The DoubleTree by Hilton Detroit Novi holds a wedding of up to 240, and 240 is the size where the groom shakes every hand in the room before the night’s out. He’s close to everyone, all night, and he’ll see most of them again at the next ten weddings in the same crowd. That’s the wedding where the groom buys: the suit gets worn ten more times, in front of people who’ll remember it.
What close range shows
The shoulder. On a suit fitted to him it ends where his shoulder ends, and 240 hands on his back will feel the difference. Then the cloth, which at arm’s length is texture, and a wool with a hand to it reads as a suit he chose.
Which suit
Half-canvassed, $300 to $500. The canvas gives the chest a shape that holds through the dinner, and the cloth is premium wool bought as closeouts, so he isn’t paying for a label. At 240 guests, the crowd he’ll wear it in front of again is most of the people he knows.
The groomsmen still rent
They can. The party rents, in a color held against his on the floor rather than picked from a chart, on one order, and only the man keeping his suit pays for one; ask about group pricing for parties of five or more. The groom is fitted first and the party after, and from the DoubleTree it’s I-96 to I-696 east, off at Greenfield.
Also for Novi: The Baronette, 280 Guests: Midnight Blue or Black? More on wedding suits, or plan your visit to our Oak Park showroom.
