Wedding Suits: The Time is Now
Barely a week into the New Year and already you grooms are thinking about your wedding suits, and why not; the Christmas festivities are behind us, you’ve had a week to work off the excesses and now you’re back behind the desk, the wheel, the bar, enemy lines, but, with the help of Brown in Town, not behind the times!
That said, we at Brown in Town take pride in honouring certain tailoring traditions such as making bespoke suits whereby you, the customer, make informed decisions about which cloth you’d like your suit made from – and us keeping it aside for you. We believe that suits look better when they are made to fit you, both in terms of proportion but also comfort. And we also like quirky details such as roped-shoulders and striped sleeve-linings– see gallery for details – as we believe it gives a suit a more artisanal and elegant look.
However, we are, above all, sensitive to those details which you, the wearer, consider to be de rigueur; whether that be a working cuff, pleats or turn-ups in your trousers, contrasting collars and cuffs on your shirts or brightly coloured-linings on the back of your waistcoats and Brown in Town is only too happy to facilitate.
So, we’re engaged – congratulations – but what next? Presuming you’ve secured your venue, and if you haven’t, might I suggest that you contact Georgina at Hotel du Vin as the Sugar House is such a wonderful location for tying the knot. But let’s imagine that the wedding dress, the venue, the cake, the flowers (and I can’t recommend Edward Allen flowers highly enough for his architectural and bespoke creations) and the photographer have all been taken care of, now might be the opportunity for you to discuss with your betrothed what, if any, of the budget is remaining that might be apportioned to a bespoke wedding suit?!
If you already have a clear idea of what you want to wear for your wedding, then feel free to get-in-touch and make-an-appt. to see me at the humidor, Hotel du Vin. If you have no idea, or are unsure, then read on..
You see, unless the bride has chosen what the wedding theme is going to be – and wedding theme should not be confused with wedding colour-scheme, and I’ll come onto that – then we must first consider if you are going to wear traditional dress i.e. morning suit, although dinner suits have increased in popularity over the past year, and, ergo, would consider this traditional dress, of sorts. Or perhaps you hanker after a 3pc suit for it’s elegance, it’s traditional values and, not least, the waistcoat’s ability to distinguish the groom from the congregation once he’s removed his jacket – it’s also a great opportunity to show-off your grandfather’s fob watch.
And, so, what of the colour of your wedding suit; pale grey – the most common owing to it’s ability to compliment most complexions, dark grey – for those who prefer something a little more formal, black – if you prefer your wedding suits classic, or, indeed if you are to marry into an Italian dynasty on Italian soil, or, perhaps, the increasingly popular navy blue – because you have blue-eyes or because none of the other criteria apply to you, moreover appeal to you.
Once this suiting cloth has been selected, it is only natural to consider the suit’s lining colour, and, or pattern. Traditionally, a wedding suit is lined with one of the colours from the brides colour-scheme, but this does not have to be the case. If having pink on the back of your waistcoat is not for you, but you would like to show your solidarity, then have the wedding colour-scheme represented only on the inside of your jacket or coat, and line the back of the waistcoat with the same colour as the suit cloth.
Whatever your predilection, Brown in Town offers a bespoke tailoring service, and, as such will be more than happy to tailor your suit, or shirts, jacket, slacks or even overcoats for that matter, in any cloth, and at your bequest. But, we are also more than happy to offer expert advice on cloths, colours, style and accoutrements etc. that you might make informed decisions about which of our cloths, and indeed designs, is most suitable for you, the customer.