My niece is getting married. I really haven’t thought about what my husband would wear. Pretty sure he hasn’t worn a suit in 20 years. Probably won’t wear one again for 20 more.
Husband wore a tux for our son’s wedding. Daughter is getting married on a tropical island.
He might have a 30 year old suit in the closet.
Now I hear the wedding is dressy. I thought about what I would wear but not him. Our shopping choices are extremely limited where I live.
Maybe reach out to the parent of the bride?
My husband wears a suit to a wedding.
Some of the tux shops near us have suits for rental. Have you tried that option?
The parent of the bride is my husband’s brother. I heard the info from my mil.
That the wedding was dressy and the bride said men could wear suits.
I’m pretty sure that the one tux shop in our town, that’s in a wine shop only rents tuxes. Since that’s where we rented the tuxes for my son’s wedding.
I would ask the mother of the bride. Unless you think the father if the bride really knows about the dress for the wedding. It’s very possible your MIL is assuming…this wedding is on an island, right? “Dressy” might mean something different.
ETA…I understand that this wedding is in a park…
The wedding is in a park in the bride’s hometown. My daughter is getting married on a tropical island.
The parents of the bride are recently divorced and we are estranged. My mil asked the bride about the dress code.
I’m wondering if I have to buy a suit or if there are alternatives to a suit? And where to buy a suit inexpensively if we do?
I personally think that the bride is a bit unrealistic that people are wearing suits in late summer for a wedding in a public park. In a small midwestern town.
Does your husband have a nice sport jacket and slacks, and a tie/shirt? Realistically after the dinner starts, most of the guys will probably take their jackets off…and he will fit right in.
What does your husband think?
I live in a small town. There are no stores that sell suits for men. I live 100 miles from a place where husband could get fitted for a suit. 200 miles from the nearest Nordstrom.
He’s retired. Life before he retired never called for a suit.
Husband would rather not spend the money for a suit.
I’ll look and see if he has a sport coat that still fits. He has a 30 year old suit. He’s lost weight so maybe it would fit.
But it’s a winter suit. And I have no idea if suit styles have changed in the last 30 years.
Is his suit a light weight wool or light color? That could work. My husband has a medium grey lightweight wool suit that he wears when needed. But he got that for our daughter’s wedding. And it gets plenty of use. We have been to six weddings in the last two years.
There are suit rental places similar to Rent the Runway: Browse Suits & Tuxedos | The Black Tux
Men’s warehouse has suit separates on sale:
https://www.menswearhouse.com/p/egara-skinny-fit-suit-separates-coat-blue-twill-3X1U3X1V27?source=google&CAWELAID=120259610001524475&adtype=&product_channel=online&utm_content=TMW3X1U44227&utm_term=&CATARGETID=120259610001486435&CADevice=c&gclid=CjwKCAjwqZSlBhBwEiwAfoZUIOTve_tVcVarCd_yWWcq2VaVnjVbE1apg-yJNbHTg44xc60hxcRukhoCNsoQAvD_BwE
@deb922 my husband would be the same. Always a nightmare when it comes time to figure out a dress up situation. “Does that suit he wore once x-number of years ago still fit?”
I am also inclined to think that for the setting of “park in late summer” - even a nice shirt/tie/pants would work. (my opinion: why do we expect men to wear 10 pounds of clothing and that is the only thing that can look nice while we are wearing a light flowy sundress??!)
I would not want to sink $$ into a whole suit either. And my H hates shopping. Does Kohl’s sell suits? They have so many coupon opportunities.
And I’ll say it. It would not be beyond me to check out a decent Goodwill/resale shop. Surely others have donated suits that sat in closet and were worn only once or twice.
Exactly, check out any resale shops.
Or does he have a friend who has a suit that is the right size?
When IS this wedding? Hoping this isn’t a last minute what to wear question.
My H has probably worn a suit <10 times that I’ve known him. Honestly, he would just wear khaki pants, white dress shirt and one of his 2 ties. And who cares what anyone else thinks. You won’t be in any important formal pictures that will be forever hung over a mantel, right?
The wedding is in September. Invitations have not gone out.
So it was a bit of a surprise that the bride wanted the wedding to be dressy. The first thing we heard was that it was going to be a courthouse wedding with the reception at a coffeehouse. Now it’s at a public park.
It’s very difficult when the parents of the bride divorced when the kids were adults. No one is talking and the father of the bride has been kept in the dark. Except to write checks.
And yes @abasket, our husbands are similar. Kohls is a good idea. There’s one of those an hour away. Maybe I can trick him to go there when we go to Costco 
Men typically wear suits to weddings and funerals here, you get get them cheap at macys, target, kohls… I still have a brand new blue suit from target for my son’s junior formal that was canceled due to Covid, it would never fit today. Tux places rent them here. I bought my oldest son a tux online for his college choir.
A vest with tie can look dressy/casual without the suitcoat.
My D is getting married at a park in the summer. She wants people to “dress up” – but that doesn’t mean formal wear. Nice sun dresses, khaki pants, etc.
Uncle asked if he needed to bring a suit. She said no. Ask the MOB?
DH attended a close friend’s park wedding with sport coat, tie, and khakis. He took off the sport coat as soon as we arrived (it was quite hot), and fit in fine.
I second the suggestion for Rent the Runway. My wife and daughter have both used it for dress-up affairs: they receive a couple of different sizes, choose which one fits, and then send everything back after the event is over.
So like how much does it cost to rent a suit??? If someone is looking to be economical - and are not worried about having a designer suit - might it be just the same $$ (or less) to purchase an inexpensive suit???
I’m asking because I don’t really know…but am thinking Rent The Runway will be more high end.
I don’t know; my wife doesn’t discuss the cost of Rent the Runway with me. 
Sorry that I can’t be more help!
The suits my son (groom) and DH wore to the wedding were both on sale from Kohl’s – groom in dark charcoal, DH in navy. Also a fall wedding, but good we picked lightweight bc it was 90 here, unexpectedly.
As a guest, I would wear the dressiest thing I already own, and leave it at that. Shirt, tie, dress shoes and dress pants.