The State Room at Farmington Hills Manor holds 150, which is the size a wedding tends to be when it starts at noon. A daytime wedding has rules the evening one doesn’t, and the oldest of them is simple: no tuxedo before six. What you wear instead is a suit, and daylight decides which.
Lighter than the evening
A mid gray or a mid blue. Daylight through a window is soft and a lighter cloth uses it, where a dark suit at noon looks like it’s waiting for the evening to start. Here a lighter gray reads as more dressed. That’s rare. Take it.
The cloth
Something with a little texture, because flat cloth in daylight looks like a uniform. Tell the consultant it’s a noon wedding and ask for grays with some surface to them. Signature Wool, $259 to $299, is where to start.
The party and the afternoon
Everyone else in the same gray, from the same rack, one order; ask about group pricing for parties of five or more. Then, because a noon wedding ends early, the suit goes straight to the next thing, so buy it. Roman, master tailor at Lincoln Tailor, on site in our store, hems it to the shoes you’ll wear at lunch.
Also for Farmington Hills: The Best Man’s Toast at The Manor, 350 Guests. More on wedding suits, or plan your visit to our Oak Park showroom.
