Tux Rental Recommendations

[Icon]

Originally Posted by jaydorn

Oh good, I've just been told I need to go to Moore's to rent a tux for my sisters wedding, glad the money will be well spent

To be fair, one guy in my wedding party said that he went to the one downtown(?) and he said they were great to work with, plus his fit him perfectly.

A lot of this has to do with the staff who helps you.

so... /roll dice

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Icon

To be fair, one guy in my wedding party said that he went to the one downtown(?) and he said they were great to work with, plus his fit him perfectly.

A lot of this has to do with the staff who helps you.

so... /roll dice

Also, the style of the person being fitted. Most people wear terribly-fitted clothes on a day-to-day basis and don't really have an idea as to what looks good or awful.

[FlamesKickAss]

Originally Posted by The Goon

If the one-size-fits-all thing at Moore's is true, things have changed since 2008. I was measured up and down (no "special inseam" measure, sadly) and I definitely had a different size shirt and pants than my groomsmen.

Also, like Flameskickass, I had two groomsmen coming in from out of province so they were able to get measured locally and have the tux waiting for them here.

FlamesKickAss - we worked with a young lady named Tara at North Hill who was pretty cool. Assuming she hasn't moved on, try to get her to help you out.

That's who we got! I chose to pay the 150 tux rental and get the $400 towards a suit as we are having a second reception in Ontario (where the fiancee is from)

[Regular_John]

Originally Posted by Icon

To be fair, one guy in my wedding party said that he went to the one downtown(?) and he said they were great to work with, plus his fit him perfectly.

A lot of this has to do with the staff who helps you.

so... /roll dice

I suppose, I'm honestly just a little sore about shelling out almost $200 for a rental at this point when my regular suit was only $300 and I OWN that.

[Misterpants]

I can't say enough good things about Moore's at North Hill, they were awesome to deal with.

[Finner]

Derks was absolutely awesome for my wedding. Tons of choices, i could try on a pile of different tuxes right there to determine what the correct jacket size was, so it was fitted and i wasn't swimming in it.

[Bean]

To add another option for you, we went to Tip Top Tailors at Marketmall. I don't remember the name of the guy that helped us; but between him and the manager we got about 10 tuxes rented (between 2 weddings) done pretty easily.

No one size fits all anything and pants were taken in accordingly. An overall great experience.

If you really want to do it on the cheap, there is a place around the corner where T&T Honda used to be that does rentals as well. You get what you pay for as the pictures of groomsmen in elephant's pants look truly tacky just to save a few bucks. This rental place is in the same strip mall of The Clay Oven restaurant.

[Julio]

Originally Posted by Finner

Derks was absolutely awesome for my wedding. Tons of choices, i could try on a pile of different tuxes right there to determine what the correct jacket size was, so it was fitted and i wasn't swimming in it.

Derks is all sorts of great...go to the location just south of Chinook and ask for Patricia...she's the manager there and super nice. They also have a full time tailor on site so if there are any issues they can make it right pretty much on the spot.

[driveway]

+1 for buying your own tuxedo. Take the time and spend the money to get yourself something that's high-quality and stylish. Your bride is going to be dropping several grand on a dress that she's only going to wear once, you should do the same for something you can wear repeatedly.

Get a real tailor to take your measurements and get something made for you - you don't have to go the whole bespoke route, but made-to-measure is a great way to go.

It's an investment in style. Get something classic and you'll be able to wear it for years and years and you'll KNOW you look good in it.

Another thing you can do, if it's your wedding and not someone else's, is go with suits instead of tuxes. Give your guys a colour palette to work with and tell them to go get themselves a suit in that range. That way, you all look classy and everyone ends up with a new suit. It works really well if you give 'em a colour that they'll be able to wear frequently ie: charcoal grey, or black. This is a really good way to avoid being the jack-holes wearing fuschia vests and fedoras.

If your bride is being all crappy and telling you that she wants the guys in tuxes at HER wedding, tell her to get stuffed, it's your wedding too, they're your friends and you're gonna look like MEN on your wedding day.

[anyonebutedmonton]

I to was unfortunate enough to go through Moore's for my wedding tux's...

When they arrived my fiance told me flat out that she wouldn't marry me in a suit that looked that bad.

To their credit, they hooked us all up with a decent deal on suits so we could all have something that looked better. I think it was an extra 60 dollars for the suits and they all now have one to keep.

