Dizzying Pace: Duds for the dudes

My FH is nuts. Well, not really, he just doesn't have much self confidence. At all. One of the things he dwells on is that he's short-waisted (his legs are longer than his torso, making his waist look higher than 'normal'). So, when we started thinking about dressing him and the groomsmen, we decided to go with a vest that's the same colour as the tux/suit (to help disguise the short-waistedness).

We were originally going to go the way of tuxes, but decided against this after seeing him and his brother in tuxes at his brother's wedding. My FH and his brother (also his BM) are very thin, and the tuxes fit so poorly, that in pictures they: a) looked as though they were drowning, or b) looked fat.

So, we decided suits were the way to go.

Image via Groom Grove

My FH did not own a suit (we're chemists, remember?), so we went out and purchased an awesome CK 3 piece suit for $400 (on sale from $600). We also bought a beautiful silver and orange paisley tie and a white French cuff dress shirt (so that he can wear his grandfather's cufflinks). Since most of the groomsmen don't have the funds to do the same, we're asking that they wear any black suit they have and we'll provide white French cuff shirts and matching orange/silver ties.

Mismatched groomsmen? I love it. They'll go well with our mismatched bridesmaids. Here's proof it can work: