Renting your wedding tuxedo or suit online may sound easy and convenient. However, as a bridal and tuxedo store we rent thousands of them every year and we’d like to tell you about our experience and how we do it differently.
This blog will show you that we can make it even more convenient than renting online and our family will be with you every step of the way to make sure everything works the way it should.
What We’ve Seen With Online Tuxedo Rentals
So many times over the last couple of years we have groomsmen come in our store with an opened box from an online tuxedo rental place. The groomsman is holding the box in his hands, he looks nervous as he tells us that this tuxedo doesn’t fit, the wedding is “in two days” – or even better “tomorrow” – and asks if we can help.
We ask if they contacted the company where they rented the tuxedo. They said they did, but it was too late or it was outside business hours and no one responded.
It’s usually followed by, “The bride is going to kill me.”
For the sake of every bride out there, don’t rent online.
If I told you that we offer professional measurements nationwide, 24 hour texting ability to the owners, the largest and newest inventory, and the same convenience of delivering your tuxedo or suit rental to your front door, would you consider looking at our family business?
Who We Are
We are a family business founded and run by a husband and wife team, Wendy and Franco. Darianna is the combination of our daughters’ names: Daria and Deanna. Daria manages our wedding dress department and Deanna helps us with social media (she’s a little younger but will be in the store soon!).
We are personally involved with our business and we personally take care of each customer. We also have a staff of 15 people who help as well and you’ll love them too!
You can even text our store’s telephone number: 215-491-8500. When you text the store’s telephone number, you get a hold of the owners, directly! Even when the store is not open.
You Are Family To Us
As a family owned business, we will treat you as family as well! We are all about treating you kindly and respectfully. We’ll go out of our way for you. How many stores do you know allow you to text them?!
So here are some things that we do that will ensure a perfectly fitted suit or tuxedo for your wedding or special event:
We Don’t Have You Measure Yourself
Please don’t measure yourself!!!! Each person who lives near us will come to our store and we will fit you with every garment that you will be wearing. You will try on a jacket, pants, shirt, vest and shoes. This way, there is no question what your size is.
Also, there are many different fits of suits and tuxedos: slim fit, skinny fit, ultra skinny fit, classic fit, portly, and athletic fit. Even more complicated, many designers make suits and tuxedos differently. Some fit more tightly, others fit more loosely. We have the experience and fitting garments to adjust for all of these variations and make sure you are wearing the right size for the wedding or formal event.
We can fit you the way you like to wear your clothes. Some like loose fitting garments, others like them very tight; shorter or longer outseam, etc. We can give you exactly what you want.
We also rent sizes from 3T for the little guys, up to size 68+!
What If I don’t Live Near You?
If you do not live in the area or live in another state, not a problem. You provide us with your zip code and we will arrange to get your measured by a professional near your home or work. This is the best and easiest way to ensure a proper fit.
In addition, since we see thousands of measurements every year, we’ve become really good at catching inconsistent and inaccurate measurements. Our tuxedo department actually looks at your measurements and ensures that they make sense. If something seems off, we will either call or text you to confirm some information. Usually within two minutes of discussion, we can determine what sizing you need (we have our tricks?!).
Submitting Measurements and Payment
All customers can submit their measurements and payments on our website. It’s that easy. Our brides and grooms love this added convenience. You can submit measurements and payments on your time frame. Have a question while doing this? You can start an online chat with us or text us!
Submitting payments and measurements on our website can be done 24 hours a day and seven days a week.
We Can Ship You Your Tuxedo to Try On in Advance
Since we opened our store, we have always offered the option to allow customers who rent with us to have the suit or tuxedo shipped to them.
Couples are relieved when they know their groomsmen have their tuxedos in hand, often even the week before the wedding so that they can try on the tuxedo in advance. The bride and groom have immediate access to our team for updates!
If there are any issues, we can replace any items that may not fit perfectly. Shipping you the tuxedo or suit in advance allows us ample time to make any changes or replace any garments that may need to be replaced.
