Need a tuxedo...

[theeedude]

I have been successful in avoiding dressing up like a penguin so far, but now I need to bite the bullet and wear a tux for a wedding. How much is it to rent a tux? I will need it for a weekend. I see I can buy one for about $250 at Mens Wearhouse.

 

[FleshLight]

It'll be $70-120 to rent the hwole thing (jacket, pants, cuff links, tie, vest, shoes). But if you just need the jacket or just a vest it'll be less than $50.

 

[HaxorNubcake]

do you plan on wearing it in the future at all? If so, then buy one.

Otherwise, you can rent a nice one for ~$100, a standard one for <$100

 

[MazerRackham]

Are you in the wedding party? If you're not, there's no reason to wear a tuxedo.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Since you are going to be in the Wedding you will most likely need to match everyone so retning is the answer.

If you do not need to match then I would buy, not from Mens Wearhouse though. Cheap crap there. Many formal-wear rentla stores sell Tux's. After-Hours sells pretty decent stuff and they have sales often.


Rented 2-tuxes this year for over $200. Wished I would have bought but needed the matching outfit.

 

[theeedude]

Invitation just says black tie.
I also need to go to another wedding a couple months after that, so I suppose I can just buy something if it's really $100. As far as matching other people, I am not going to the rehersal, so I don't think I am in the wedding party per se. This is for a relative, but we aren't very close.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

You are definitely not in the wedding, but who the hell has a formal wedding where balck tie is required? Generally a suit is more than enough.

http://afterhours.com/purchase_return.a...&category=type&type=tuxedo&paytype=buy

 

[theeedude]

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
You are definitely not in the wedding, but who the hell has a formal wedding where balck tie is required? Generally a suit is more than enough.

http://afterhours.com/purchase_return.a...&category=type&type=tuxedo&paytype=buy

I don't know what's the deal with black tie. I was told specifically by my relative to get a tuxedo, so I am just going with that. Doesn't really matter since I don't have a suit worth wearing either. It's going to be a lot of very rich people there, so I am sure whatever I am going to wear is not going to impress anyone, so I figure I save some $$$ and not get something too fancy.

 

[SmoochyTX]

Originally posted by: senseamp

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
You are definitely not in the wedding, but who the hell has a formal wedding where balck tie is required? Generally a suit is more than enough.

http://afterhours.com/purchase_return.a...&category=type&type=tuxedo&paytype=buy

I don't know what's the deal with black tie. I was told specifically by my relative to get a tuxedo, so I am just going with that. Doesn't really matter since I don't have a suit worth wearing either. It's going to be a lot of very rich people there, so I am sure whatever I am going to wear is not going to impress anyone, so I figure I save some $$$ and not get something too fancy.

Then you should rent.

 

[theeedude]

Do you know if those afterhours tuxes for sale are used?