Fashion Friday: How to rock a relaxed wedding day look

Remember last month's fashion piece featuring styling tips for grooms from Roberto Revilla London? Now it's time for the much anticipated second part, which focuses on accessories and how to create a more relaxed wedding look. 

Picking the best accessories

Dressing up for your big day involves making more of an effort than usual. Once you're happy with your choice of suit, shirt and shoes, it's time to think about the smaller details. Your accessories should not only complement the look but also add some interest, reflecting your personality and personal taste. 

If cufflinks can have an accent colour tied in to a specific aspect of the wedding décor or the bridesmaids, that's great. But this doesn't always have to be the case - just make sure they're good quality and look polished. 

The same advice goes for watches. Leave your old watch at home and instead invest in a luxurious timepiece or, if the budget is tight, borrow a decent one from your best man. 

Ties and bow ties go well with a classic shirt and dinner jacket and are the perfect way to stand out from the groomsmen. Be a fashion-savvy groom and choose the right shade or pattern to finish off your ceremony look - you'll be sure to impress your future bride! 

  

The relaxed look 

Thinking about going for a smart yet relaxed wedding look? Well, herein lies the problem as most gents can do smart (suit) and they can certainly do what they think is relaxed (jogging suit/jeans/t-shirt) – but ask them to do something in between and things get complicated. But no need to fear as Roberto Revilla is here! 

For an autumn or winter wedding, consider tweed - you can wear a tweed waistcoat, with flannel trousers, or a tweed jacket with smart trousers and shirt. Plus, you'll get a lot of mileage out of these items after the wedding, too! 

In the case of a spring or summer wedding, again it depends on the borders of formality/casualness you are trying not to breach, but linen – or a linen/wool linen/cotton blend – suit or jacket and trouser combination would be the easiest thing for you to put together. And again lots of mileage out of these garments once the confetti has settled.

Style on your wedding day isn’t only about getting the clothes right. It’s about your attitude and confidence too. Have your speech well-prepared, ensure your outfit is sorted and hanging up ready to go at least a fortnight before the wedding. The at the end of the biggest day of your life (so far) you can pat yourself on the back knowing you looked handsome next to your gorgeously beautiful bride. 

Don't forget to pop over to www.robertorevillalondon.com and check out the Robert Revilla suits, accessories as well as plenty of outfit ideas! 

Fashion Friday: Grooms who dress to impress

Getting the right attire for your wedding can be as daunting for grooms as it is for brides, so we enlisted the help of bespoke tailor and wedding style ‘guru’, Roberto Revilla to give our guys his essential hints and tips.

A traditional formal wedding usually means either morning suit or dinner suit/black tie. But before you decide which style and colour suits your personality and wedding, here are a few things to consider:

Get the suit right

Start the process early (at least four months before the big day), especially if you're going tailored. If you're considering a traditional formal suit, you'll need to try on some ready-made/rental morning suits or dinner before you decide whether suits work for you or if a more custom fit option is needed. You want to look the best you can on your big day, right? 

If you usually struggle to find off-the-peg clothes that look great, then make the investment and go tailored. Dinner suits and morning suits are at the very least great outfits to have in the wardrobe but not need, rather than need and not have.

For great takes on traditional formal wear with an injection of personality, image search on sites like Pinterest and create your own mood board of favourite looks. This will make your life easier when you go to a store or tailor as you’ll be able to show ideas you like and see how best they can make them work for you.

Colour choices 

For morning coats and dinner suits, a navy version rather than traditional black could be worth considering – a contemporary twist and the shade also works better for gentlemen with a summer/spring type complexion (i.e. those of you that are fair of face).

Talk to your fiancée about any colour schemes/themes running through the wedding. As well as a buttonhole it’s a great idea to look at matching your tie/bow tie/cravat to say, the floral arrangements or bridesmaids' dresses. 

Shoes, shirts and everything in between

Treat your wedding as a game of two halves and have a shirt for each. One for the ceremony and then later on, change to a fresh one as you carry on celebrating and dancing the night away with your gorgeous bride. 

When it comes to shoes, I have had some men say, “Oh, I have a pair of black shoes I use for work, I’ll just polish those up and use them.” My advice is NO! Go and invest in a new pair for the big day. With a smart morning suit, a good pair of black oxfords or brogues will do the trick, whilst a dinner suit works well with a high-shine or patent leather pair.

Socks should be chosen last – some fresh new black or grey socks for your morning suit, black or navy (depending on trouser colour) for your dinner suit. Again no harm in having two pairs for the day. 

For more advice on accessories and how to create a more relaxed wedding day look, read our 2nd part blog from Roberto Revilla coming soon! 

To see the latest collections of suits and menswear from Roberto Revilla, visit: www.robertorevillalondon.com/