When to start a wedding suit

Questions people ask

When should I start a wedding suit?

Three weeks before the wedding. That gives a first fitting about two weeks out on a basted suit, a second about one week out on the finished one, and two or three days at the end for finishing and pressing. Starting earlier does no harm. Starting later is usually still possible, and the cost is room to correct. Three weeks is also the point at which a correction found at the first fitting still has somewhere to go, which is the real reason for the number rather than the sewing time.

Is three weeks the minimum?

No, it is the comfortable figure. Two weeks keeps both fittings but removes the slack, so a missed appointment turns into a problem. One week means a single fitting and only small corrections. Send us the date on WhatsApp before you assume it is too late; the last workable start is usually later than people expect.

How long does a suit take on its own?

Two to three days, which is the shop’s ordinary turnaround rather than the wedding one. The extra weeks in a wedding timetable are not sewing time. They exist so the two fittings sit a week apart, and so a correction found at the first fitting has somewhere to go before the second. So the useful thing to plan around is the two fitting dates rather than the bench time, and those are the dates to block out before anybody books flights.

Why two fittings and not one?

One fitting tells us whether the suit fits. Two tell us whether the correction worked, which is a different question. The first is done on a basted garment whose seams can still be opened; the second on the finished suit, where the work is in millimetres. For a day with no second chance at the photographs, both are worth the half hour. It is also the difference between correcting a suit and altering one: at the first fitting a seam can be opened and moved, and after finishing it can only be eased.

Can you make a wedding suit in a week?

Usually yes, with one fitting instead of two and the corrections kept small. It is a real option and we will say plainly whether your particular suit is a good candidate once we know the cloth and the style. A week-long booking is not the same job as a three-week one. Bring the cloth decision with you if you are on a week, because an hour spent choosing between two navies is an hour that the timetable does not have.

Does a group take longer than one suit?

Not if everyone is measured in the same visit. Six men measured together is six patterns cut from one cloth on the same timetable as a single suit. What lengthens a group order is people arriving one at a time over two weeks, because each arrival restarts the fitting sequence for that person. If people genuinely cannot come on the same day, say so when you book rather than discovering it halfway through, and the fittings can at least be grouped into two visits instead of six.

What if I am flying in shortly before the wedding?

Send the date and your arrival date together. If you land more than a week before, an ordinary two-fitting run is often still possible. If you land inside a few days, the twelve-hour express is the mechanism, and we would rather talk that through than have you arrive expecting it. Tell us the flight time as well as the date. An arrival at nine in the morning and one at nine at night are different plans, and only one of them gets a fitting that day.

Do I need an appointment?

No. The shop is open 10am to 9pm every day at BTS National Stadium, exits 3 and 4, and you can walk in. For a wedding party of several people it helps to tell us roughly when you are coming so the measuring is not split across a busy afternoon. For a party, messaging first also means the right cloth books are out and enough time is set aside, rather than six people waiting in turn on a busy afternoon.