One thing that I find really funny is how different the experience shopping for clothes is for me and for Laura for the wedding. Men rent their outfit, women have to buy it. Cost for a guy, less than 150 $ for everything: shirt, pants, jacket, shoes, ... A wedding dress (just the dress) is hundreds, if not thousands of dollars.
When Laura picked out a dress, they ordered the dress and I think that she's gone in for like 3 fittings with more to come. For a guy, one measurement, try on an outfit with the same size and the assumption that when you an order something of a size, that's what you will get. And it's not like you can see the whole piece of clothing. For a vest: you get a bunch of 1/4 vests on a binder ring and you pick them out like you'd pick out a paint colour for a room.
For a woman, the wedding dress is supposed to be the most important part of the wedding. The man is supposed to show up in something clean. Well, honestly, the guy is supposed to be in whatever the the woman wants him to be in. I was told "no" to wearing jeans, that's how I know that.
I'm just amused by the huge difference between what is expected of a man and a woman for a wedding.
I used my wedding as an opportunity to buy a nice suit. If she gets to spend all that money on something she's only going to wear once, I may as well spend less money on something I will probably be able to wear at least 3 or 4 times in my life, if not more.
ReplyDeleteChoosing a suit is much easier though. Go to store. Pick out a suit in your price range. Get measured. Pick up suit a week later. They all look pretty much the same. I think I spent more time picking out my shoes than the suit.
I just bought a suit last year (?) and it's still good, but not good enough that I'd wear it for my wedding.
ReplyDeleteAt this point in my life I don't dress up much, so I figure that the next time that I'll need a suit most likely I will be a different size (and the style would have changed somewhat).
Renting a tux was the cheapest and best option for me. ;-)
I don't think suits go out of style that fast. I'm sure i'll be able to wear mine for at least another 10 years, if not more. Also, I'm done growing, and hopefully won't be getting any wider, so I don't think sizing is an issue. Personally I'd rather spend $800 (what I ended up spending) on owning something nice, than spending $150 on something that I don't own, and have to return later. I admit, I could have spent half as much, and got something that looked just as nice, but I wanted something comfortable, and it's my wedding, so I deserve to feel special too :)
ReplyDeleteI think that I am going to feel special just by showing up. That and eating some cake... cake always makes me feel special. ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnd no Aleks, not short-bus-special. :-P
Now why would you say that? Short bus or not, you will always be a very special boy.
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