Quote Originally Posted by flairball View Post
My question is; because I'll only be a guest, and not part of the ceremony, is wearing a tux shirt and a bow tie too formal?
Is this a daylight wedding, afternoon, evening? My personal take is that a tuxedo is too much for anything during daylight, especially outdoors.

That said, the bride's wishes should be weighed.

For my own wedding (2PM, Edinburgh) I wore a charcoal tweed Argyll, a good dress shirt (spread collar, French cuffs), et cetera. She wore a one-piece long-sleeved dress in ivory lace, and looked amazing - the more so after she decided it was too chilly to go without her red shawl, which matched my tie and the piper's red tartan.

So, yes - the tux shirt and bow tie seems too formal to me. But you might ask the bride and groom how they feel about it.