The Chapel at the Masonic Temple holds about 400 people. A ceremony room of that capacity has an aisle to match, and an aisle is the one part of a wedding where a man is looked at from directly behind by several hundred people at once, for an uninterrupted stretch, with nothing else happening.
Nobody dresses the back
Every fitting a man has ever had took place facing a mirror. The back of a suit is something he has genuinely never seen on himself, and it is the view the ceremony gives most of the room.
What’s wrong back there, usually
A collar standing away from the neck, which reads as borrowed from across a room. A vent pulled open by a jacket that’s tight across the seat. And a jacket length that looks fine from the front and short from behind.
Ask to see it
Two mirrors, or a consultant with a phone, and thirty seconds. It is one of the most useful checks to request at a wedding fitting, and Roman, master tailor at Lincoln Tailor, on site in our store, can fix nearly everything it reveals.
Also for Detroit: A Ballroom in Gold Leaf, and What Not to Do in It. More on wedding suits, or plan your visit to our Oak Park showroom.
