In recent years we have seen that the guest list often includes best friends, a lifelong friend, high school friends, and close family, who all may live far from your wedding reception or wedding ceremony location.

Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo often handles dressing out-of-town groomsmen, wedding party members, and attendees with ease. The following is a quick case study to show you how we helped a couple getting married in Philadelphia at the Lucy with their classic black tuxedos.  

This was an extraordinary situation given each groomsman and family members’ locations.  However, there was one component of their location that made this unusual.  And with most things, the one component was not the only thing that complicated matters.

As you can see from the pie chart from below, we had members of the wedding party located in many different places.  And yes, you are reading that correctly!  Three of the 7 wedding party tuxedo renters were from Paris, France:

As mentioned before, Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo does ship hundreds of tuxedo and suit rentals to out-of-town groomsmen every year. This is about 8.5% of our total rentals.  Below, you will see the breakdown of those that we ship to on an annual basis.

The overseas persons needing formal attire pertained to the groom’s family.  

The bride’s family was located here in the United States, however some of that party’s members lived many states away from the Philadelphia area.

First, let’s discuss the more common issue of having groomsmen located all over the United States.

Dressing Out-of-Town Groomsmen and Groom

As you can see, the other tuxedo renters, including the groom, were from other states far from our store.  For the entire wedding party, this really was a destination wedding!

This situation is very easy to handle.  Let’s start with the groom.  Since he was making trips to the Philadelphia area to plan his wedding, he was able to come in to our store and get measured.  We even offered him a free groom try on to see how he would look in his chosen tuxedo 6 months before his wedding.  

We had the groom come to our store. That was the easiest way to make sure his chosen black tie look was what he wanted.  To Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo, the most important thing is that the bride and groom choose the groom, fathers and groomsmen attire to their liking.  

If the groom could not come to our store to get measured, we would have arranged to get him measured for free near his home, then send us his measurements via our online portal.  We could have even arranged to ship him his tuxedo 4 – 7 days before the wedding to try on in advance to make sure all fit perfectly.  However, in this particular case, we were able to measure him at Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo.

Closer to the wedding, the groom arrived in Philadelphia on Monday before the wedding and picked up his tuxedo on Tuesday.  All was perfect and our French customer living in Florida was all ready for his Philly wedding.  He left the store with tuxedo in hand and the next day he headed to Philadelphia with plenty of time to spare for his traditional wedding!

As for the groomsmen scattered all over the country, we were able to find them a professional and experienced formal wear store part of our tuxedo network to measure them for free.  In order to find them a place to get measured, we request the groomsman’s zip code and find him a store close to his work or home.

He can then submit his measurements to us online.  When we receive the measurements, we analyze the measurements for reasonableness and will call or text the groomsman with any questions.  Most groomsmen prefer to text, and that’s why you can text our store’s telephone number!

Once we receive the groomsman’s measurements, we will send him an electronic invoice via text or email and an electronic rental agreement.  The invoice can be paid online and the rental agreement can be signed electronically.  No paper is involved.  We try to make this process as seamless and convenient as possible.

It Gets Even More Convenient

If your out-of-town groomsmen are not coming to the Philadelphia area at least 48 business hours before the wedding, we arrange to ship him his suit or tuxedo rental for free.  The rental will arrive at least 4 – 7 days before the wedding for him to try on.  

Once the tuxedo or suit rental is received by the customer, we advise the customer to try everything on in a timely manner and let us know that it’s the perfect fit.  Since we did not measure the out-of-town customer, we ask that he inform us as soon as possible if he needs any changes.  Customers can call or text us, however, we found that the best thing is to speak to the person directly. This is the best way to avoid any misunderstanding.

We ship hundreds of our tuxedo and suit rentals every year and are very good at talking through any changes needed.  The customer can take the entire rental we shipped him, including items that may be exchanged and return them after the wedding.  There is no need to ship anything back.

We will have waiting for the customer anything that needed to be replaced when he gets to Philadelphia.  Often times, for convenience sake, we give the replacement item to the bride, groom or another groomsman to give to the out-of-town groomsmen or guests.  

