I suspect this might be a bit of a long shot but I am seriously stuck on suits and any advice would be much appreciated!
We live in Gloucestershire, but all of the groom's party (except my dad and groom!) live in Essex and London. Being completely uneducated with the whole suit hire thing I set up a weekend where all involved could come and stay in Gloucestershire for the weekend and we went to the shop where I got my dress, a small independent place. Unbelievably they had only one colour and one style of suit (full tails) which didn't suit any of the party.
Realistically I can't now get them all to come down again as I know it cost them all a lot in travel and time, so I've decided I need to use a chain so me and fiance can go and pick out the suit, then get them all to try it close to home and be measured. Slaters was my first choice but amazingly they have no stores in Essex or London. Debenhams were second choice, but they don't seem to do a 'groom goes free' style offer which we really need cost-wise (unless I've missed something here?). Austin Reed were third choice but again they have no stores in Essex and the two men in Essex won't be able to travel to the next nearest store in London easily as its still a good couple of hours away.
Can anyone suggest anywhere else that I haven't thought of? I don't really want to do online hire or anything like that as they're all such different shapes and sizes that I want them to be able to try the suit before we hire and to have the chance to pick the suit up a few days before the wedding to try it again and swap sizes if needed.
Sorry for the essay!! Hopefully I'm blindly missing somewhere obvious...
