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My favorite color, for my entire life, has been purple. So when I was picking our wedding colors, it was a no brainer. I wanted eggplant, and I'd add in lilac and silver just because you're really supposed to pick a trio of colors instead of one.

I wanted my girls to wear champagne-colored dresses -- and then I realized that if my color scheme was purple, their dresses should be purple. Pete didn't care, just as long as I didn't pick black.

These are all the little things that you have to decide. No one comes up you and says, "These are your wedding colors. Here are dresses for the bridesmaids and matching ties for the groomsmen." But once you finally do decide on the women, it makes picking items for the men easier.

Some of those items, you can actually give as gifts. I actually think wearable groomsman gifts are great ideas, especially if the gift is something they can wear on the wedding day and in the future.

The Best Wearable Groomsman Gift Ideas

A tie

There's a good chance your groomsmen are going to wear ties with their tuxedos. Pete wore a bow tie and his groomsmen wore long ties. It was a nice way for him to stand out while wearing the same outfit as everyone else. 

You can shop online where you can shop by color, pattern, size, and more. That's a great way to assure you are choosing a tie that will fit into your color scheme. If your groom has a favorite sports team, you can also pick up sports ties. Or ones with comic book heroes.

Try to add a little personality into your wedding, but make sure to pick something the groomsmen can wear after the wedding is over.

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A watch

I wanted to say ... watches are so timeless, but man, what a bad, unintentional, play on words. I do love a watch as a groomsman gift idea though.

If you're giving them, you want something really classic, like this Sanford Mezzo Watch from TrendHim. It's a completely modern silver watch, one that's dissimilar to anything we've seen before. The clock face is affixed to the glass front, and the hands spin behind it. It's gorgeous.

Pete was actually gifted this watch and he wears it every chance he gets. He is obsessed with this watch (even more than he is with the watch I gifted him for his birthday a couple years ago) and keeps telling me it's one of the best gift he's gotten.

So this definitely is a good wearable groomsman gift.

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A belt

Belts are so useful. I used to wear a different one every day, just to accessorize. I stopped when my style changed a little, but that means Pete has inherited my excessive belt collection. He combined it with his, and now he has a ton to choose from: including the one he wore on our wedding day.

Some of his groomsmen wore belts too, but I'm not sure if they all did.

You can assure they all do by picking out a belt as a groomsman gift. They'll be sure to wear that for years, especially if you pick up a black or brown belt.

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Sunglasses

We are big fans of sunglasses. I can't even begin to try and count to figure out how many pairs we have between the two of us. One of Pete's favorite pairs is actually made from a skateboard deck. They're so cool. Pick up a few really cool pairs as groomsmen gifts and they'll be sure to wear them all the time.

And, sunglasses are perfect if you're having an outdoor ceremony. That way, the groomsmen can all match and they can still all see what's going on.

Just be sure to prep your photographer if you choose sunglasses with mirrored lenses. Those will all reflect everything that's going on at all times (including the photographers, if they don't get out of the way), so you want to avoid that at all costs. 

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Monogramed Men's Socks

Pete loves funky socks. I buy him a pair every year for Christmas, he permanently borrows mine, and he wore a really fun pair on our wedding day. I wish that we had gotten cool pairs for all his groomsmen.

You can actually pick up monogrammed men's socks in a variety of colors. You should definitely purchase ones to match your wedding colors, then gift them and ask the groomsmen to wear them on their wedding day.

They'll be sure to wear them after, as well. Because who doesn't want a pair of socks with their initials on them (or a three letter nickname ... even if it's inappropriate like all the three letter names we put into video game high score boards growing up). Pete would love this gift, and so will the groomsmen in your wedding party.

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Shoes

When we got married, we told the groomsmen they could wear any shoes as long as they were black. Pete, however, wore lilac Converse -- and of course, I wore them to match.

It was such a cute touch. (You can read all about that here.) He wears those shoes every time he wears his suit now, which is every time we go to a wedding.

If you want your groomsmen to have a little more style, picking out shoes for them is a great gift idea. You can even personalize them with text on the back like we did. Just be sure to get their shoe size as soon as possible so you have time to design and order the shoes.

BRIDAL BABBLE: Which of these wearable groomsman gift ideas is your favorite?