After the wedding, the groomsman then gives his suit or tuxedo rental to a local person to return to our store.  Sometimes, the best man or parents of the bride or groom collect all of the rentals and return them to our store.  Each garment has a bar code on it so we know whose is who.

In this particular example of 7 renters, only one out-of-town renter needed something changed.  He needed a larger vest.  Everything else fit everyone perfectly.  The person who needed a larger vest simply texted us!  We got him a larger vest and gave it to the groom when he picked up his tuxedo on the Tuesday before the wedding.  All worked smoothly as usual.

Now let’s discuss some other issues that are not as common but can occur on many occasions.

Typical Procedure for Overseas Wedding Attendees

We do not only dress out-of-town groomsmen, we have a lot of experience dressing wedding attendees who live overseas! We have dressed groomsmen, brothers and fathers from: Japan, France, Germany, China, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Albania, Portugal, Ireland, and Britain!

Typically, overseas guests don’t come into town the last minute before the wedding.  Because of the distance they are traveling, they often arrive several days before the wedding or even a week to ten days before the wedding. That is plenty of time to come to our store to get measured and for us to prepare the tuxedo for the wedding. 

We request that the person come in as soon as he can to get measured so that we may prepare his suit or tuxedo rental. This is a very easy solution and works perfectly.

Dressing Out-Of-Town Groomsmen From Paris

Now with regard to this wedding party with the three gentlemen from Paris, France: this situation had a slight variation.  Since the family doesn’t visit the United States often, they wanted to fly directly to New York and play tourist for a week and a half before the wedding.  

The typical 3 to 7 days we have to measure wedding guests and prepare their tuxedo rentals disappeared due to a change of vacation plans.

So what did we do?  We worked with the groom, who is also from Paris but lives in the United States.  We had him arrange to have his father and two brothers come to our store on Wednesday to get measured.  The wedding was two days later in Philadelphia on Friday.

We measured the brothers at 3 PM on Wednesday afternoon and the father at 7 PM on Wednesday.  At 12:30 PM on Thursday, we had all three tuxedos ready for them to pick up.  All worked out perfectly and they were on their way to Philadelphia for the wedding the day after getting measured.

While not as typical as measuring overseas guests 4 – 10 days before a wedding, Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo handles enough weddings that we always have a strategy to help all of your wedding guests.

Other Options for Oversees Wedding Guests

We do have other options in the rare case that the wedding attendant is unable to get measured on time when they come from overseas.  Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo has arranged to get people measured locally in other countries.  While this is not as common, it is a solution that has worked for us. We communicate with the overseas customer via WhatsApp or, in the case of a gentleman in Germany, he started an online chat with us on our website. Another great way to avoid international long distance charges!

We can advise the customer on which measurements and sizing we need and analyze the reasonableness of the measurements and sizing submitted to us.  We see thousands of measurements every year and have a good idea of what are considered reasonable measurements given the person’s height, weight and other sizing information.

In the end, 98% of our customers who reside overseas come in several days before the wedding to get measured, giving us ample time to prepare a perfectly fitted suit or tuxedo.  However, it’s a good idea to ask your local formal wear shop what other options they have to make all this come together for your groomsmen and fathers.

More Things to Consider for Your Tuxedo and Suit Rentals

All brides and grooms understand that planning a wedding is time-consuming.  The final little details tend to really pile on at the end.  Whether you are using a wedding planner or not, we highly recommend that you work with wedding vendors who make it easy to converse with them.  That’s why Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo allows you to text our store’s telephone number virtually any time of day: 215-491-8500.  

Our groom from Paris kept in constant contact with us by text messaging.  He lived full-time in Florida, had groomsmen located all over the United States, had his father and brothers located in Paris and was getting married in Philadelphia.  That’s a lot of logistical complications and that doesn’t even get into the time differences. The texting capability with Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo allowed him to communicate with us on his terms: whether it was 8:00AM or 9:00PM.  We were always there for him.  

Be sure your vendors have an easy way to communicate and more importantly, are responsive.  This will reduce any planning stress that you may experience.

