Dressing Up the Boys

I'm totally tuxedo-challenged. We went to men's wearhouse, and it wasn't that hard once we figured out a few things. We didn't want tails - it's a daytime wedding - so then the biggest thing was to choose between one-button, two-button, and three-button. The main difference is how much of the vest will be showing (if you're going with vests). We ended up going with the two button style (I think) and then just picked what kind of lapel we wanted. They'll have pictures of the two types (notch or shawl) Notch lapels look more like suits - that's the one we chose.
I would suggest you bring swatches of your bridesmaids dress if you have them. . . it makes it a lot easier to pick out colors for the groomsmen's ties and vests. They have swatches of those for you to look at, and if you don't have the bridesmaids dresses picked out already, I believe you can make changes until just a few weeks before the wedding.
Then they'll have you pick out pocket squares, cufflinks, shoes, shirts, etc. but it's not as hard as it seems once you get in there and see the options.
We had to put down a $40 deposit (which will be applied to the cost of FI's tux) for the wedding party. They "opened a ticket" on our wedding party with everyone's names, the style tux each guy would be wearing, color of vest & tie, cufflinks, shoes, everything.
If you sign up for their email list, you get $20 off the price of your tux rental & a coupon for $25 off your next purchase. We used the coupon that day to buy the pocket squares for each of the groomsmen & Jakob.
Mens Wearhouse also has a program where if you rent four tuxes, the groom's is free. We opted to give our free rental to our ringbearer for a couple of reasons. . . I think it's outrageous that a tux for a 2 1/2 year old is the same price as one for a grown man. Also, his mom is one of my bridesmaids, so it cuts her some slack since she's already paying for a dress.