All The Young Dudes

June 9th, 2008 @ 9:28 am by Mrs. Tiramisu

We finally got around to picking out the groomsmen tuxedos a couple of weekends ago. I totally forgot to blog about it because it was such an unexciting experience. With groomsmen spread out all over the east coast, pretty much our only option was Men’s Wearhouse. I don’t think I’ve ever read a review of a wedding tuxedo rental experience that wasn’t without a few mishaps, MW included. So we’re probably looking ahead to some snafus of our own, but hopefully there won’t be anything un-fixable.

Mr. T and I rolled up to our nearest MW, ready to peruse the options. We were handed a book of tuxedo choices, and picked out a couple that we were interested in…

Mr. T: Here are the two that we’d like to look at.
MW employee: Great! But, uh, we don’t actually have the tuxedos here.
Mr. T: Oh. Well I guess this one will be okay then. I’d like to look into purchasing my tuxedo though.
MW employee: Great! But, uh, we don’t actually have those here either.

At this point we were a little dumbfounded, but another employee came over to tell us that they did have a few of the tuxedos for sale in stock. Mr. Tiramisu tried on the standard black Calvin Klein 2-button:

We picked out this tie for him:

And this one for the groomsmen and dads:
Mr. Tiramisu has an aversion to vests and cummerbunds, so when he found out that it is actually acceptable to go without them as long as you are wearing suspenders, he was sold. Here is the look we’re going for (minus the white sneakers):
I think these groomsmen are sans cummerbunds as well:

Sorry for the boring post, but picking out menswear turned out to be just that, boring. Mr. Tiramisu decided to purchase his tux, and so he will actually get to try it on and have it fitted for him, but if he were renting, we wouldn’t have even seen the tuxedo until 2 days before the wedding! It is crazy to me that with all the time, money, and energy put into the bride’s clothing, there just isn’t much to picking out groomswear.

Was picking out the menswear as uneventful for you? Any horror stories or advice about working with Men’s Wearhouse that I should hear about?

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17 Responses to “All The Young Dudes”

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Christine

My fiance just went to MW this weekend to get fitted for a tux for a friends wedding. This friend has been bugging him for the last two months to go get fitted and he finally went this weekend. Well, he gets there and they have no record of his friends wedding. They even called the store (its on the other side of the state) where his friend went to set it all up. They didn’t have it on file either. My fiance got fitted, but who knows what happended to the wedding info! He did make the mistake of telling them he’s getting married too….they probably flagged his file and will start the phone calls this week bugging him!

6/9/08 @ 9:46 am (reply)

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rebecca (message) 1,316 posts, Bumble bee

We went to MW to get FI’s suit for our wedding last week. It was pretty boring and uneventful too. =)

6/9/08 @ 10:03 am (reply)

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Miss Bruschetta (message) 5,553 posts, Bee Keeper

I’m not a fan of vests either, Miss Tiramisu, and FI and I are going for the “Hollywood” tux look — which to the untrained eye looks like simply a nice suit. I’m crinkling my nose, though, at the thought of suspenders. Are they really a must if you opt out of the vest/cumberbund?

6/9/08 @ 10:06 am (reply)

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Smurfette (message) 26 posts, Newbee

My husband bought his tux at MW’s too, so did the Best Man. They had a deal going at the time: “buy one get one free”. It was pretty easy, but the options available to thme were nearly non-existant. In the end we were pleased with the tux purchase, hubby looks hot!

6/9/08 @ 10:22 am (reply)

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ktdid23 (message) 482 posts, Helper bee

Miss. T - I am in the process of submitting my application to WeddingBee and would you even believe that I just wrote a post about MW Tux that is almost identical to yours?! I also have a very strong dislike of vests and cumberbunds, and it appears that our groomsmen might be twins

6/9/08 @ 10:27 am (reply)

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Becca Sanborn

We used MW to do our wedding. We had men spread out over 3 ciites, so it was easiest. My husband had used them before for prom back in hs, so he insisted we use them. This was right after they acquired after hours so they had our colors, yay!

We went and he got measured and set up the account. As far as I know, the only problem that occured for him was that he requested socks and they forgot to put them on his order, only. So we had to purchase them. I never heard about the others and they were all dressed at the wedding, I so I didn’t care.

6/9/08 @ 10:30 am (reply)

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Mrs. Lovebug (message) 714 posts, Busy bee

We had the same experience there! Like, what the heck? How do you sell merchandise that you don’t stock?! I loooooove suspenders, and begged Mr. LB like mad to wear them. No go. Enjoy it vicariously for me, ‘Misu!

6/9/08 @ 10:31 am (reply)

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jnicholea/thatbride (message) 116 posts, Blushing bee

We are headed to Nordstrom for the men’s sale this weekend to see if we can find FI a suit (we are going to buy a suit instead of renting a tux). I am so pumped, and excited that we hopefully won’t have to brave the horrible customer service at MW.

6/9/08 @ 10:34 am (reply)

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frenchbulldog (message) 6,063 posts, Bee Keeper

I LOVE the suspenders way more than the vest or cummerbunds

6/9/08 @ 11:54 am (reply)

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ewong

We had the same experience at MW tux! It was really frustrating to not be able to try on the tuxes. How does my fiance know which jacket (2-button or 3-button) will look good on him? But we’ve been to another tux shop, and had the same experience.

6/9/08 @ 12:36 pm (reply)

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Vailbride

Love the suspenders! We were also thinking about mens warehouse and actually had this conversation this weekend… I’ll be interested to see how it turns out! Looks great though!

6/9/08 @ 12:51 pm (reply)

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mrsbic (message) 96 posts, Worker bee

again, not sure why they don’t have options to try on there–but we had a great experience with MW. We got married in CA and all five groomsmen live in different states–everything was ordered and correct two days before the event and they even let the best man return everything late the following day with no charge. the best part? everyone was super handsome!

6/9/08 @ 1:31 pm (reply)

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Miss Pomegranate (message) 956 posts, Busy bee

LOVING the suspender look!

6/9/08 @ 1:52 pm (reply)

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Erin

I was equally as dumbfounded by how uneventful picking out the tuxes was. I let FI pick out whatever he wanted (except for a request for a windsor instead of a bow tie), so I didn’t even do research. We just showed up, the saleswoman showed us the options, and FI picked out something like checking items of a list. I ended up being more involved than I expected, because he didn’t really seem to have an opinion. I thought it was kind of odd to pick out what you’ll get married in by just showing up at a random store and getting whatever they had. I’m a little afraid that FI “rushed” into a decision, be he doesn’t seem the least bit concerned!

6/9/08 @ 2:58 pm (reply)

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Melina

Neither of us are fans of vests or cummerbunds, so we’re skipping them entirely. This is the first I have heard of suspenders… cute, but not for us. We’re pairing the tuxes with custom silkscreened ties from Cyberoptix… and that’s it. No other male accessories. When the coat is buttoned, you can’t even tell if they’re wearing vests/cummerbunds/suspenders/French maids’ costumes! We may coordinate sock colors (I know, how rebellious are we?…)

6/9/08 @ 7:19 pm (reply)

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Melina

6/9/08 @ 7:19 pm (reply)

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Jim Katz

Only an idiot would wear anything but a black bow tie with a tuxedo. Yes, there are a lot of idiots out there.

The vest or cummerbund is really not optional, despite what you may have heard. Vests should be low-cut, and either should be black. When it comes to formal-wear, color is for teenagers and pimps.

11/12/08 @ 5:38 pm (reply)