On a few occasions, we’ve even done video calls with guys trying on their suit or tuxedo to explain to them how things should fit and make sure all is perfect! After all, how often do you get dressed up like this? We are able to show your guys how everything works, from tightening the pants and vest, tucking in the shirt (there’s a trick), to inserting the studs and cuff links. That’s just an added free service we offer to our customers.
If the tuxedo is delivered to our store, the groomsman receives a phone call when the tuxedo is in. We make everyone try it on at the store with us. They must be inspected by our team to make sure they look their best!
We Call You to Make Sure All is Good
True story: On New Year’s Eve last year, we received a text message to our store’s telephone number and a customer in Lincoln, Nebraska was asking the status of his tuxedo for the following week. We were able to look up his order and tell him that the tuxedo had been delivered to his home at 11:01 AM that day. He was at work and did not realize that yet. He said he would be able to try on the tuxedo at 7:00 PM that evening, East Coast time. At 7:30 PM our time, we called this customer to make sure everything fit perfectly, and it did!
The customer was grateful for the ease of everything: a place to be professionally measured near his home, the convenient way to submit his measurements and payment on our website, the shipping door-to-door, our immediate response letting him know exactly where his tuxedo was, and the care call to make sure he was a-ok. On New Year’s Eve!
We texted the groom and told him his groomsman in Nebraska received his tuxedo and everything fit perfectly. Everyone was ready for the wedding that was going to occur 8 days later.
Free Groom Try On
When a wedding party rents tuxedos or suits from us, a groom is able to do a complete and free try on with us. We have over 70 different styles of suits and tuxedo available for rent and over 35 available for purchase.
At our first in person or video appointment, we will explain the styles to you, show them to you and then go over the 1,000 or so accessories that we have for rent. Yes, that is correct, we have over 1,000 different styles and colors of long ties, bow ties, vests and pocket squares. If we can’t match your theme, no one can!
The bride and groom will then be able to choose two full tuxedos and/or suits, 4 vests, 4 long ties and/or bow ties, two pairs of shoes and two shirts. We will prepare all of these garments in the groom’s exact size so that he can play dress up. We also suggest choosing some items that the groomsmen will be wearing so that you get to see both what the groom and groomsmen will look like.
We even have the bride take pictures of the groom dressed up so that the two can look at them at a later time to design which look is perfect for their wedding! Our couples love the free groom try-on. It really gives you an idea of how the look comes together.
Rent from Us and Have the Best of Both Worlds
Rent your groom and groomsmen tuxedos or suits from Darianna Bridal & Tuxedo and receive the following benefits:
- Free groom rental with bridal party rentals.
- Each groomsman and fathers receive $45 off rental.
- We arrange for out of town guests to be measured for free.
- Ability to submit measurements on our website 24 hours a day.
- Ability to submit payments online 24 hours a day.
- Free groom try-on of full tuxedos and suits with accessories.
- Ability to have your suit or tuxedo rental shipped to you.
- Ability to text our store telephone number any time.
- We have the newest inventory for rent in the wedding industry.
- Have a family business taking care of your family.
Don’t leave dressing your wedding party to chance, rent with professionals. Darianna Bridal & Tuxedo dresses thousands of grooms, groomsmen and formal event attendees and will make sure you all look your best. Read our Google and the Knot reviews from hundreds of couples!
Take a look at our grooms page and learn more: https://www.dariannabridal.com/grooms/info-for-grooms/
About the author: Franco Salerno is co-founder and co-owner of Darianna Bridal & Tuxedo, now in their eighth year in business. In that time, he built the tuxedo department into a force rivaling big box stores by providing expertise, caring service, and beautiful, quality formal wear. Personally invested in every transaction, Mr. Salerno provides customers with the utmost trust and confidence, assuring their wedding or formal event attire will be perfect. A native of Philadelphia, he currently resides in Warrington, Bucks County with his wife and store co-founder/co-owner Wendy, and their two daughters for whom the store was named, Daria and Deanna.