Parent attire of the bride and groom

Hello there! I need suggestions, what is the perfect color for the bride's mother if the wedding motif is a combination of midnight blue and lime green. thank you so much, guys!

The only I am supplying for my parents is my mom corsage and my dad bow tie and cuff links that say father of the bride. i am not concerned with what else they wear.

Even if you do give them guidelines, they might not follow them. My mother in law to be went against what my FH and I told her.


We said long, navy or dusty pink dress a(two colors she was ok with) that has a lace top and flowy bottom. This would match the looks of the bridesmaids and my mom's dress. She found one that was absolutely beautiful but returned it as she "didn't feel comfortable," it's mostly because we paid for the dress Nd Her husband had to convince her to accept the gift. She's not a gift person.

In the end, she made (she's a seamstress so she does create beautiful things) this awful brown, tree trunk looking dress. That's not really lace, more like this crochet pattern. It has taffeta in it, I hate taffeta and satin. And it's very rigid, no flow to it at all. It doesn't match anything else in the wedding let alone the wedding party. Were both upset, we had a vision for the look of our pictures and now we're stuck with this awful awful dress. All because she "doesn't like to stand out". Sorry but your the mother of the groom, youre going to have attention on you that day whether you like it of not.

Even her husband, which is my FH's step dad, bought his blazer before asking the groomsmen colors. Guess what? He bought the same color we wanted to put them in. My FH changed his/their color so it wouldn't look the same.

I’d be more concerned with what my dad is wearing down the aisle and not so worried about what my mom will wear. She has good taste and always take pride in looking good. There are no rules unless you have some does and don’t. So if you don’t care, then tell her to pick something she likes. And tell everyone else to mind their own business lol

I didn't think this would really bother me or matter, but when it came time for his sister to take their mom shopping for a dress, she told me that she was going to get their mom a pink dress. A big No came out of my mouth, I said she is the groom's mother and she should be in Blue, actually I would be ok with any colour other then pink for her. My mom has passed away, and her favorite colour was dusty rose, it's a darker pink, and at that moment I didn't want his mom to wear any pink at all. I miss my mom terribly, and the feeling of you're not my mom, so you can't wear pink was really over powering.

Our dads are both wearing black tuxes same as the groom and groomsmen and our moms will wear a colour that compliments our colours (purple, gold and navy blue) without matching the colour of the bridesmaids dresses

No white for the the MOB or MOG. That's for the bride unless the bride is in another colour. My grandma did that too my mom and my mom was upset especially when she told her not too.

I have never thought about it either. I'd assume it's up to them for what they should wear? We let them choose their own attire.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys!

Im not much of a girl that looks at colors or knows how well colors go together. so its a bit hard for me to think about them. i have enough to think about how things are matching at the wedding alone. But i think ill go with seeing what their ideas are and just go from there i guess

I told my dad that I'd like if he wore black or navy for a suit.. basically no grey as that's the colour the groomsmen will be in.

He asked if he should wear a tux.. but that was a no go as he'd be more formal than the groom. I haven't talked to my FFIL about dress code and he hasn't asked.

The mum's both asked what colour.. our colours are a variety of greys, silvers, whites and pale yellow. So I said blue or champagne would rock. my mum went with champagne and his mum went with blue so it worked out.

My mom asked me too, and I told her whatever she likes. I would like for my parents to match and fiance's parents to match but I don't have a preference as to the colours. If they ask again, just tell them to pick something out. And if they show you, then just say it's good. That's my plan if my mom asks if I like her dress.

I would just tell them they should follow the dress code you have given everyone else and try to avoid the colours the wedding party will be wearing. They can coordinate within the colour palette of your wedding though for sure.

I gave some guidance to my parents so they had something to work with. I told my mom no purple, as my bridesmaids were in that colour. It happened that both my mom and the groom's mom chose dark blues. The fathers are renting suits so we chose what colours to have them in (black on black).

If you don't have a preference about colours, maybe just give them a style (like Laura suggests below), such as casual, formal, semi-formal etc...

Good luck! (I love your colours by the way....grey and yellow were my second choice for my wedding colours).

People like to have guidance... it helps them have a focus point to start on. What is your secondary colour, or do you have one? *Edit: I see now your second colour is yellow. That's not necessarily a great colour for dresses... but maybe select a complimentary shade for the moms to pick from? For example, my "palette" is Navy, Silver, Black & "Sparkle" for a January winter wedding. My bridesmaids are in navy, boys in black on black. I've asked my mom to gear towards silver/grey, but my FMIL says she looks good in dark purple. I think that is a complementary colour to my palette, so I told her that would be fine. I'm a total control freak though... so I am doing a preliminary shopping trip with everyone to get a feel for what they like, and then they can go from there.

Remember, parents are going to be in a lot of the photos, and they want to look like they belong, not just another guest in a random colour that doesn't match the rest of your bridal party.

I don't think it matters but it's entirely personal preference as well. With your wedding party in grey, there's no risk of colour clashing since grey goes with everything (I'm also doing grey). If you don't care at all, then I think you can give them free rein or maybe just give them a style bucket to fall under (for example, formal, black tie, semi-formal, casual).

I think that it shouldn't matter what they wear, they are there to support you and watch you on your wedding day. Obviously they should wear something nice but I don't think we should tell guests what to wear no matter who it is. The wedding day is already stressful and so much planning before the big day the last thing you should have to worry about is clothing. Wish you luck though.

I don't know that there are any. When asked, I told the moms: no white or navy (my maid's colour) but other than that, go nuts.

Dad's we asked them to wear a black suit, but my husband chose that since he did all the style choices for the guys involved in the wedding.