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Acquiring Measurements for Your Out-of-Town Groomsmen

Follow these steps to collect your tux measurements:

STEP ONE:

Get a measurement form from your Tuxedo Source Associate. Give the forms to your groomsman. Have your gentlemen visit an Authorized Tuxedo Source Formal Wear Retailer to be measured. If a Tuxedo Source Retailer is not close, a professional tailor or menswear shop is a good alternative.

STEP TWO:

Once your gentlemen have their measurements taken and the form completed, have them send the form to you!
Collect the forms and deliver or send them to your chosen Tuxedo Source Retailer at least four to six weeks prior to the date of your affair. Your Tuxedo Source Retailer will pick up the tux ordering process from here!

STEP THREE:

Once the gentlemen get into town the week of the wedding, have them visit your local Tuxedo Source Retailer to pick up their tuxes! They should all try on their ensembles to make sure they properly fit before leaving the store. Your Tuxedo Source Retailer will be able to handle any last minute alterations at that time.
   
TIPS

Encourage your groomsmen NOT to measure themselves, have a relative or friend measure them, or estimate their measurements!
Current measurements are the most accurate! Even though a gentleman may have been measured for a tuxedo recently, measurements can change. It's best to be measured again...
Have your gentlemen go to an Authorized Tuxedo Source Formal Wear Retailer to have measurements taken. If a Tuxedo Source Retailer is not close, a professional tailor or menswear shop is a good alternative. Some retailers may charge a small fee for this service.


4-6 months before

Select invitations and think about who you want to send them to. Yes, you have to send them to your future in-laws.

Pick out entertainment. Whether it’s a Wedding Band or Wedding DJ, if it begins with “Wedding” rest assure that your YMCA, Chicken Dance and Electric Slide needs are taken care of.

Purchase wedding rings and mentally prepare for the receipt figures.

Picking out cake designs means a 10am cake binge, nothing wrong with that.

Reserve rental equipment like chairs, tables and loved ones.

Confirm locations for your triple-threat: the wedding, the party and the rehearsal dinner.

Choose a caterer that combines elegance and deliciousness.

Plan the honeymoon, where it will be and what you will do… ok just plan where it will be.

Register at The Tuxedo Source where one of our savvy formalwear associates will help you choose from a wide array of tuxedo styles.

Select the wedding rings with and have them engraved with both of your initials and the wedding date.


3 months before

Send invitations to final guest list. Friendly reminder: exes do not make the cut.

Go to your first fitting at The Tuxedo Source. Strike a pose; you could be America’s Next Top Male Model.

Plan wedding day transportation. Everyone renting the Party Bus take one step forward.

Write your vows or go over the traditional ones. Avoid using the cutesy pet names you have for each other.


4-8 weeks before

Get your marriage license. Aren’t you glad they don’t take your blood anymore?

Get your lady a wedding gift to calm her nerves and remind her why you’re so lovable.

Buy some gifts for your parents and the groomsmen.

Pick up your wedding rings and put them in a safe place, like Canada.


2-3 weeks before

Bachelor party!

Recover from bachelor party.

Make a song list for the DJ or band. Be considerate of your multi-generational guests because Grandma only has so many hip-hop dance moves.


1 week before

Get a hair trim from your usual Barber and let him know it’s for the big day.

Prearrange for someone you trust to return any rentals. Your Tuxedo Source rentals have to be returned two days after the wedding .

Write a speech that includes thanking the special people in your life- your Bride, Best Man, Parents, In-laws, Tuxedo Source Sales Associate…


2-3 days before

Go for your second Tuxedo Source fitting and bring your new duds home. To keep them in good condition, refrain from playing James Bond around your apartment.

Tell your best man to make sure all your guys go for their second fittings too because we know at least one of your friends would end up going to the ceremony in cargo shorts and flip-flops if his tuxedo didn’t fit right.


The night before

Give your best man the ring and appropriate threats so that he won’t lose it.

Rehearse the ceremony because it’s down to the wire now.

Two very important things to give your officiant – the marriage license and payment. The officiant may be your priest, rabbi, minister, justice of the peace, chaplain, high wizard, scuba instructor or who ever else best meets the needs of your ceremony.

Attend the rehearsal dinner with your family and friends. This is a good time to give them the gifts you bought because while it shows you are grateful, it also acts as a bribe for them to behave well the next day.

Last but not least, go to bed at a decent hour. After all, the rest of your life starts tomorrow as Mr. and Mrs.


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