Farmington’s older downtown is a historic district, which means a wedding photographed anywhere in it gets nineteenth-century brick behind it whether the couple planned for that or not. Backgrounds like that are generous to some clothes and unkind to others, and the difference is worth knowing before eight men are standing in front of one.
What old brick does
It is warm, busy and mid-toned, so it swallows anything mid-toned and busy in front of it. A mid-gray suit against weathered brick simply disappears; a patterned one fights the wall and loses.
What stands out against it
Dark and plain. Navy or charcoal separates cleanly from warm brick, and a white shirt gives the eye somewhere to land. That’s the entire rule, and it holds for the groom, the party and the fathers alike.
Doing it as a group
One rack, one cloth, one order; ask about group pricing for parties of five or more. Everyone is still fitted individually afterward, so a shared bolt doesn’t flatten eight different builds into one shape. Roman, master tailor at Lincoln Tailor, on site in our store, pins the hems to the shoes each man brings.
More on wedding suits, or plan your visit to our Oak Park showroom.
