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"Save the Date reader Caryn has an etiquette conundrum ...\nPinterestFacebookMan adjusting black bow tie\nPHOTO: Getty Images/Brand XWrites Caryn:\nMy husband and I just got invited to a black tie wedding. He doesn&amp;#39;t own a tuxedo, but we&amp;#39;d still like to attend. So how mandatory is the tuxedo? Renting one would cost around $100, and he certainly doesn&amp;#39;t want to buy one. (This will probably be our last black tie wedding!) He does own a really nice black three-piece suit&amp;#8212;the one he got married in&amp;#8212;but at the end of the day, it&amp;#39;s not a tux. Would it be totally rude of him to wear that? Should he suck it up and rent a tux? (We&amp;#39;d have to spend a bunch to get to the wedding, so costs are adding up!) Or should we just skip the fancy wedding altogether?\nHere are my thoughts:\nMy guess is, the bride and groom care more about their friends being there than what they&amp;#39;re wearing. While I think it would be disrespectful to say, &amp;quot;Screw the dress code!&amp;quot; and show up in a Hawaiian shirt, I don&amp;#39;t think the couple will take offense to black three-piece suit.\nBut I double-checked with an etiquette expert, just to make sure I&amp;#39;m not leading you guys astray!\nHere&amp;#39;s what weddings guru Kimberly Schlegel Whitman had to say:\nHe should wear his black suit with a crisp white shirt&amp;#8212;one with French cuffs and cuff links if he has them&amp;#8212;and a solid black tie. Many young men are wearing a long tie instead of a bow tie with their tuxedos so he should fit right in!\nLadies, what do you think? As a bride, would you want all the guy guests in tuxedos if you had specified &amp;quot;black tie&amp;quot;? Or would you not care? What would you do as a guest?\nMore miscellaneous wedding stuff:\n\nHow Young Is Too Young to Get Married? \n\n\n6 Great Reasons to Have a SHORT Engagement \n\n\nSingle Ladies: Would You Marry a Much Older Man? How Old Is Too Old?\n\nMore Ways to Get Glamour\nVisit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10!\nEnter the latest Glamour sweepstakes!\nFollow us on Twitter\nAdd us to your iGoogle homepage\nPhoto: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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