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Mr. Peacock decided early into our engagement that he wanted to buy himself a tuxedo. It was a bit surprising to me as he and I rarely go to black tie events, but he said that even if he only wore it to the wedding, he wanted it to be his own. I think he had romantic ideas of pulling the tux out of his closet decades from now and one day wearing it to our children’s weddings. Cute, right?

We decided to go very traditional with the guys look- bow ties, no vests. I think this is so sexy and romantic- but it might just be that I am also a sucker for Cary Grant.

I think that I found this picture on the Knot, but it has been in my files for so long that I can’t remember! Please let me know if you know!

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It took me a few months, around 6 stores, and a couple dozen dresses to find a dress that I love. Mr. Avocado only needed 2 stores and 2 hours to find his suit. Such is life.

We decided that buying a suit would be better than renting a tux, as we are regular church goers and he would be able to wear it weekly if he so desired. Even if he doesn’t ever wear it to church, he will still be able to wear it to the corporate functions he has every once in awhile.

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Or, “How Bogart-Style Turned Out to Be Completely Bogus”

Well, I hope you’re happy, Agnes. That lovely, dreamy, steamy look won’t be conjuring up any images of martinis, shaken OR stirred, at our wedding after all. The white dinner jacket-black pants-black bow tie ensemble that we all fell so hard for, looked completely different on a body other than Bond’s…

Quick Side Note:

Mr. Shortcake was such a doll to let me dress him up when we visited the local Moore’s for Men during our trip home to B.C. Such a doll - and such a HAM:

I’m tempted to start starching and ironing his dress shirt collars just to see that face again! Read more…

The summer before we were engaged, Mr. Pinot Noir asked me what I thought of him wearing a kilt at the wedding. Wow! I did not see this coming. While I never really had a clear vision of what our wedding would look like, it definitely did not involve kilts! I always imagined he would wear something like this:

Brooks Brothers Khaki Linen Suit

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Bees, thank for all your input about Mr. Cookie’s tux. After reading the comments Mr. Cookie decided that since he has never worn a tux, and doesn’t know when he will ever wear one again, he is going to rent a tux.

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Many months ago, Mr. Cupcake and I decided that we wanted the groomsmen and dads (and, of course, the groom!) to wear suits in the wedding instead of tuxes. I’ve always had mixed feelings about tuxes, and Mr. Cupcake has never been thrilled with them, either. We both love the look of a sharp, tailored suit.

Photo by the Wiebners

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I promise I’ll cover more on my dress later - once the actual designing has begun. In the meantime, thought we should cover the manly side of our Bridal Party and get some tie talk goin’. Last week, Mr. Pom took his two most fashionable friends to MW Tux for a fashion show. There was much deliberation between the boys on what they would be wearing, as I am not one of those brides who has a specific vision - rather, I’d like for them to be comfy. Classy, mind you, but comfy.

So the real question is Tie or Bow Tie?

The green Tie Getup in question - black Calvin Klein tux, straight white shirt, white vest, green striped tie, and white pocket square.
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Our work dress code mandates that men wear ties, and the other day Mr. Milkshake came home and tossed his around my neck.

Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like every wedding photo I see nowadays involves tux + necktie, rendering the pricey tux to look like a plain old suit. Although we’re most definitely going to go the bow tie route, and this post would have perhaps been a bit more helpful pre-father’s day, I remembered there were some fantastic hand silkscreened ties on etsy.com.
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Just after our one year anniversary, I accompanied Mr. Hum to his brother’s wedding where he was the Best Man. They got married at the lovely Old Mill in Ancaster, having the ceremony outdoors and a bunch of their pictures taken by the Old Mill’s waterfall before the rain, which had been threatening to fall all day, finally came pouring down and we all ran for cover inside.

While I am crossing my fingers, such as they are, that we Hummingbirds will not be plagued by rain, Mr. Hum and I were inspired by the fun and relaxed tone of their wedding and have taken a few cues from them during our own wedding planning. One of the big things we (well Mr. Hum more than me) appreciated about their wedding was their men’s attire.

We are not uber formal people and the idea of having the guys in tuxes and whatnot for our wedding seemed a little bit too much for our tastes so, like FBIL and FSIL Hummingbird before us, we opted for a more casual look.

Nick and Erin’s Wedding, 2005. They are of course the lovely couple in the centre of the pic and my beloved Mr. Hum is standing immediately to the left of the groom.

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We finally got around to picking out the groomsmen tuxedos a couple of weekends ago. I totally forgot to blog about it because it was such an unexciting experience. With groomsmen spread out all over the east coast, pretty much our only option was Men’s Wearhouse. I don’t think I’ve ever read a review of a wedding tuxedo rental experience that wasn’t without a few mishaps, MW included. So we’re probably looking ahead to some snafus of our own, but hopefully there won’t be anything un-fixable.

Mr. T and I rolled up to our nearest MW, ready to peruse the options. We were handed a book of tuxedo choices, and picked out a couple that we were interested in…

Mr. T: Here are the two that we’d like to look at.
MW employee: Great! But, uh, we don’t actually have the tuxedos here.
Mr. T: Oh. Well I guess this one will be okay then. I’d like to look into purchasing my tuxedo though.
MW employee: Great! But, uh, we don’t actually have those here either.
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