Planning Your Tailored Wedding Suit
You are getting married. Your bride to be has the perfect one of a kind dress. Why then, should your suit be any less important? Your wedding day will be unique to you, so should your suit be. You want to be able to look back at the photo album with pride, not horror, in a suit that fits you perfectly, makes you stand out from the crowd, and look the part. All this is not possible to expect from an off the peg suit. A made to measure suit eliminates a whole host of issues you might find versus off the peg suits. Bespoke wedding suits, will go further and eliminate nearly every issue, whilst offering you nearly unlimited options to personalise to your exact taste.
Be well prepared and come with something in mind
It goes without saying that weddings require a wealth of planning. This is also true of your suit. Do some research and give it some thought before you first see come in to see us, and have several of ideas of what you would like to discuss for your first appointment. When you make your initial appointment for measurements well in advance of the big day you will also have the chance to review all the options available to match your wishes and the setting of the wedding day. This will be followed by around a three to four week time period in between the initial appointment and measuring and the first fitting. Lastly, if no second fitting is required, then 4 weeks later your wedding suit will be ready for the final fit and collection.
Also remember that the wedding suit is meant to look great when you’re standing more so than a typical business suit, which will play its part in the way the suit is cut. The wedding ceremony itself, along with most of the wedding photography and of course your speech will all require you to be standing, and so with this emphasis in mind the wedding suit will be designed and cut to this fashion.
What time of year and setting?
No matter what season aim for wool fabrics that will breathe and keep you cool in the spring and summer and warm in the autumn and winter, and still allow you to wear a handsome 3 piece suit, be it a Morning Dress or a Tweed Suit or even a linen-wool suit, as the location of your wedding will play a large part in the suit you choose.
The style and colour scheme of the wedding setting will often inform some of the choices you make in your suit. If you’re getting married in the afternoon and having an evening reception, you may want to set a dinner suit as a dress code – in which case, you need to lead by example.
Traditionally, morning ceremonies and early afternoon receptions are saved for morning or lounge suits. Whilst ceremonies and receptions in the afternoon and evening tend to be reserved for evening formalwear.