Wedding Blog

Mr. Peacock decided early into our engagement that he wanted to buy himself a tuxedo. It was a bit surprising to me as he and I rarely go to black tie events, but he said that even if he only wore it to the wedding, he wanted it to be his own. I think he had romantic ideas of pulling the tux out of his closet decades from now and one day wearing it to our children’s weddings. Cute, right?

We decided to go very traditional with the guys look- bow ties, no vests. I think this is so sexy and romantic- but it might just be that I am also a sucker for Cary Grant.

I think that I found this picture on the Knot, but it has been in my files for so long that I can’t remember! Please let me know if you know!

Based on our research, tuxes are a lot like wedding gowns. You can really go to town with the high end designers and fabrics, you can find a middle ground at a department store, or you can find yourself a great deal at a warehouse store. We started with the warehouse stores. We were happily surprised at what we found at Mr. Peacock’s favorite place for inexpensive suits- Cosmo’s Designer Direct. Their tag line is “3 for 1 suits” (dot com). They also offer three for one shirts, socks and shoes. Included in their suit selection were a variety of tuxedos at different price points. We found a very nice, traditional tux for $299 (the lowest price point)- which broke down to 3 tuxes at $100 a piece.

Mr. Peacock had been part of several tuxedo rentals gone wrong and thought it might not be so crazy to offer this as an option to his bridal party. He did a little research and found a place that would sell him a tux shirt, bow tie, cummerbund, studs and cuff links for $100. The guys could either rent their tux for $150 or buy it for $200. It worked out perfectly. A few already owned tuxedos, and no one was asking them to rent just to match the other dudes. Out of the seven guys remaining, five decided to buy, which led to a fun trip to Cosmo’s on a Sunday morning for fittings. My Grampy wanted a new black suit, which kept us at a multiple of three. The two that wanted to rent just coordinated it on their own, therefore lessening the chance of a huge mess-up due to the confusions of a group order. The purchased tuxes came in a week later with no problems whatsoever. I cannot wait to see the guys in their nicely tailored suits that morning- hubba hubba!

Has anyone else gone this route? Did any grooms choose to buy rather than rent?