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Need a suit for a wedding
suicidexcuse
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I'm attending a wedding on Saturday. I wasn't originally going to be in the wedding party but apparently now I am. I was just going to wear something I have but I need a pure black suit for pictures which I don't have.
How can I get a suit by Friday? Should I rent or buy? Do I even have time for them to alter it? Do they even alter suits when you rent them or do you just find something that fits? I have never bought a suit before so I'm kinda lost here.
How can I get a suit by Friday? Should I rent or buy? Do I even have time for them to alter it? Do they even alter suits when you rent them or do you just find something that fits? I have never bought a suit before so I'm kinda lost here.
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Every man needs a black suit anyway.
^This demands lime.
Why is renting so bad? I know it'll cost me $100 to rent and $150 and up to buy but I'm currently losing lots of weight. So wouldn't it better to rent in case it doesn't fit me anymore in 6 months.
They're like... the budget oriented expensive suit, or the overpriced cheap suit.
Yeah. Places like brooks brothers or joseph a. bank have sample sales all the time, or you can get a foreign suitmaker. far better value.
I don't think that is a thing that grown ups do.
You can always get your suit altered if you gain/lose weight. A good tailor can make it fit perfectly.
I'm aware they don't look as good, but given his budget and the nearness of the date, suit separates are your best option.
EDIT: Get a charcoal grey or light black pinstripe suit separate if you can. Makes people notice the stripes more than they notice that its not cut perfectly. I have great tailored suits, but I had a medium gray pinstripe suit separate I bought during a situation where I was far from home but needed a suit in a hurry and I get more people commenting on how much they love that than the $800 suits I usually wear.
However, I've found though there are certain suits that I can buy off the rack which fit me perfectly without needing any tailoring though such as Hilfiger Slim Cut from Macys. If you don't have a Macys near you, I recommend going to any similar upscale department store and checking out the different collections and trying them on just to see if any are good fits for your body as they are. The closer they are when off the rack, the better they'll look when they are are tailored.
OK I'm in Edmonton
Renting suits is renting a suit 40 guys before you all with different body shapes have had on before.
Go to Moores or The Bay. DNKY, Sand and CK are all good brands and a little tailoring will go a LONG way.
DO NOT GO TO DERKS, Rip off merchants mate.
I have some suits already, and I'll look at them, but I haven't worn them in a few years so I'm not sure what's good.
Could I even get away with just a button-up shirt and some khakis?
Evening wedding = Dark suit.
Try them on. Look in a mirror. Ask someone. How do they fit? Since it's been a few years, you'll probably have to take them to the cleaners/tailor to get one re-fitted. This isn't expensive and is totally worth it.
If you're an adult, no. If you're a younger teenage cousin, sure why not?
Are you sure about what you're expected to wear? Usually the wedding party is in entirely matching attire. Just a "black suit?"
Typically the bridal parties' clothes are covered by the newlyweds.
This is mainly so they can force all the bridesmaids into some horrid pink colour, so that in comparison, the bride looks great.
Suits are often more expensive so they are usually rented as they don't want to spend that mch but some people are generous.
Satans..... hints.....
Yeah, that's kinda what I thought. I've lost weight since I got them so they'll probably be a little big. Also I got them for job interviews so they'll probably won't look right.
Good excuse to get a proper suit, I guess.
I like the Alfani Red line for this, at Macy's. Should be less than $200.
Extra points to this post. The men are never in just a "black suit". The men will be in a specific style of "black suit" (coat length, lapels, vests/cumberbunds, etc. are all variable) and will probably haven gotten their suits from the same place.
Ask the other grooms where they got theirs.
I've never heard of the couple paying for any of those things. I've been in a few wedding parties and only once did someone pay for my clothes (For my sister's wedding, my folks picked up the tab for me, because I was too slow)
If it's black suits instead of tuxes, it's common for the bride and groom to buy matching ties for the bridal party, but paying for everyone's clothes is pretty fuckspensive.
It depends. We paid for the rentals for my groomsmen and for the bridesmaid dresses. It's kind of a dick move to ask someone to be in your wedding (which is a pretty serious commitment) and then make them drop 2 bills on clothing.
No it's not. If you're asked to be in someone's wedding party, you're typically extremely close with them and don't mind spending a bit of money to support them. You might have felt bad and paid, but it's not common.
I've been in a wedding where any black suit was the only request, and I'm in another one with the same rule in September. It happens.
You need a phonebook. Look for men's clothing stores. Local shops are more likely to have on-site tailors than chains in my experience. Start calling local shops and telling them what you needs. I doubt you'll need to make more than 3 calls.
I just checked this out on the Knot.com. I wanted to know if all the people in my circle are just cheap assholes. Apparently the etiquette is:
US/Canada, bridal party pays for themselves. The bride/groom get them a gift.
UK, Bride/Groom often pay. Gift is optional.
So sayeth the bridezillas on the knot.
Can't speak to how it is in the UK, but yes the gift part is common as well. Also, sometimes the bridal party will treat them buying their own clothes as their gift to the bride/groom for the wedding.