Every August, Heritage Park in Taylor hosts the Junior League World Series, and young ballplayers arrive from around the world along with their families. A city that hosts an international event annually develops a competence that other suburbs don’t have: it knows how to receive people who are not from here.
Hosting is a specific skill
It means anticipating what a stranger needs before being asked, and it applies exactly to a wedding, which is the other occasion where a household receives people it has never met.
What guests actually need
To know how dressed up to be, which the invitation usually fails to tell them. In the absence of instructions, they take their cue from the wedding party within a minute of arriving.
Which makes the party a hosting decision
Dress it clearly and slightly above what you expect the room to do, and the guests relax because the standard has been set for them. Put the whole party in a single cloth on one order, and let each of them be fitted separately afterward by Roman, master tailor at Lincoln Tailor, on site in our store. Ask about group pricing for parties of five or more.
More on wedding suits, or plan your visit to our Oak Park showroom.
