Wedding planning - June 2012

[MacLowlife]

I am truly surprised. The best advice is to ask the Bride what she wants.

Beyond that, I'm with Fluter. Go with linen or raw silk. Today I wore a silk herringbone sport jacket with my trousers and, as I do every time I wear it, I thought how it is cut mighty short and the patch pockets could come right off and move up, etc, to make a fine kilt jacket. It has the look of an ancient and honorable wool tweed, but it is much much cooler.

You have some time. Find out what sizes your men are and go to work looking for summer weight jackets that can be bought and converted for less than renting. It can be done. And make sure your tailor understands the process by practicing on everyone else's before going into yours. You have time. watch the catalogues for unstructured jackets on sale at the end of this summer. I vote for navy. What doesn't match navy?

If you are all small and medium-ish guys, you might consider this from the Sportsman's Guide. I know it says "warm" but if it's the one I'm thinking of, it is a single thickness of worsted fabric and very versatile as it comes out of the box.

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=759130

You can take advantage of the opportunity to avoid the rent it all look by , um, NOT renting it all....


THIS JACKET IS MADE FROM THE SAME SILK HERRINGBONE. I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU SHOULD SPEND $200. I FORGET HOW MUCH LESS MINE WAS, BUT I AM CERTAIN IT WAS MUCH LESS.

(sorry about the caps lock...)

http://cgi.ebay.com/POLO-RALPH-LAURE...item231178e3ad


m'll