# I'm a dude--What do I wear to a wedding?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-dude-what-do-i-wear-to-a-wedding/539573>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 15, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-dude-what-do-i-wear-to-a-wedding/539573 "2010-05-15T20:14:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-dude-what-do-i-wear-to-a-wedding/539573/82 "2017-04-25T19:57:23Z")

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Welcome Jesse, I hope you realize that you revived a 7 year old thread, commonly referred to as a zombie thread around here.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-dude-what-do-i-wear-to-a-wedding/539573/83 "2017-04-25T21:02:07Z")

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Takes a while to plan the wedding right.

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**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-dude-what-do-i-wear-to-a-wedding/539573/84 "2017-04-25T23:48:51Z")

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> [@black\_rabbit](#):
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> For a spring/summer wedding, wear a light gray or khaki suit, unless you’re twelve. The tie is probably optional.
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> Notice I said khaki _suit_. Like [this](http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/khaki_suit_perfection.jpg). If it doesn’t need to be dry cleaned, it’s not a suit.

And a sports coat with just-about-matching pants even less so. (I have seen this before :smack:)

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**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-dude-what-do-i-wear-to-a-wedding/539573/85 "2017-04-26T01:42:02Z")

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[OMG ZOMBIE WEDDING!](http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1850481.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Zombie-Wedding.jpg)

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-dude-what-do-i-wear-to-a-wedding/539573/86 "2017-04-26T13:22:20Z")

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**Moderator Note**

> [@Omar\_Little](#):
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> Welcome Jesse, I hope you realize that you revived a 7 year old thread, commonly referred to as a zombie thread around here.

Sadly, Jesse was just a spammer, and has been wished away to the cornfield.

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**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-dude-what-do-i-wear-to-a-wedding/539573/88 "2017-04-27T19:11:20Z")

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Reported.

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