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A handsome and well-dressed groom is as essential at a wedding as
is a beautiful bride! While men's clothing styles vary from season
to season, men's formalwear changes little.
Choice should be based on the season, the hour the wedding will
take place, the size of the wedding party and the kind of wedding
you are planning -- traditional, simple or eccentric.
Cutaway coats are the first choice for formal morning weddings,
while strollers fit the bill for less formal daytime weddings. The
black tuxedo is still the first choice for evening weddings.
If you choose tuxedos for your evening wedding, your groom will
have numerous choices such as notched lapels, double or single breasted,
pleats or plain, western or traditional cut. You may also choose
from designer labels.
Do rent everyone's suits from the same shop for consistency. Since
pictures and videos record the wedding in its entirety, both fathers
should rent suits in keeping with what the groomsmen wear.
Every man in the wedding party should be measured by a specialist.
Out-of-town formalwear shops will take the measurements for the
men in the wedding party who live elsewhere.
Formalwear shops prefer that the groom and groomsmen try on their
suits when they pick them up. They can put everything together --
cufflinks, studs, cummerbunds, ascots -- or whatever is being rented.
If adjustments are necessary, the early "minor" problem
does not become a wedding day "concern."
If you're planning a big wedding, you might want to place a preliminary
rental order for tuxedos at the same time you order your gown –
give the store a general idea of how many tuxes, what style, and
roughly what sizes. Tuxedos, as opposed to gowns, are something
that stores usually have on site in most average sizes.
"We can usually get tuxes in a week," said Debbie Augustus,
manager of Weddings & Flowers Unlimited.
For the big and tall groom or father-of-the-bride, give the store
at least a month to acquire a perfect size tuxedo.
Groom's Glossary
• Ascot: Broad neck scarf looped under chin; fastened with
tie tack or stick pin. Should be worn with wing collar shirt.
• Cutaway Morning Coat: Long coat; tapers from waistline button
to one broad tail in back.
• Dinner Jacket: Cut similar to tuxedo; has shawl collar.
• Four-In-Hand: Knotted tie, hangs vertically, similar to
business suit tie. Can be fastened with tie tack; should be worn
with spear collar.
• Spencer Coat: Open coat without buttons; cut right at waistline.
• Stroller Coat: Semi-formal suit jacket; cut similar to tuxedo.
• Tails: Formal coat; short in front, extends to two tails
in back.
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