Help with waistcoat/tie/shirt for a navy blue suit! (Men)

Neel

My *little* brother is getting married next year and he already has his wedding suit ready which is navy blue in color. We are lacking inspiration for the color of the shirt, waistcoat and tie. We do not have a wedding color concept as this is a traditional Indian wedding. So basically any color would do as long as it complements well.

Could you fabbers please help me with this? He wants to look his best! I am his *big sis* and he thinks I am smart I HAVE to help this kid!

Additional Info:
1) It's for the evening.
2) The bride's dress is a two piece traditional Indian dress in purple and pink.

Thanks a ton for your help!

12 years ago

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lyn67

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I'm not familiar with traditional indian wedding attire, but anyway I think it would be best to correlate somehow with the bride's colours. For ex, a purple shiny waistcoat, it may have some fine texture(like brocade) in pink too, and so the cummerbund peaking out under the waistcoat and the tie can be pink, or vice versa. Or, choose only one colour pink or purple for cummerbund and tie, and waistcoat stay white(gold/silver).
Ah, forgot to say, perhaps a white tux shirt will do him the best for this special event! Congrats and best wishes to your "little" bro!:-)

12 years ago

simonjames

Active Member

I'm not well known with traditional indian marriage attire, but anyway I believe it . Its a nice post.

12 years ago

minimalist

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What about going across the color wheel to find colors complementary to those in the bride's attire?
http://www.colormatters.com/co.....lor-theory

He's lucky to have you advising him!

12 years ago

Neel

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Thank you Amy for that link! I think we are dropping (not yet finalized!) the waistcoat idea as it seems to be making the entire outfit difficult. Bro is not very much in favor of it either because he feels it would make him sweaty, as it's an outdoor wedding. So we are thinking baby pink shirt and darker pink (burgundy, fuschia) tie with the blue suit. Or crisp white tux shirt with pink/purple tie.

I didn't think choosing a waistcoat would be this difficult! Argh!

12 years ago

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