Wedding Attire

[McMurdo]

I like those looks Glen, but in a lot of places you would still stand out as being over dressed, even at a wedding. To me, showing up dressed obviously better than everyone else also shows some disrespect, even if you think it ought to be appropriate. Others could feel you were trying to show yourself as better than them. It's a sad but true situation. Like you said, maybe the pendulum will swing back the other way some day.

I do not look down on people because of what they are wearing, I try my best to look presentable wherever I go and to my mind if I am being invited to a wedding or similar function then those outfits would all work and would always be appropriate for a function like that, and the people that know me know I'm not looking down on them.

I went to a wedding a couple of years back and wore a sport jacket and tie. I was still dressed better than 90% of the people there. Mostly it was slacks and a few ties, but there were also many t-shirts. And this was a wedding in a church with the weddings party in tuxedos.

I do not feel the need to dress like a slob because others do.

My thought is to dress well, but not so well that you stand out from everyone else. That's the bride's and maybe the groom's job.

I really don't think that dressing to a Semi Formal level at a wedding would put you in a position that you stood out from everyone else, a couple of years ago I was at my brothers wedding, the one I bought the tuxedo for, it was a very hot day in the midle of the summer, the Groomsmen all wore our tuxedos all, the bridesmaids wore their gowns and for the most part the guests wore suits, and gowns we all did this out of respect for the Bride and Groom and their families.