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serious men's suits issues - advice needed!! please!!! cross posted to wedding planning

Karen1980, 27 October, 2009 at 06:37 Posted on Planning 0

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I'll try to keep this short.

As we have a dark red/burgundy theme we wanted to have grey suits as our wedding is in July 2010.

OH is 5ft 8 so didnt want tails and to be honest the prince edward style suits looked much nicer on him.

We took my dad to try on the prince edward and tails (just to make sure) and he looked terrible ?

The colour looked quite bad bt worse than that was the cut of the prince edward on him. To get it across his beer tummy it had to be quite big and just ended up looking like a cross between the grium reaper and father christmas (due to burgundy tie and the fact the shirt was too tight so his cheeks were rosy bless!!)

So my question is what have you brides done in this situation? I want my dad to feel fab on the day and he said he felt like a stuffed turkey ?

Would it look weird if he had the same colour suit just a shorted jacket? with fiance having prince edward suit? that might look better for him as it wont look like a huge coat on him?

If I do that do you think then all the bridal party except fiance should have the same suit as my dad and OH be different or just let my dad have a differnt suit.

Im aware of his feelings if I pitch it as him having a different suit although it can always be spun to your special so can wear whaever you want!

I hope this doesnt come across as mean ? I just want him to look his best and have a great day.

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BespokeTailor · 28 October, 2009 at 15:58
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Hi Karen,

I did reply to this thread over on WP: This was my reply:

Hi,

I thought I might chip in with a little professional advice.

The problem with your dads suit is the correct fit and cut of the suit. The style is irrelevant!

Having said that the Edward style is not a flattering style for some figures. But it should fit OK if the suit has a nice cut and he is wearing the right size.

I have an extremely busy hire department and I very rarely recommend the Edward style for the whole party for this reason. A Tail suit if correctly fitted will look far more elegant, and a lounge suit again if correctly fitted will look good too.

I know my hire department will have various styles of jacket available in the same fabric, this way you can have the Groom and Bestman in the Edward (or tail suit or any other style) and then the Dads in a more flattering style.

My honest advice would be to try other shops and have alook at the quality, fit and design of the suits there.

The MOST important part of hiring a good suit is the fit!

If you have any questions email me, I can always offer advice.

Marc

I would still advise visiting other shops, I do not think you should have a problem with your dads size other than the suit he tried fitted poorly!

Last year there was a thread on WP similar to yours and the person happened to be local to me and popped into my shop. When that person tried on suits that fit , they decided to cancel their booking with a 'nationwide chain' and book with me instead. Here is a link to a picture of their wedding: http://www.bunneyblog.com/2008/06/wedding-pictures-our-wonderful_09.html As you can see that jacket fits him reasonably well.

Marc
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