Rent or buy suit??

Although I have my own basic tuxedo that I've owned for 20+ years, we decided against using it for our wedding and went with renting a tailcoat tuxedo (which is NOT easy to find for purchase; most can be gotten through a rental). The other groomsmen are wearing basic black tuxedos.

It depends on the suit. My fiancé really wanted to buy his and unfortunately they don’t sell the one he likes and he can only rent it. We had people looking in Montreal,Quebec, Ottawa,Toronto, California &Florida for ur and can’t find it

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Definitely buying! We are thinking of getting him a custom tailored suit since FH wears suits a lot 😊

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Yeah and their stores just opened too.

View quoted message He usually doesn’t but we have a lot of friends who will be getting married soon so I agree with him buying if he feels comfortable with it ! Thank you

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Moores has a full suit to rent (pants, socks, shirts, tie pocket square everything) to rent for $200 and its another $100 on top if they want to buy. it just depends on what ur hubby wants to do.

It depends if he likes to dress up or not.
If you know you have events coming up I would say tell him to buy a suit that he could wear again after the wedding maybe without the jacket or different tie ect.

My FH is big into Tuxedo's and suits & he decided to custom make his own, which he loves!

My DH bought his suit (as well as all the GM bought theirs), and he loves it!! He got it custom made and tailored to his body so he looks real fresh 😎

Plus, it says "Husband material" in it (his GM got their nicknames in theirs)

I think the groom buying his is so beneficial! Can use it for other purposes etc.
But for the groomsmen, I think renting suits but from the same place and that either match or look good together if perfectly fine. Especially depending on if you have a large age gap. Some guys aren’t a formal wear guy I.e factory workers and by the time they would wear it again it might not fit. 9/10 times the guys won’t wear suit jackets especially if not formal wear occupation. They might reuse the pants or shirt (if not a certain colour, but most times a male gods to a wedding as a guest they just wear regular dress pants. But if there’s some guys that want to buy and some that want to rent, that shouldn’t be a problem if it goes together.
My friends wedding they rented suits for $150-200 depending on what tie, clips etc. and what socks they bought to keep. But the groom bought his full suit and it was closer to $300. He never wore the suit again because he is a factory worker and that was 4 years ago.
My FH is the same he is a factory worker and when we went to higher end restaurants or weddings he just wore dress pants and a plain dress shirt or golf shirt.
We are giving our guys the option as the suit we tend (style wise) has option to both buy and rent and that will be their choice.

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As a guy, my rule for suits is always buy. Even if you don't go the bespoke route, you can get an off the rack suit that can be fixed slightly that can fit well and look great for just a tad bit over what you'd be paying for a rental. It's one thing if you're planning on getting a tuxedo and the wedding is the only time you'll wear it but with a suit, there are so many occasions for it: an evening outing, a work function, a job interview, etc. You can never be overdressed with a suit so you can literally wear it for so many occasions.

My husband and his best man both bought! While the price is a bit more than renting they have a personalized suit that is completely theirs and can be utilized for formal events after the wedding also! Essentially we figured it would pay for itself in the long run!

We decided to buy because FH doesn't have one and we have a bunch of weddings and slightly more formal events coming up.


Having something that fits well is important to me and renting doesn't always give you the best fitting suit. The seamstress who worked on my dress also does suits and other clothes so we can have it taken in to fit him perfectly!

We bought his suit! We figured renting costs like 1/3 of the price, so as long as he wears it three times it pays off! But it’s up to you and if you think he will wear it after. For example, I know that he will wear his suit multiple times, so it pays off. But if I knew he wouldn’t wear it ever again then I would just rent