Weddingbee Blog

One of my favorite things about planning our wedding is all of the fun mail that we receive. This week alone, we received a roll of baker’s twine, our invitations and RSVP cards, and Mr. Mole’s new suit. (More on some of those items later!) The last item was undoubtedly the most exciting for me. After all, I love a man in a nice suit—especially if the man wearing that nice suit is going to be my husband!

Early on in the planning process, we decided that Mr. Mole should buy a new suit for our wedding. It only seemed fair. If I were going to spend hundreds of dollars (or more) on a dress that I could wear only once or twice, he should get to spend an equal amount on a suit that he can wear several times per year.

We toyed with the idea of getting a suit custom made, like some of his friends in Chicago have done, but we ultimately purchased it at J.Crew. We found that the suits there are nice quality—and I get a 15% teacher discount for shopping there. Sold! J.Crew doesn’t carry the specific style that Mr. Mole wanted in store, so we placed an order through their red phone. (Red phone orders = free shipping!)

This package came about a week later!

I have to admit that I was pretty excited about opening this box. (Tom Boonen, not surprisingly, couldn’t have cared less.)

Opening the box…

Mr. Mole paused here to marvel at the nice packing job…

Showing off the goods…

Trying things on…

I’d wolf-whistle at this point, if I could whistle.

If you like this suit just as much as we do, here are the important details. Mr. Mole is wearing the Ludlow two-button suit jacket with center vent in Italian wool and the Ludlow suit pant in Italian wool. Both the jacket and the pants are black. Although it’s not pictured above, he’s going to also be wearing a dark gray wool tie.

My (incredibly) biased opinion is that Mr. Mole puts this model to shame. / Image via J.Crew

How did you decide what your groom is/was going to wear for your wedding? Was it a joint or an individual decision?