From a recent email:

“I am wondering what the overall dress will be so I can plan to don clothes accordingly; i.e. we don’t want to over or under dress…  What do you envision?  Charles, will you be wearing a suit or a tux – or neither?  Just curious!  Another of those silly details questions I’m sure you’ve gotten plenty of…:

One word: nicely-casual.  OK, it’s two words, but it describes what we’re after.  Here’s the way the bride broke it down in a recent email :

• Rehearsal Dinner – super casual – flip flops and shorts encouraged.
• Wedding/Reception – nicely casual – dress comfortably, but with a nice touch (anybody ever see one of those tuxedo t-shirts?  Classy!)  Erin will be wearing a wedding dress, the bridal party will be wearing dresses of their own choosing, and the groomsmen will be wearing relaxed collared shirts with comfortable trousers (and probably shoes)
• General dress for Ithaca – light jacket for evenings and mornings.  Swimming suit – beautiful swimming areas all around, and swimming possible at rehearsal dinner, and kids (and spunky adults) might really like to get in the water as the rehearsal dinner is on the lake. Check the weather before you come-it has been cool the last few days but typical temperatures in late August range in the mid-80s during the day and down into the 50s at night.

Safe travels and see you in Ithaca soon!