancing there

You can get on the floor and strut your stuff in the appropriate gear

[Decadence]

If it were my wedding I wouldn't have an issue with it but you wouldn't be in any of the photo's...at the evening do I would make sure you were central to the party video!

[Adam Shaw]

There's a lot of factors to consider:

Church wedding, registry office, or civil ceremony elsewhere?

Do you expect the other guests to arrive suited and booted, or do you think that it will be a more casual affair all around?

How relaxed or uptight do you expect the wedding couple to be?

At the end of the day, its their wedding, try probing them for some guidance, as you are their to celebrate their bog day, if they are going to have reservations about anyone's appearance, its best not to upset them by either conforming to their expectations of dress, or not going at all, its their party!

[Iccz]

All i have in my head atm is:


THEY CALL HIM..... MACHETE!

[signs]

Do it .... it will save the happy couple hiring a clown to keep the kids occupied

[Sad099]

You could even be the entertainment as well as a guest - just practice the song "Rhinestone Cowboy" and do your thang

Ps definately want to see pics of this

[JagoPlasma]

well look on the bright side, if you get kicked out of the wedding you will always fit in at the blue oyster club afterwards

[kBm]

Originally Posted by Ian J

There's always one relative that ends up embarrassing the happy couple so why not go for it

Cue Peter Kay's "Uncle Knob head"

[kopchoir]

I can belive your even contemplating not putting a suit on or at least a smart shirt and pants you scruff

I remember when i was a kid even just going to the hospital to see family or friends i had to have a bath and put my best clobber on never mind a wedding.
Come to think about it god my mum used to dress me in some outfits i had a different colour dickiebow for every day of the week

[la gran siete]

I went to my auntie Pats funeral in jeans and tshirt and no one batted an eyelid, so things are changing folksA lot less formal these days Actually I think the jacket is quite smart to be truthful.Its only on close inspection I realised it was denim. The shirt is kind of mottled blue cotton( not denim).I might have to reconsider the tie as it does look like someones has vomitted on it - all lurid colours.Its was only 2 quid mind.
Suits?? bah!Horrible things, unless I can find an emerald green velvet number of course. Unlikely though.
if people object I'll just stand at the back when the photos are taken so as not embarrass anyone

[signs]

Originally Posted by la gran siete

I went to my auntie Pats funeral in jeans and tshirt and no one batted an eyelid, so things are changing folksA lot less formal these days Actually I think the jacket is quite smart to be truthful.Its only on close inspection I realised it was denim. The shirt is kind of mottled blue cotton( not denim).I might have to reconsider the tie as it does look like someones has vomitted on it - all lurid colours.Its was only 2 quid mind.
Suits?? bah!Horrible things, unless I can find an emerald green velvet number of course. Unlikely though.
if people object I'll just stand at the back when the photos are taken so as not embarrass anyone

Right come on then ,you've got ten minutes, get your proposed outfit on and take a snap
then let us be the judges

[la gran siete]

Originally Posted by signs

Right come on then ,you've got ten minutes, get your proposed outfit on and take a snap
then let us be the judges

bog off. I know full well what the comments will beFrom a distance it just looks like a dark blue ensemble anyway- apart from the tie that is