We don’t get many opportunities to flex our personal style. Like, really flex it, take a risk, make a statement. We’re talking bedazzled, bare-chested Mr Timothée Chalamet strutting down the red carpet or Mr Harry Styles whenever he steps out anywhere. The fact that a few good outfits are headline-worthy in a perpetually insane news cycle is testament to the power of formalwear done right – that is, polished, personal and with just the right amount of peacocking.

Awards-season red carpets, film premieres and festival stages are not readily available to most mere mortals. There is, however, one forum that comes close: weddings. Think about it. There are photographers, grand entrances, long-winded speeches and a banquet hall full of guests dressed to the nines. Well, most of them. There will always be a handful of people who dig out their only ill-fitting suit because they don’t know any better or simply don’t care. But you care. And by now you may feel as though you’ve hit the buffers when it comes to your wedding outfit. It’s either the blue-suit-white-shirt combo or the black-suit-white-shirt combo. If you’re lucky, you may have had the chance to throw a linen suit in there for a tropical-destination wedding.

If you’re feeling boxed in and bored before your next wedding (the season is upon us), we suggest thinking outside said box and embracing your personal style. We have pulled together a few unconventional ensembles to prove that stale suits and stuffy dress shirts aren’t your only option, especially if that’s not how you would usually dress. Throw out all the rules and focus on what’s important: wearing what makes you comfortable and that’s true to your personal sense of style while still adhering to the dress code.

Chalamet and Styles get away with wild looks on a regular basis, so you can break a few rules yourself – without upstaging the happy couple. Even if you do take things too far, there’s a good chance everyone will be too tipsy to remember.