Hi Everyone,

Im getting married in April 2011, we have a really tight budget and so I am not sure what to do about my partners suit...

I am thinking of hiring his suit but I have no clue how much this is, and also I dont know if we have to hire my fathers, the best mans and the ushers?

Do they have to match like the bridesmaids???

Please help, I have no idea?

Thank You
Erica
xxx

Have a think about what your budget is. Its up to you whether the suits match or not. You can hire which is usually cheaper and thy can all be the same. You can also buy which is usually more expensive. You may get suits in the sale, which is cheaper but they may not match.

matalan do mens formal wear and my h2b wears there trousers and they look really nice xx

I agree with angelan, Matalan do some great cheaper suits - thats where I'll be getting my sons from. Not sure whether we are hiring H2Bs suit or buying - still not decided whether hes going for a normal suit or something a bit 'unusual' yet (he is an unusual person!) But looked at Debenhams (under £100 to hire) and Moss Bros (about the same). Asda also do cheap, quite good suits. Either that or has he got a smart suit already that could just be jazzed up with a new shirt and waiscoat?

you want to be booking it 3 months in advance hun for hiring, sme companies do deals where you hire so many and get 1 free. im hiring 4 and getting the grooms free from youngs hire, they have shops all over. that comes in at around 300ish

ooooo thats a good price maria!

I've found a place on ebay that hires suits for £50. Just search for wedding suit hire and he will come up. Either that or if you hire tux's they are usually cheaper at £29 each. If you know a student get them to hire them at Debenhams as they student discount and can hire them for £25. If even that is looking a little too high then Asda do a range starting from £14.00. Matalan also have some nice suits for about £50 including wasitcoat and also Burton's have a sale on mens suits at the moment with them down from £100 to £50. I've got a link on my wall for waistcoats etc on my wall for a ebay seller that has waistcoats etc for £10 each.

Search on the internet a couple I have seen are under £55 per suit. Normally the groom has a different colour cravat to the groomsmen who all have a matching colour :)

Thanks for this thread was thinking the same! Very helpful ladies! xx

ekielty, we are doing the same. As my brother and H2B's brother are both in Australia, it would be too difficult to have them all in matching suits, so their brief is that the groom is wearing dark grey and we are going to get co-ordinating purple ties. I quite like the thought of having similar but not the same ties, different patterns but in purple :) If you find any nice ones let me know :)