5 tips on how to dress for your wedding agroom's guide to wedding dress code [0:00:00] hi! i'm antonio centeno. i'm the founder ofreal men real style. today, gentlemen, i'm going to give you five tips on how to dressfor your wedding. this is basically a groom's guide, an intro to style. i'm not going toget into the specifics of each type of dress
Wedding After Party Dress Code, code. that's something i've got an entirevideo on. i talk about black tie, formal dressing, semi-formal dressing, white tie, casual weddings.i know i could get into a lot more of this. if you are interested, you're getting marriedmaybe this year, getting married here pretty soon, go check out smart groom guide. i gointo a lot more detail there. in fact, that's
an entire course that helps a groom not onlywith the clothing, but also with the etiquette, gift guides, all of the little things thatmake weddings sometimes a hassle. i try to give you guys some checklist on the duties,even some music ideas, gift ideas for all the groomsmen and everything perhaps involvedin your wedding. the purpose of this, i'm going to give youfive tips. these are very general, high-level tips, but they're important because it allstarts with number one, which is be the best-looking man you can be. now, there are a lot of thingswe can’t control in life. our face and the way it's shaped, what we were given, we can'treally change that, but what we can do is we can work on the packaging. that's one ofthe things i talk about at real men real style
and my other website, a tailored suit, otherwebsites across where i guest post. i always talk about the purpose of clothingis to help you be the best man you can be. it simply gives you a bit of strength. it'slike a piece of armor that fits on you on your wedding day, the day that you commityourself to another person. it's a sign of respect. that's really what it's about. you'reshowing not only respect to your bride. you're showing respect to everyone, your family,your friends, everyone who is invested in you and wants to be a part of your journey.that's why we're dressing and you want to put your best foot forward. in those pictures, for decades, people aregoing to look back -- you're going to look
back on those pictures. your kids are goingto look back on those pictures, your grandkids, and you want to in a sense be, "wow! grandpawas really handsome. i can see why grandma went for him." that's the kind of responseyou want to get, not something like, "wow! i can tell this was in the 1970s," which youcan with some wedding pictures. now, point number two, start early and i'mtalking about 90 days out if you can and that's a bare minimum. the reason you want to startpreparing all of this early, number one, you're going to save a lot of money if you have timeto start assembling. i own a custom clothier. one of the most expensive things i would saywhen a guy comes in is he needs everything rushed. literally he's getting married intwo weeks and we're having to stop everything,
put his order up to the front overnight, thatkind of stuff, which brings in point number two. it brings in a lot of stress becauseif it's not right, then you're going to have to compromise. you're going to have to findsomething that works. give yourself time. give yourself about 90days. if you can give yourself longer, especially if you're on a very tight budget, you couldstart looking in thrift stores. you can ask around. you can find things that you're goingto get for pennies on a dollar. you're going to be able to save a lot of money. have a short time frame? okay, you're probablygoing to spend a little bit more, but number three -- and this goes with giving yourselftime -- practice what you're going to be wearing.
what do i mean by that? actually wear theclothing. now, a little bit more difficult if you've decided you're going to go withblack tie. now, i talk about this in another video andin my guide to everything, when you should wear black tie or white tie. a vast majorityof you guys know -- or a morning dress. you're probably not going to go with that. maybeyou guys watching me over at london, perhaps you will, but for most people, the highestlevel they're going to go is black tie or the tuxedo. i would recommend though thinking about suits.the great thing about a suit and how it applies to this point practicing is if you get a darksuit, you can wear it with other things. all
of a sudden, you can own that suit early.you can perhaps wear it out to an evening out of town with your fiancã©. you can wearit around and you can possibly even wear it to work. you want to be careful. you don’twant to damage it. ideally, what you want is to get a feel for it. okay. i'm used to wearing this. what you don’twant to have is on your wedding day -- and this is why i think a lot of formal clothinggets such a bad name, is we only wear it -- and it's almost like a costume. clothing is acostume if you're only wearing it for that one event and you're not used to it. whatyou want is something that actually you're proud to wear. you've worn it before and youfeel comfortable in. you've actually identified
some of the hotspots, perhaps had them tailoredand adjusted to fit by a local tailor or seamstress, so you're used to wearing it. you feel comfortable in it. it's not the firsttime and you can really dress things down by just wearing it open collar, white shirtor something like that, but ideally you want to practice wearing what you're going to wear,especially the shoes. don’t wear brand new shoes the first day. practice wearing thoseshoes even if it's around the house. practice wearing the clothing. [0:05:06] point number four, decide on a dress codeand announce it. now, i've talked about this.
we've got from black tie to semi-formal tosuits to almost business wear to a casual wedding. the thing is you want to be veryclear not only with the immediate people that are going to be in the wedding party, butyou want to let people that are going to attend. that's one of the things and that's a wholeseparate video in which people have asked me, "antonio, i'm going to a wedding" or "antonio,i've been invited to a wedding this summer. i've been invited to a wedding on the beach."be very clear in the invitation what the dress code is, and if you have room, if you canexpand on it, give people examples. now, understand that as the groom, you'regoing to be expected to be the best dressed man there. well, maybe not, perhaps if youget married in vegas and you've had a little
bit to drink. well, don’t get married ifyou've had a little bit to drink in vegas. the point is the vast majority of time, thegroom is expected to be the best dressed man at the wedding, so that's going to set thestandard for every other man that's going to be attending the wedding, so be very clearwhat the dress code is and what's expected. number five, communicate with your futurewife. now, i know some of you guys are saying, "antonio, that's where it's all going to start.she's in charge." well, i'd like to challenge that. i think it's important that a man hasa say, that he's able to go back and he's able to look at it. if you're in the unitedstates, we have this new tradition -- and this is relatively new -- in which you haveall of these groomsmen and they're all matching.
honestly, this came out of the rental industrybecause they said, "hey, if we do this, we can rent more tuxes." don’t feel that you have to do this. whati like to do is see a group actually give a dress code and say, "everyone needs to showup in dark, solid suits" that are classic, that fit them well, and we want to maintainthis general look. but to be honest, that's going to be perfectly fine. give people direction. that's the cool thing about a dress code,but communicate that with your bride. make sure she's onboard with it. i think if you'reable to take the bull by the horns and you're able to say, "hey, i've researched this. i'mgoing to run with this. i'm going to make
sure that everyone is up to snuff," then she'sgoing to be fine with it. i've been to weddings, i've been in weddingsin which we show up and everyone is renting and half of them don’t even fit. in fact,one time i remember we're going to a wedding and my wife is adjusting people's suits. she'snot even a seamstress, but she knows how to sew. she's adjusting people's suits in thevan as we're heading to the wedding so that they fit a bit better. half the stuff wasill-fitted. guys, that's what happens when you rent, nothingagainst rentals. i'm sorry. i know some of you guys out there own those types of stores,but the problem is when you're not prepared. if you go through these tips, again, go checkout smart groom guide. i go into a lot more
detail there. guys, at the end of it, i wishyou the best in your wedding and have fun on what is going to be one of the days thatyou're going to look back -- i'm not going to say it's going to be your most fun day,but i will say it's going to be one of those days that you're going to remember for therest of your life. you're going to look back on it and your family is going to be proudthat you are able to show up there and put your best foot forward for your future bride,for your family, and for yourself. all right guys, take care. see you in thenext video. bye-bye. [0:08:36] end of audio
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