I'm at a wedding next Friday and I'll be wearing something very similar to what Sancho posted . I don't wear suits/ jackets enough (terrible, I know) to justify owning tab or straight collared shirts so I'll be sporting a white OCBD from John Simons.

Regarding shoes, I only have the choice of either longwings or some plain toe Loakes. I'll probably decide on the morning, if it's wet, i'll go with the plain toes as they have a dainite  sole and pack my leather soled longwings for when I do my thing on the dance floor.

It's an all weekend event so will need something smart for the second night. I've got a nice grey tweed jacket that I might take but it's slightly too long so failing that, I might just go with a Shetland.

Now where's my hip flask?

Last edited by IvyLeagueOfGentlemen (2016-05-12 07:11:34)

SP if you are in Manilla, 'Tiño Suits and Sarongs' can turn-around a very decent looking suit in about 3-4 days for about US$450,
it won't be fully custom on your time scale, more a tweaked existing pattern with a couple of fittings for 'tweaks' .
Not yet tried this myself but friends have while on holidays there with really good results.

It's getting more and more tempting to order it, but what throws me off is that it's 40L, but I assume taking off and inch shouldn't look that obvious. Or?

173 cm, but it doesn't matter now because I ordered the first one I linked; darted jacket and pleated trousers (just like they way I want them). I'm in a hurry so it had to be something fast. Thanks anyways Oli!

Two seperate ones?

As for this business of "not outdressing the groom," I will just mention that at the last wedding I attended, I was far better dressed than the groom and his groomsmen, the father of the bride and the officiant (who happened to be her uncle). Did I feel overdressed or out of place? No, because the same could be said of many, probably most of the male guests.

Unless the wedding in question were an ultra-casual affair, I wouldn't worry about outdressing the groom. However, sometimes it is wise to know what you are getting into. I'll never forget when my wife told me that we were going to "an outdoor wedding at Lake Arrowhead." Envisioning something out amid the dirt and the rocks and the pine trees, I wore a nice pair of olive chinos, my tan linen-blend sport coat and a pair of sturdy, rubber-soled plain-toe bluchers and packed along a Panama hat in case it was sunny. As it turned out, the "outdoor wedding" was on the lawn of a posh resort hotel. Every other man was in a dark suit, and there I was, looking like a fool! (My apologies to those who may have read this story in other fora in the past.)