Wedding Attire

[PiobBear]

I dont know where you grew up, but the last funeral I went to in my hometown I was the only one in a suit.

Where I grew up (Athens, Georgia), a gentleman never attended church, a wedding, or a funeral without a jacket & tie from the time they were old enough to stand up.

I attended a funeral yesterday for a friend, with the graveside service this morning. Virtually every male was in a jacket & tie, including many of us in kilts, pretty much as I described above. There were about four or five (out of maybe 200 or so) in T-shirts and blue jeans, who went up as a group to eulogize their former Scout master, as it turned out. A woman standing next to me leaned over and whispered, "Of all the things the Boy Scouts taught those young men, it's a pity they never taught them to dress appropriately."

[macwilkin]

The Mid West just seems to be a more "informal" place nowadays. The only people you see in suits are the old men who were raised in that scenario. Most folks my age wear jeans and a polo/button down, and think that's enough. I've always enjoyed dressing up, but like BB, don't want to outdress the groom.

Now, I wouldn't say that so quickly...I know a number of "young'uns" in our St. Andrew's Society here in the Midwest who wear suits/blazers etc. to various functions, myself included.

T.

[davedove]

Now, I wouldn't say that so quickly...I know a number of "young'uns" in our St. Andrew's Society here in the Midwest who wear suits/blazers etc. to various functions, myself included.

T.

That may be true Todd, but I'm sure you'll agree that for a lot of people "dressing up" means putting on the clean jeans. Growing up in southern Illinois, I even knew a few old farmers that would dress up by wearing a tie with their overalls.