Kresge Court at the DIA takes 175 for a cocktail reception. That is small enough that a groom will speak to nearly every guest properly, at close range, over the course of an evening. It is the venue where the expensive parts of a suit are actually visible, which is rarer than the industry likes to admit.
What becomes visible at a meter
The hand of the cloth. Whether the buttonholes are neatly finished. Whether the collar hugs the neck or floats slightly away from it. Whether the shirt cuff shows, and by how much.
Where the money goes for a room this size
Into the make. Half-canvassed at $300 to $500, and cloth chosen for how it looks at conversational distance rather than across a hall. This is the one wedding where the middle and upper tiers genuinely earn the difference.
And into the shirt
Which almost everyone neglects. At this range a collar bought a size up to be comfortable is obvious, and no suit compensates for it. Have the jacket sleeve set against the cuff of the shirt you’ll actually wear, by Roman, master tailor at Lincoln Tailor, on site in our store.
Also for Detroit: Two Ballrooms in One Masonic Temple. More on wedding suits, or plan your visit to our Oak Park showroom.
