By Alix Strauss The black tuxedo, invented in the late 1800s, was once the only option for grooms and groomsmen ... bow ties, pocket squares, and socks — has moved into the entire suit ...

(Google “blue suit brown shoes” and you’ll see what I mean.) You look like an investment banker, and not in a good way. —Eileen Cartter Grooms should ... Your bow tie should be black ...

Here are some of our favorite gift ideas that incorporate Oceanside and copper tones that will be sure to please any turquoise-loving grooms and groomsmen ... $10 at the Tie Bar, thetiebar.com.

Divorce Yourself from Fusty Seersucker Out with: the blue-striped southern-lawyer seersucker suit (and the jokey pink bow tie). In with: newer, cooler gray stripes and a dark shirt-tie combo.