A wedding party in this city frequently includes at least one man who is working the day of the wedding. He finishes at three, the ceremony is at six, and everything between is drive time. This is ordinary here and entirely manageable, provided nothing about his suit is still unresolved when that morning starts.
What must be finished in advance
All of it. The fitting, the alterations, the collection. A man in this position has no capacity to discover on the day that a sleeve is long, because there is no hour in which to fix it.
So he gets scheduled first, not last
The usual instinct is to deal with the difficult schedule last, once the easy men are sorted. Reverse it. Fit the man with the least flexibility earliest, when the queue is empty and there’s room for anything the fitting turns up.
What the store can do
Take his measurements whenever he can physically come, even if the cloth isn’t settled, so that once it is, the work can start. Roman, master tailor at Lincoln Tailor, on site in our store, quotes each job before he begins, and in the busiest stretch of the year every number he gives runs longer.
Also for Warren: Six Hundred and Fifty at Andiamo, and a Room With History. More on wedding suits, or plan your visit to our Oak Park showroom.
