Wedding looks for 2026

Every wedding starts with the same question: how does the groom want to look? Here are the eight looks we put together most this year. Each one has a groom and a party, and each one works with the bride, not against her.

What grooms are wearing this year

• A light jacket for the groom. Ivory, with black trousers and a black bow tie. It was the look at many of this year's big weddings.
• The classic black tux, with one rich detail: a double-breasted jacket, a vest, or a peak lapel.
• Almost no colour on the groom. The colour goes on the pocket square, and green, sage most of all, is this year's wedding colour.

1. The classic garden wedding

• Groom: black tux with a peak lapel, a black vest, a silk bow tie, and his own new white shirt.
• Party: black tux with a notch lapel and a black bow tie.
• Colour: a sage pocket square on every man.

For a garden wedding that goes into the evening, the tux is still number one. Over before sunset? The same look works in a navy or light grey suit.

2. The ivory evening

• Groom: ivory dinner jacket, black tux trousers, a black bow tie, black shoes.
• Party: black tux.
• Colour: pocket squares in the wedding colour.

He stands out in every photo, and he still matches the bride.

3. Midnight blue and sage

• Groom: midnight blue tux with a black bow tie.
• Party: black tux.
• Colour: sage pocket squares.

Midnight blue looks rich at night and in the photos. He stands apart without wearing the theme colour.

4. The double-breasted groom

• Groom: black double-breasted tux, satin peak lapels, a pleated tux shirt, a black silk bow tie, a white pocket square.
• Party: black single-breasted tux.

The look several of this year's celebrity grooms chose. The double-breasted jacket sets him apart with no colour at all.

5. The three-piece

• Groom: black tux with a vest, or a vest and suspenders.
• Party: black tux with a cummerbund.
• Colour: blush or sage pocket squares.

When the jacket comes off for the first dance, he still looks finished.

6. Winter velvet

• Groom: black velvet dinner jacket with black tux trousers and a black bow tie.
• Party: black tux.
• Colour: wine pocket squares.

Velvet is for the holidays and winter. We also carry it in burgundy, blue and navy. Not for summer: it's a heavy cloth for the heat.

7. Beach or island

• Groom: ivory lightweight suit.
• Party: tan lightweight suits.
• Colour: sage or the wedding colour on the pocket square.

On the sand, a tux is too heavy. Light cloth and light colours keep everyone cool and still dressed for a wedding.

8. Black tie in the ballroom

• Groom: black tux with a shawl or peak lapel, studs and cufflinks.
• Party: black tux, identical.
• Colour: white or silver pocket squares.

For an evening wedding in a hall or a ballroom. Formal, simple, and right for the night.

The groom's second look

More couples hold a rehearsal dinner or a brunch the day after. A suit he buys, in grey or navy, gives him a second look for those, and he wears it again for years.

Bring the photos you saved and the bride. We start with the groom, then dress everyone around him.