Hipsters do everything “different” – right down to the microbrew, rented food truck, and the playlist that comprises morose indie melodies better suited for memorial services (i.e. the Flaming Lips, “Do You Realize?”).
A few rules are in order no matter how anti-establishment you are. Dress your wedding down with jeans, but use these guidelines:
The Decision to Say I Do in Denim
Your heels and frilly blouse isn’t dressing up your women’s jeans; you’re dressing down the ensemble by wearing jeans, instead of a skirt or dress trousers. It is the same for weddings.
Consider the tone you’re trying to set. The style might reflect your carefree personality, but is that the atmosphere you want? Do you want guests showing up in more formal attire than the groom? Think decades ahead: do you want your husband to be dressed in something he wears everyday in your wedding photos?
Your wedding could make it on a trendy blog now and make the not-so-esteemed What Were They Thinking archives later.
Picking the Right Pair of Jeans
The must-dos:
If your groom decides to go jeans route, he shouldn’t just pick his favorite pair of skinny jeans and call it a day. Dress jeans should be straight-leg, dark wash and paired with a vest, blazer, or cardigan. Some type of tie is a must, as is a boutonniere (note: yellow pops nicely with dark-blue denim).
The don’t even think about its: A button-down tucked into jeans is the mullet of male fashion: business on top, party on the bottom. It also cuts the wearer in half and billows near the stomach, giving even slim guys beer bellies.
Patterned bowties worn with cardigans are a current craze, but beware: they can make a handsome, twenty-something guy look like a crazy old coot. Same with monocles, vanity eye patches and/or waxed handlebar moustaches. You want your groom to look like a groom, not a mustache-twirling movie villain.
There is a reason so many people pick traditional tuxedos: even not-so-James-Bondy types pull them off with ease.
Brides and bridesmaids: No bride should wear women’s jeans on her wedding day, no matter how non-traditional the vows. Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thorton did it during their “we’re completely nuts” phase. Years later, they’re still known as the couple who got married in jeans and exchanged vials of blood. And they’re divorced. You don’t want to be that couple.
If you’re dead-set on denim, find short, denim bridesmaid dresses paired with sandals or even rain-boots. Make wildflower bouquets. Give out jars of honey from your apiary (you do have an apiary, don’t you? If not, we need to assess your actual level of hipsterdom). The caveat to the green-acres touch is that it limits your venue potential to open fields, backyards, and barnyards.
Please also note: Jeans shorts should be limited to spur-of-the-moment drive-thru elopements. Jean skorts are extinct and should never even be mentioned near the word “wedding.”
Bio: A. Halm likes to tell you what to do, especially when it comes to what to eat and what to wear, especially when it comes to jeans.
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