Berkley is about 15,194 people, and a town that size has one wedding circuit. The guests at a Berkley groom’s wedding are the guests at the next Berkley wedding and the one after that, and they will see his suit again, at somebody else’s reception, within the year. That settles the rent-or-buy question before it’s asked. A suit that gets worn in front of the same people ten times should be his.
What gets remembered
Not the label. The fit, the color and whether it was the same suit. A navy suit fitted through the shoulder and hemmed to his shoes is a suit people remember as looking right, and a suit that looks right can be worn to ten weddings without anyone thinking it’s the same one. A rental that nearly fit gets remembered as the rental.
Which suit
Half-canvassed, $300 to $500. The chest keeps its shape through a decade of receptions and the cloth takes the wear, and in navy or charcoal it goes to every wedding in that circuit without a second purchase. The groomsmen can rent from one rack in the same cloth, on one order, and the groom should ask about group pricing for parties of five or more; only the man keeping his suit pays for one.
Fitted here
Roman, master tailor at Lincoln Tailor, on site in our store, pins every hem to every pair of shoes, and from Twelve Mile it’s down Coolidge or Greenfield, so the party comes in together on a weekday evening without anyone taking a freeway.
More on wedding suits, or plan your visit to our Oak Park showroom.
