More About Wedding Tuxedos
Wedding tuxedos set the tone for some of the most photographed and memorable moments of the day. From timeless black and midnight-blue tuxedos to white and ivory dinner jackets, rich burgundy and green, velvet, textured, and statement styles, today’s wedding formalwear gives grooms and wedding parties more ways to create a coordinated look that fits the venue, season, dress code, and personality of the celebration.
How to Choose the Right Wedding Tuxedo
Start with the overall formality of the wedding. A traditional black-tie celebration naturally calls for a tuxedo, while the venue, time of day, season, and wedding colors can help narrow down the specific jacket, fabric, lapel, and accessories.
For the broadest selection, browse our
men’s tuxedos.
If you’re choosing the groom’s look specifically, explore our
groom tuxedos
for additional inspiration.
What Should a Groom Wear to a Black-Tie Wedding?
For a traditional black-tie wedding, a black or midnight-blue tuxedo is the classic starting point. Pair it with matching formal trousers, a crisp white tuxedo shirt, black bow tie, polished black shoes, and understated formal accessories.
Black tie refers to the level of formality rather than requiring every piece of the outfit to be black. Midnight blue is another traditional evening option, while the groom may also use lapel style, texture, or subtle accessories to make his look distinct.
For a deeper explanation of the dress code, read our
What to Wear to a Black Tie Wedding
guide.
Classic Black Wedding Tuxedos
A black tuxedo remains one of the most timeless choices for a groom. It works across seasons, venues, and wedding styles and creates a formal foundation that coordinates easily with almost any wedding color palette.
Explore our
black suits and tuxedos
to compare different black tuxedo jackets, lapel styles, fits, textures, and statement options.
Midnight Blue & Navy Wedding Tuxedos
Midnight blue offers much of the traditional formality of black with a subtle difference in color that can look especially rich in evening lighting. Navy provides a slightly more noticeable blue tone and can work beautifully for modern weddings, formal receptions, and celebrations built around blue or neutral palettes.
Browse our
blue suits and tuxedos
to compare midnight blue, navy, indigo, and other blue formalwear options.
White & Ivory Tuxedos for the Groom
A white or ivory dinner jacket is an easy way to distinguish the groom while keeping the wedding party formal. Pairing a light jacket with black tuxedo trousers creates strong contrast and a classic evening look, while softer ivory can coordinate beautifully with champagne, cream, tan, blush, sage, gold, and other warm wedding colors.
Explore our
white and ivory suits and tuxedos
or browse
men’s dinner jackets
for additional jacket-focused wedding styles.
Wedding Tuxedo Colors Beyond Black
Modern weddings give the groom much more room to use color. Burgundy and merlot can feel rich and sophisticated, green adds depth to nature-inspired and seasonal palettes, while charcoal and grey provide a softer alternative to black.
Explore our
burgundy and red formalwear,
green suits and tuxedos,
and
grey suits and tuxedos
to compare wedding-ready color families.
Should the Groom and Groomsmen Match?
They can, but they don’t have to look identical. One approach is to dress the groom and wedding party in the same tuxedo while distinguishing the groom through his bow tie, vest, pocket square, boutonniere, or other accessories.
Another option is to give the groom a different jacket or color while keeping the trousers, shirts, and accessories coordinated. A groom in a white, ivory, velvet, midnight-blue, or statement dinner jacket can pair beautifully with groomsmen in classic black or another complementary tuxedo.
How to Coordinate an Entire Wedding Party
Start by establishing a few details that should remain consistent across the group: jacket and trouser style, shirt, neckwear, shoes, and any accessories that are important to the overall wedding look. From there, you can decide which details should distinguish the groom.
Visit our
Wedding Formalwear
page for additional planning resources, wedding inspiration, and help organizing your party.
Peak, Shawl or Notch Lapel for a Wedding?
Peak lapels create a sharp, traditional formal silhouette and work especially well for classic wedding tuxedos. Shawl lapels have a smooth, rounded shape that feels elegant and are particularly striking on white dinner jackets, velvet, and other statement styles.
Notch lapels create a more familiar, understated profile. The best choice comes down to the level of formality and the style you want for the wedding rather than one lapel being right for every groom.