[worth]

Well said driveway.

I despise the identical tuxedo wedding. So tacky, so fake. Matching pocket squares to ties to shirts. Unbelievably atrocious.

[IliketoPuck]

Maybe you guys just weren't good enough looking to pull off the matching effect?

There are few times in life that you can dress up as much as you want and your wedding is one of them. Why not go all out and get a sweet ass tux and look like a stunt double for James Bond?

[anyonebutedmonton]

Originally Posted by IliketoPuck

Maybe you guys just weren't good enough looking to pull off the matching effect?

There are few times in life that you can dress up as much as you want and your wedding is one of them. Why not go all out and get a sweet ass tux and look like a stunt double for James Bond?

The tux you are thinking of will not be found at Moores.

[worth]

If you've read any of the other sartorialist threads on here you will know that I am all for dressing up. In fact, I advocate it wholeheartedly in every day life.

Having four dudes at a wedding all wearing the same thing is a style faux pas, in my opinion. It stifles creativity within style, it looks fake and put on.

I will add, I do know a lot of women who like it this way. I have a friend getting married this summer and they are being meticulous about every detail. Even haircuts. So to each his own I suppose, but there are far better ways to dress up and be stylish then making everyone wear the same rented uniform.

[IliketoPuck]

Originally Posted by anyonebutedmonton

The tux you are thinking of will not be found at Moores.

Yea, we are going Black & Lee.

Guys are wearing black shirts, black vests, lime green ties. I'm going black shirt, ivory vest, ivory tie. Should look pretty damn sharp. Which reminds me I need to get tie sizes of the guys....off to practice my fashion faux pas, worth.

[worth]

As I said, to each his own.

[IliketoPuck]

Originally Posted by worth

As I said, to each his own.

To mine, my own! Just bugging you.

[Julio]

Originally Posted by driveway

+1 for buying your own tuxedo. Take the time and spend the money to get yourself something that's high-quality and stylish. Your bride is going to be dropping several grand on a dress that she's only going to wear once, you should do the same for something you can wear repeatedly.

Get a real tailor to take your measurements and get something made for you - you don't have to go the whole bespoke route, but made-to-measure is a great way to go.

It's an investment in style. Get something classic and you'll be able to wear it for years and years and you'll KNOW you look good in it.

Another thing you can do, if it's your wedding and not someone else's, is go with suits instead of tuxes. Give your guys a colour palette to work with and tell them to go get themselves a suit in that range. That way, you all look classy and everyone ends up with a new suit. It works really well if you give 'em a colour that they'll be able to wear frequently ie: charcoal grey, or black. This is a really good way to avoid being the jack-holes wearing fuschia vests and fedoras.

If your bride is being all crappy and telling you that she wants the guys in tuxes at HER wedding, tell her to get stuffed, it's your wedding too, they're your friends and you're gonna look like MEN on your wedding day.

If you are going to wear it more than twice, it makes total sense to have your own tux made, or at least tailored for you. Again, sorry to sound like a shill, but Derks is a great spot for that.

[Regular_John]

Originally Posted by driveway

Another thing you can do, if it's your wedding and not someone else's, is go with suits instead of tuxes. Give your guys a colour palette to work with and tell them to go get themselves a suit in that range. That way, you all look classy and everyone ends up with a new suit. It works really well if you give 'em a colour that they'll be able to wear frequently ie: charcoal grey, or black. This is a really good way to avoid being the jack-holes wearing fuschia vests and fedoras.

That's actually exactly what I did for my wedding. Simple black/pin stripe suits with blue shirts & black ties. So yes, everyone ended up with one dress shirt they'll never wear again (which I paid for) but they only had to purchase a suit they'll wear again.

[me_dennis]

to bump an old thread:

I'm looking for a tailor that will take my measurements. My friend is going to Hong Kong to get suits custom made for his groomsmen (me being one of them) and he asked me to get my measurements so that he can bring it with him.

I'm wondering if anyone knows of a tailor that will be able to do this for free, or cheap?
I'm looking for measurements that are quite accurate and detailed, because i don't want to spend more money altering it more because the measurements weren't detailed enough, or even worse, not have the suit fit.

I've heard of Giovanni's but I'm not too sure if they'd be willing to take measurements without any intention of using his bespoke services.

Any ideas?

Thanks.