New Britain herald., 1929-05-04
Tradition Dictates the June Bidegoom's Attire
BY CURTIS WOOD

BY CURTIS WOOD
 New York. May l.-June brides admittedly are the exposure of all eyes. But the June bridegroom rarely is anything but background at his own wedding.
 Even at that. if he is meticu- :. lously turned out. with q gay gar- denia or carnation in his button- hole. his head we'll up. eyes shin ing and chest out. he may succeed in getting couple of guests to ex- claim. Here comes the bride groom!"
 However, whether noticed or not. a bridegroom gets some consolation out of the fact that he really is a necessary adjunct to this ceremony and should dress the part. He can have pride in being faultIessly at- tired, thus subtiy complim enting the bride and being the perfect foil to her ravishing silken beauty. All Depends on Wedding The brides choice of wedding de- termines her bridegroom's attire. If she has formal daytime we'd ding--white satin gown. train, veil, church or formal garden ceremony. the groom wears the traditional formal day turnout.
 l This consists of the convention al eutaway coat in black or OK ford grey cheviot. with or without i edges bound in braid. His trous- CTS may be striped grey, fine black and pale grey, or even a nov city fife black and white checked cassimere which looks grey from . distance.
 1 If he wishes he may wear ! fancy, light colored vest and spats to match, tan, beige or grey, either in l worsted or lin n. Gloves should tone in with the vest. A winged collar takes an Ascot tie in striped or fig ured black and silver or black and white. A turn-down collar takes a fancy four-in-hand. His shirt may be finely striped or plain white. He shoul1 have an immaculate white linen handkerchief in his pocket. l wear tipped patent leather shoes and a top hat.
 l A Note on Cshers
 Ushers and nen guests should be dressed like the bridegroom though of course he may put little more into accessories. For formal evening weddings. the bridegroom and all ushers and men guests wear tradi- tional full evening dress. either in black or midnight blue. Top hats and white kid gloves are right. For informal daytime weddings. there is a double choice for the bridegroom. He may wear the formal attire, with a short black jacket instead of the cutaway. Or {, he may wear white flannel trousers topped by a dark coat of navy blue or oxford grey. preferably double breasted. Usually when weddings are to be simple, the brides gown is not the conventional satin, but organdie, lace or some other less formal at- tire. The whole wedding is informal before the groom dares this attire. That F1owcry Idea
 Both the bridegroom and best man should wear the same type Of i trousers and coats. As in the more ! formal wedding the bridegroom should be debonair and wear boutonniere of either gardenia or i carnation. the latter being newer. 1 With this informal attire, color ed shirts are out of place and so the winger collars. A bridegroom should wear a fine white shirt. with a low. turndown stiff collar and a four -in- hand tie of stripes to match his coat. White shoes or brown and white. black and white or even navy blue and white are okay. There's Some Variety l The white trousers that this June's informal bridegroom may wear favor the off-white shades. Often parchment flannels have Il very fine pinstripe of the color of the mans coat. Some may even dare brown coats and cream trou- sers, finely striped in a suggestion of brown. But. unless the brides party is featuring beiges and browns. a man better stick to blue or black.
 Two things a bridegroom should remember. He should dress up to the brides scheme of things. never letting her down by being too in- formally attired. Second. he should be consistent III his whole attire. Shoes, hat. gloves. shirt, collar. trou- sers. coat and .waistcoat should be of the same degree of informality or formality. depending on what the bride has decided shall be the set ting in which she happily says. T do."