Weddingbee Blog

So the men in our bridal party are giving me quite a bit of crap.

Actually, it’s not the men that are the problem, it’s their ties. I am trying to find ties, and it is really hard. Every time I walk into a Men’s Macy’s, I kinda feel like throwing myself on the floor and having a tantrum. I kid, I kid.

But seriously now. As you might recall, my bridesmaids chose the following dresses:

They will be beautiful! In my head, I visualized that the groomsmen would have matching, fabulous ties. Now, if I were Alfred Angelo (creator of the bridesmaid dresses), I would make ties to match all of the dress colors. Seems to me that there would be a market for such a thing. Alfred Angelo, however, doesn’t seem to agree, so I am on my own.

When Momma Puff was in town, we actually managed to find four ties that matched the dresses PERFECTLY:

I had Alfred Angelo’s swatch book, and trust me, they are a perfect match. The problem, of course, is that we are one tie short. The tie in question is Cobalt. When I first started this tie search, I thought cobalt and red would be the easiest to find. After all, who makes ties in persimmon, lime and turquoise? Well, apparently Countess Mara does. But they do not make one in a deep blue.

When Mr. Cream Puff and I went back to Macy’s to get him a tux (more on that later), he thought we should just buy another shade of blue and call it a day. I was doubtful, but I said to myself, “maybe this is one of those things I should just let go.” After all, not everything is going to be perfect, and that’s fine. So we bought it. But in the back of my mind, I’m still thinking that we should return it and start over. I’ve looked for a cobalt tie in a different style/brand and can’t find any that don’t stick out like a sore thumb. I can’t decide which would be more obvious–a tie that doesn’t match all the other ties, or a tie that doesn’t match a dress. What do you guys think?

Here we have the black sheep of the family. Or shall I say, the “light blue” sheep of the family:

And just to show you, all together, the ties and the dresses:

In retrospect, it would have been far better to arrange the ties in the same order as the dresses, but oh well. The tie on the far left is supposed to match the dress on the far right. What do you guys think? Let it go, or start from scratch?