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Suit & Tie

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Back off ladies he is mine

Back off ladies he is mine

Phil sense of style is very diverse. Phil loves his graphic sports related tees but he also will surprise you and wear a trendy sweater/button up combo from H&M. If Phil could get married in anything it would be sweat pants, a Homage t-shirt, and flip flops…he is a simple man. I can’t get the guy to wear anything pink but he will wear a v-neck t-shirt. When it came to picking out a tux for him and his groomsmen I wanted something classic and something a current star would wear on a red carpet. So this meant I did not want the men to wear the typical colored tux vest to match the bridesmaids dresses. Brad Pitt would get schooled on E!’s Fashion Police if he was caught wearing a matching emerald vest to complement Angelina’s dress.

Suit & Tie inspiration Emily Blunt and John Krasinski in Prada Source 

I saw the above tux on John Krasinski from The Office while watching the 2010 Golden Globes. Back then I thought to myself damn that is a good looking tux and they are a good looking couple. When it came time to pick out a tux for our wedding I immediately thought of one of Hollywood’s cutest couple and “Jim’s” Golden Globes tux. When I told Phil I wanted him to wear a navy blue tux and bowtie, he approved and I was happy. But the oddest thing is that finding a navy blue tux is hard. Fun fact: most tuxedo rental shops only carry black tuxes and navy blue suits. When I went to the Today’s Bride Bridal Fair I found this out by asking most of the Northeastern Ohio tuxedo rental shops at the show. It still blows my mine that some shops don’t carry blue tuxes. We did find one store that carried the perfect 1-button navy tuxedo at American Commodore Tuxedo. I earned some extra bonus cash towards the tuxedo rentals playing a knock-off version of Plinko at the Bridal Fair so it made the tuxedos rentals pretty reasonable. Not to mention Phil looked super hot in the tuxedo when he tried it on…so he said yes to the tux.

 

Today’s Bride Bridal Fair Madness

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So many booths...so overwhelmed

So many booths…so overwhelmed

Ever see those billboards about those bridal fairs? Or maybe you heard their radio ads? Well the biggest one of those shows is the Today’s Bride’s bridal fair. They have a fair in Akron and one in Cleveland. Angelica at Tangier’s recommended I go to the Akron bridal fair because it was much less overwhelming than the Cleveland one. So my mom, my future mother-in-law, and I headed to the John S. Knight Convention Center to get wedding ideas and maybe talk to some wedding vendors. The bridal show was fun but it was still overwhelming. There are brides of all kinds there including some unfortunate grooms fighting over a spot to check out some pink cummerbunds. It was great to get table decor ideas, cake designs, and get information for all sorts of wedding services. My favorite part of the bridal show was tasting the cakes for the sake of picking the best cake for our guests and not because I wanted to break my wedding diet 😉 My least favorite part of the bridal fair is the TONS of e-mails you get from all of the vendors at the fair before, during, and after the event. I’m still getting  them today. It’s super annoying. No I do not was to preserve my wedding bouquet or hire you to photograph my wedding just because you put Ryan Gosling in your e-mail. Overall it was good time and it was great to get some bonding time in with my mom and Mrs. G. But I thought I was going to get more stuff done on my to do list but it just made my list longer. Now it’s time to go through all of the swag.

My mom, Me, and Mrs. G on the "red carpet" of the Bridal Show

My mom, Me, and Mrs. G on the “red carpet” of the Bridal Show