Velvet & Statement Tuxedo Jackets for Grooms
A groom doesn’t have to wear the most understated tuxedo in the room. Velvet, pindot, paisley, textured fabrics, and patterned dinner jackets can give the groom a distinctive look while still keeping the outfit polished and appropriate for a formal celebration.
The easiest way to make a statement jacket work is to let it lead the outfit. Keep the trousers, shirt, shoes, and accessories relatively clean so the jacket feels intentional rather than competing with too many other elements.
Browse our
Dinner Jackets collection
for additional velvet, patterned, shawl-lapel, and peak-lapel options.
Choosing a Wedding Tuxedo by Season & Venue
Black and midnight blue work beautifully throughout the year, but the season and setting can inspire other choices. Burgundy, merlot, deep green, charcoal, and velvet feel especially rich for fall and winter weddings, while white, ivory, navy, and lighter formal looks can feel natural for spring, summer, resort, and destination celebrations.
Venue matters too. A ballroom or formal hotel may call for a more traditional tuxedo, while an estate, vineyard, resort, rooftop, or destination wedding can give you more flexibility with color and texture.
Matching Tuxedos to Wedding Colors
The tuxedo doesn’t need to match the wedding palette exactly. Often, the strongest approach is to choose a flattering tuxedo color first and bring the wedding colors into the bow tie, necktie, vest, pocket square, boutonniere, or other smaller details.
Use our
Color Guide
to explore coordinating shades and formalwear colors. When matching bridesmaid dresses, flowers, linens, or other wedding details, seeing the fabric in person can be especially helpful.
Finding the Right Fit for Your Wedding Tuxedo
Fit has an enormous effect on how the tuxedo photographs and feels throughout the wedding day. The jacket should sit cleanly across the shoulders and chest, sleeves should fall at the proper length, and the trousers should fit comfortably through the waist, seat, thigh, and leg.
BlackTie offers Modern Fit and Slim Fit options across its formalwear assortment. Use our
Fit Guide
to compare silhouettes, or visit
Sizing & Fit
for measuring options and additional help choosing the right size.
Why Tuxedo Separates Are Helpful for Wedding Parties
Wedding parties include different heights, builds, and proportions, which is why separates can make outfitting a group easier. Choosing jacket and trouser sizes independently provides more flexibility than relying on one predetermined jacket-and-pant combination.
Separates also make it easier to replace or add individual pieces later without purchasing an entirely new outfit.
Complete the Wedding Tuxedo Look
Once the tuxedo is selected, the shirt and accessories bring the wedding look together. A white formal shirt and black bow tie create a timeless black-tie combination, while colored neckwear, pocket squares, vests, and other details can coordinate the tuxedo with the wedding palette.
Complete the outfit with our
dress and tuxedo shirts,
bow ties,
neckties,
formal vests,
pocket squares,
and
formal shoes.
Should You Buy or Rent Wedding Tuxedos?
Renting can work when you only need formalwear for a single event, but owning gives the groom and wedding party brand-new formalwear that stays with them after the celebration. A well-chosen tuxedo can come back out for future weddings, galas, cruises, holiday events, formal dinners, and other special occasions.
Ownership also gives you more freedom to make personal alterations and avoids having to return the outfit immediately after the wedding.
Outfitting a Larger Wedding Party?
If several members of your wedding party will be purchasing their formalwear from BlackTie, be sure to review our
Free Groom Incentive
for current eligibility requirements and program details. It can provide additional value when the groom and wedding party are building their looks together.
Compare Wedding Tuxedo Fabrics Before You Order
Wedding colors can look noticeably different depending on lighting, fabric texture, satin detailing, and the other colors surrounding them. That matters when you’re comparing black and midnight blue, white and ivory, different greens or burgundies, or coordinating formalwear with dresses, flowers, and décor.
Order
free fabric swatches
to compare colors and textures in person before committing the entire wedding party to a final look.
Whether you choose a timeless black tuxedo, sophisticated midnight blue, a white or ivory dinner jacket, rich velvet, or a distinctive color or pattern, the best wedding tuxedo is one that fits the formality of the celebration, coordinates with the wedding as a whole, fits you properly, and still feels unmistakably like you.
