The invitation to a Laurel Manor wedding lands on a Livonia kitchen table six weeks before the date, and the suit for it has been on a hanger since the last wedding, two years ago. Six weeks sounds like plenty. Whether it is depends on which of three clocks the suit turns out to be on, and you don’t know which until Roman, master tailor at Lincoln Tailor, on site in our store, has seen it on you.
The while-you-wait clock
A hem, a sleeve that needs a quarter inch, a waist button moved. Small jobs he can often do while you wait, so a suit on this clock can come in the week of the wedding and, often, go home the same afternoon. Most suits that fit two years ago are on this clock. Not all.
The quoted clock
Bigger jobs, the sides of the jacket taken in or let out, a seat reworked, go on this one: Roman quotes the job and confirms the completion date before he starts. This clock costs one extra trip up I-96 and I-696, and hearing that date at six weeks out is a very different conversation from hearing it at six days.
The new-suit clock
A suit that needs replacing because the shoulder has moved past the bone is on this one, and no alteration reaches it. At six weeks out there’s still room to choose a new one calmly if that’s the honest answer. Take the suit in the week the card comes. It’s the only week that’s early on all three clocks.
More on alterations, or plan your visit to our Oak Park showroom.
