8 Groomsmen - Need Suit Help!!!

Yah, you don't have to use extra-large font to ask your question unless you're partially blind and can't read what you're writing.

I'm actually almost blind...sorry didn't have my glasses on...can you help or you only have a problem with the font size?

Do a search for the seller of m valentino on ebay. SF consensus is decent. Suits your budget, excellent workmanship, good materials. Contact him directly and he can hook you up with a discount.

+1 on contacting Jeff at Wizard of Aahs on ebay. He should be able to meet your price point.

Originally Posted by teddieriley

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Yah, you don't have to use extra-large font to ask your question unless you're partially blind and can't read what you're writing.

Originally Posted by Lankale

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I'm actually almost blind...sorry didn't have my glasses on...can you help or you only have a problem with the font size?

HAHAHAHAHAHA. He made you look like a jerk.

Seriously though, Wizard of Aahs gets good reviews for that kind of $$.

First solution: Go to stores like H&M and Zara and get some decent fitting and cheap suits. Suits there cost around $250-300

Second solution: Go to stores like Ross, Marshall's, Men's Warehouse and get them super cheap, clearance suits. Then save the money and get yourself a besoke tuxedo.

Originally Posted by Finsen

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Second solution: Go to stores like Ross, Marshall's, Men's Warehouse and get them super cheap, clearance suits. Then save the money and get yourself a besoke tuxedo.

When have you ever gone to a clearance sale with 8 suits of the same brand and style being there at any one time???

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Try this, I am assuming that the 8 guys are spread out over the country? So pick a nationwide chain like Men’s Warehouse or Jos A Bank. Go to the store and buy one of the suits you want everyone to wear. Get all the suit info, like model name or id number so everyone can go to their local store and buy the exact same suit. Buy a gift certificate for the amount of each suit and send that out to each guy (maybe write the suit model on the certificate so they can’t mess it up!)

Good luck

How the heck did you wind up with eight groomsmen? Did your fiancee 'need' to have eight bridesmaids and then demand that you match numbers?

Anyway, if you're going to buy everyone a suit, don't pick the exact same thing for everyone. Ideally, each guy would man up and have his own suit ready to go. If not, I'd consider each suit an individual gift to each groomsmen and specifically aim to not have them wind up looking like clones.

Also, there's no rule stating that the groom buy ALL items of clothing for his groomsmen.

Is it nice? Sure, but hardly required.

I assume the guy/girl asking how i ended up with 8 groomsmen is not married....The guy always matches the girl's number...i dont have a choice..She has 8 friends, so I just try to match the number…but anyway…I’m not buying their suits for them…I just need a really good suit and they must wear the same type…the problem is the number of guys…I called men’s wearhouse, but the colors they have is limited to the number of suits that I need, the same thing with Jos a Bank..they don’t have everyone’s size…The ebay guy you mentioned (Valentino or Aahs- which would you recommend?...would it even be possible to get a swatch sent to me or is that asking too much?)

Check out esuit.com. They have the exact suit you want for 2 for $550. http://www.esuit.com/sean_john/index.htm. Plus it's free shipping. Give them a call and see what they can do. I used to shop with them. Very reputable place.

Oh, and they are suit separates, so it will work great with many different sizes of friends.

Originally Posted by Lankale

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i'm fine with buying online... I'm scared to buy online

Make up your mind.

Originally Posted by Lankale

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I assume the guy/girl asking how i ended up with 8 groomsmen is not married....The guy always matches the girl's number...i dont have a choice..She has 8 friends, so I just try to match the number...but anyway...I'm not buying their suits for them...I just need a really good suit and they must wear the same type...the problem is the number of guys...I called men's wearhouse, but the colors they have is limited to the number of suits that I need, the same thing with Jos a Bank..they don't have everyone's size...The ebay guy you mentioned (Valentino or Aahs- which would you recommend?...would it even be possible to get a swatch sent to me or is that asking too much?)

I am married, actually. No, you don't have to have the same number of groomsmen and bridesmaids. My wife and I didn't; we still got married, the stars did not fall out of the sky, and nobody at the wedding gasped, "But it's uneven!!!"

Anyway, I digress: you got the number you got. But why do all the suits have to be the same color and style? It looks strikingly artificial to have eight guys lined up in exactly the same outfit. Moreover, as you point out, it is very, very difficult to find one suit in one color that will fit eight different men.

My groomsmen each wore their own suits. I just asked them to not wear black. They all chose some form of grey, one with a windopane. It looked natural, like my closest male friends and relatives got dressed up in their best to witness my marriage, not like a pageant or costume party. They each wore a white shirt and a different wedding tie, which I gave to them.