In the Plaza Ballroom at The Henry the two fathers toast one after the other, under the same light, on the same night, and the photographs put them side by side. Most weddings dress them separately, months apart, in different stores, and it shows: one in a suit from another decade, the other in one bought last week.
Level, not matched
Two men of different ages and shapes shouldn’t match. They should be at the same level: the same darkness of cloth and the same formality, so the picture reads as two hosts. Bring them in on the same afternoon and let one consultant see them together.
Two shapes on one rack
A rack that runs 34 short to 70 long, portly included, holds both fathers in their own sizes at the same price as every other size. Neither is ordered special and neither is talked into the other’s suit, because nobody on our floor is on commission.
They buy
Each father wears this suit to the next wedding, the christening, and years of dinners, so both buy: half-canvassed, $300 to $500, premium wool bought as closeouts, cut so the chest holds its line when he stands to toast. Roman, master tailor at Lincoln Tailor, on site in our store, fits both the same afternoon.
Also for Dearborn: The Henry, 1,200 Guests: One Suit for Three Rooms. More on wedding suits, or plan your visit to our Oak Park showroom.
