wedding party cravats headache!!

I'm biased because I did take the stupid option of buying 5 ties identical colour to my BM and flower girl dress, they cost me £40 each which obviously is ridiculous and I knew that. But I also knew that if it wasn't all matching it would have bothered me on the day, and as ours are pink like yours I would say they can be worn again. As your flower girl dress is not pink I would say you could get away with the groomsmen in ivory ties and it wouldn't matter too much.

I think that your idea sounds good. Although I think it would be better to have the groomsmen in the pink and your groom in ivory, I do understand the issue of the price. And IMO the groom should wear a different colour cravat or tie so then it is obvious which is the one getting married.

Id love to have them matching Hoddy but I just can't justify the price :/

That was my initial thought MrsAJ, but I would need to order 7 in the pink which would be £200. Just seems like alot for some fabric.

Aw thanks Charley, I keep looking on Ebay, but am worried Ill order them and they wont match when they arrive. Am driving myself crazy haha

x

I felt the same and when I handed over the deposit I felt a bit of a wally! But OH is happy and therefore so am I

Ordering one will be fine.

I think it's traditional for the groom to wear ivory and the others to wear a colour, but when my OH tried his on he preferred the colour so we are doing it backwards

Either that or use a secondary colour if there is one in your scheme?

Im in the same situation although my bridesmaids dresses are from Jane Norman and i'm yet to find a matching cravat at all.

I'm considering the groom wearing our colour and groomsmen wearing ivory, thats if i can find the colour. I emailed a person on ebay and he has sent me out colour swatches to try match which has been very useful although no match yet. I am having one dress altered for a younger bride so hopefully ill get a colour swatch from that.

Im also at the stage of changing my colour to a easier colour to match.

That or picking another couple of colours for a theme, I think this maybe our best option as we are getting married abroad and have no idea what colour sashes they have etc, very stressful.

I uktimately would have groom in Ivory tho but im just picky!

I agree. Our groomsmen wore cravats that matched the bridesmaid dresses, and my husband wore ivory to match me, and so that he looked like the groom! It's a shame the cost of your matching cravats is so high.

How's your sewing?

You can get a cravat pattern cheap enough, from a quick google search you can get a PDF download for cravats and bow ties for £6.25 from Etsy...

I imagine it would be easy enough to buy some fabric to match the colour of your bridesmaid dresses and it would work out a lot cheaper than £200!

If you can't sew very well have you got any friends or family members who could make them for you? I doubt they are very difficult?

I am having bow ties for the men and one of my friends is making them for me with a free pattern I downloaded, she has already made one and it looks great ;-)

I have a friend who said her mom could make them if I could find the fabric. Think I need a trip to the rag market to go on a fabric hunt!!

I know in my head I would just think it looked wrong having OH in pink and everyone else in ivory when its normally the other way round. Im an over thinker anyway and I know it would bug me, plus OH had his heart set on wearing the cream/ivory.

I can see myself ordering the cravats from Dessy just to put my mind at ease. :/

Fingers crossed I can find matching fabric!!

You sound just like me hence why im still on the hunt

Haha! Its doing my own head in now, wish I had just picked a normal pink!!

I have bookmarked this eBay listing for cravats as they say that they can match virtually any colour, might be worth a look. ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200653346566?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Good luck!

Ooo thank you!! I'll check it out ? x

Do dessy sell a wrap that matched the dresses? if they do, could you buy one of them and have it chopped up and made into cravats? not sure but it might work out cheaper?

My BM are similar in colour to this and we are having the men in ivory with the pink stripe on them the ties are stunning IMO and having my OH, Best man, Usher and my dad all in the same, know some people like the groom different, I personally am not a fan.

does dessy not do the ties online to match their dresses? I think i seen this when I was looking at dessy dress for my BM

Does it have to be an exact match??? Can't you have two shades of pink that compliment each other?

my bridesmaids are wearing sagey green dresses and the grooms men's cravats are also 'sage' green but bring from different companies the cravats are darker than the dresses!

maybe I'm being too laid back not letting it stress me out lol! Will try snap a pic of the fabric samples together later!

You can just order fabric from dessy and then have them made, that's what the bridal shop where I bought my dessy from do. They said it works out much cheaper

Iv had a look but unfortunately they dont, the closest thing they do are pashminas!x

Me+MrJones - I will have a look at the ties, thanks. Think OH had his heart set on a cravat thouh.

PB - I was happy enough with a close match but nothing I have found does come close unfortunately. Its like a nude/salmon pink and the closest is baby pink. It would look too obvious that I had tried to match but didnt IYSWIM. I have emailed the Ebay person that someone recommended earlier so hopefully they will be able to give me a close match.

Miss H - I didnt know you could do that! dod you just order the fabric direct from the website? Guess it depends on delivery times aswell if they need to be made.

xx

We didn't bother trying to match our cravats. Mr Kharv wore ivory and the rest of the men wore a silvery grey.

The sashes on the BM dresses were grey but they by no means matched. What about choosing two neutral colours like that?

Thats what we were going to do Kharv. Have OH in silvery/grey and the rest in ivory. The BMs will have cream flowers and mine and flowergirl dresses are ivory. Wasnt sure how it would look, but know I know thats how you did it, it gives me an excuse to have another look at your report ?. Think I'll feel better once I have seen that idea in a real wedding if that makes sense!xx

Thats what we were going to do Kharv. Have OH in silvery/grey and the rest in ivory. The BMs will have cream flowers and mine and flowergirl dresses are ivory. Wasnt sure how it would look, but know I know thats how you did it, it gives me an excuse to have another look at your report ?. Think I'll feel better once I have seen that idea in a real wedding if that makes sense!xx

This is a pic of the wedding party (I don't think there's one of men and girls together in my report)