What Does The Mother of the Groom Wear?

Just a few of the beautiful choices of the MOG, MOB and GMOB we seen over the years.

Ok, let’s talk about what the mother of the groom should wear. It is so hard for most mothers, groom’s or bride’s, to find something to wear. It seems that most everything is either too dowdy or too young. There also is not really a lot of choice out there. Traditional mother of the bride dresses seem to all look the same. It takes a little thinking outside the box to find something really great. Funny side note, one year we had 5 grandmothers at 5 different weddings who all were wearing the same dress. We started calling it the “official grandma dress”.

The question I always hear from the mother of the groom, “Do I have to match the color scheme of the wedding?” No, you do not. It is nice to blend with the scheme, but if the bridesmaids are wearing pink, you do not have too. You also do not have to match the mother of the bride. In my opinion only the formality of the two moms’ should match.

You should not wear white; some people feel that you would be competing with the bride. Also black, while growing more and more popular, still makes some people feel as if you might not approve of the marriage. So tread carefully when choosing black.

Etiquette declares that the mother of the bride is to pick her dress first and then the mother of the groom finds something that compliments her dress. Whatever you chose just make sure it is comfortable, cool and easy to dance in. Speaking of comfort, please make sure your shoes don’t hurt your feet or be sure to bring a second pair to change into once the party gets going. Now let’s go shopping!