A groom from Madison Heights books a date and discovers the real problem isn’t the venue. It’s that his eight men work different hours, and there is no single evening in the calendar that all eight can attend. Most advice about wedding parties assumes everyone can turn up together. Here’s what to do when they can’t.
Separate the decision from the fitting
These are two different things and only one of them needs a crowd. The decision, which cloth and which color, wants three or four men in a room looking at the same bolt. The fittings can happen one at a time over weeks, because a fitting is between one man and a mirror.
So do it in that order
Get whoever can come in early and settle the cloth. Then each remaining man comes when his shift allows, is shown the decision rather than asked about it, and is fitted. One order still covers the party, and the man who settled the cloth can ask about group pricing for parties of five or more.
The last man
Someone always arrives late. That’s survivable if he has been measured, and Roman, master tailor at Lincoln Tailor, on site in our store, can often do a hem while he waits.
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