Wedding Forum - Bridal party dress code...

Hi, I was wondering if I could ask you all a (silly) question....?
I was wondering whether anyone had any guidance on bridal party dress code?
I understand that it is usual for the ushers and best men to dress the same or similar as the groom (as it's a civil ceremony the boys will be in suits), which may include co-ordinated waistcoats, ties etc to match the colour being worn by the bridesmaids. But what is the traditional dress code for the father of the groom & father of the bride? Should they also be co-ordinated like the groomsmen?
My mother insists its tradition that the father of the bride matches the same outfit as the groom. My H2B is not happy about that nor am I .... plus I don't understand where this tradition originates from? Any advice wold be great.
Thank you x

Im not sure what's tradition or not but our guys are in kilts and my dad will wear the exact same outfit as the bestman and ushers.

My sister gets married soon after us and our dad and Bils dad will have the same tartan as Bestmen and ushers but dads will have a different jacket and waistcoat.

Sorry couldn't be more help but It your wedding have it your way

You can really have it any way you want. For OH and I we know that his Dad will be wearing a suit whilst OH and BMAN will be wearing kilts.

I'm not 100% sure what we're doing yet, but I know that groom will be in something different from groomsmen and father of groom (my fads not invited)

We are just having my fiance, and his Dad (who is also the best man) in the same outfit.

Both H2B, my dad, his step dad, usher and best man are all in the same suit. H2B will just have a different buttonhole which were both happy with :) but end of the day you do whats best for you and whatever you want :D xx

I would just have what you want; these days pretty much anything goes. Traditionally, the men wouldn't have matched; if you look at the Royal wedding you'll see that none of them match.

We spent ages agonising over this (what a waste of time lol), and ended up deciding on having the men in non-matching grey suits, with my OH and the best man in 3 piece suits and the other 3 ushers and the dads in 2 piece suits. Then, my OH has a patterned ivory tie, a matching pocket square, and a different button-hole to make him stand out; the best man will be in a plain ivory tie which co-ordinates with my maid of honour, who's in ivory; then the other 3 ushers and the dad's will wear emerald green ties that will match the other bridesmaids.

I'm hoping that the overall look will be co-ordinated without being matchy-matchy, which I'm not keen on. We had considered having the dads in patterned ties to make them stand out, but couldn't find anything suitable. I'm toying with the idea though of them having pocket squares or different button holes (the groomsmen will have very simple orchid ones).

My dad and brother have different suits just a similar colour, the ushers and best man and FOG have the same suit and Groom has same colour suit as his ushers and dad. The only way they all match is the tie. Groom has a matching pocket hankie. All men except groom will have same flower- groom as is tradition will have a flower from my boquet- a gerbera.

My dad was adamant he was getting a suit he wanted so he went off one day and bought it without asking us. Caused major arguments. Everyone has bought their suits no hiring.

H2B and both BM will be in traditional Kilts and jackets. Ushers/Ring bearers and our son (who is walking me down the aisle) will be in the less formal kilts, just because they will be 7 and 2 at the time xxx

Oh, and they all had red cravats and hankys whilst hubby had gold.