Brides and grooms do not need to be nervous about dressing out-of-town groomsmen and guests.  It is a great idea to choose a store like Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo with processes and procedures to make sure everyone looks sharp on your wedding day, no matter where the person in your wedding party lives.

It’s important to ask if your bridal and tuxedo store is experienced in dressing out-of-town groomsmen and guests.  A good way to ensure your chosen shop can handle out-of-town groomsmen and guests is to ask them what their procedures are to make sure they have a plan.  

If this all checks out, we believe it would be more challenging planning your bachelor party, bachelorette party, and rehearsal dinner than dressing your close friends who live in other states!

A Beautiful Day in Philadelphia

So our bride and groom had a beautiful day at The Lucy in Center City Philadelphia.  The event space is located on 231 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia near Locust Street.  This is a perfect location to snap those quintessential Philly photos of City Hall when standing in the center island of Broad Street!

Olivier and Christie were married on November 22, 2024 and we could not be happier for them.  He, with his classic black bow tie and she with a beautiful ivory wedding dress.  This was truly a transatlantic love story and Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo was proud to be part of their formal event!

Our Contact Information

Have a question about our tuxedo and suit rental and sale offerings? Text us at 215-491-8500 or send us an message at your convenience; of course we will accept phone calls too.  Our family business cannot wait to be part of your wedding!

About the author: Franco Salerno is co-owner and co-founder of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo. Now in their 12th year of business, Franco has built a men’s formal wear department that rivals the big box stores. Committed to customer service, responsiveness, and accuracy, Franco and his wife Wendy have gained a reputation as true experts in the wedding industry. Their store offers wedding dresses, mother of the bride and groom gowns, and suits and tuxedos. Franco and Wendy reside in Warrington, Bucks County, PA just minutes from the store. Named for their two daughters Daria and Deanna, who also work in the business, Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo was recently awarded as one of the 2024 Top 100 Small Businesses in America by the US Chamber of Commerce.

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How Should I Accessorize This Tuxedo?

​I don’t like to give too many personal opinions about how to wear tuxedos because everyone has different tastes and their own personal style.  However, I am co-founder of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo and have worn many of the 70 tuxedos and suits we have available for rent and sale.  I also speak to thousands of brides, grooms, groomsmen, mothers and fathers in our store and learn a lot about their tastes.  Not only that, I get to see all of our customers in many different variations of accessories and tuxedos.  That gives me inside access and ideas of what looks best.

Having said that, you have two different color choices of pants with this tuxedo.  Below I explain what I see, what I prefer, and how often customers choose one color over another.

Black Tuxedo Pants

I will be honest. I prefer black tuxedo pants with this tuxedo.  Why?  Because I think there is too much cobalt blue when you wear a cobalt blue jacket, cobalt blue vest and cobalt blue pants.  There is no break in the color when all of the colors are the same.  I really love the vibrant royal blue color but too much of the bright color, with the jacket, pants and vest, can look overwhelming to me.

Ike Behar makes a beautiful pair of black tuxedo slim fit pants with a quarter inch line of satin running down both sides of the pant legs.  The pants are classy, comfortable and match perfectly with the black satin lapel of Greenwich.

Alternatively, if we are sticking to black tuxedo pants, a great option to consider is that Ike Behar makes a pair of skinny fit tuxedo pants with the same quarter inch satin running down the side of the pants.  The more fashion forward groom often chooses this modern fit pants.  We hem the pants slightly shorter in this case and the groom wears our patent leather slip-on loafer so he can show off some sock or ankle!

Our experience is about 98% of our grooms and groomsmen choose the black tuxedo pants for this tuxedo.  When choosing the black tuxedo pants with this jacket, we often recommend the matching cobalt blue vest. It is a good choice because when the wearer takes off his jacket, there is still a splash of color while wearing the black tuxedo pants.

Cobalt Blue Tuxedo Pants

​The Cobalt Blue tuxedo pants that come with Greenwich are made of the same color and fabric as the cobalt blue jacket.  If you are looking to keep your look more uniform, then we suggest the matching cobalt blue pants.  There is no satin on the pants and they are trim fit (not skinny fit).

When choosing the cobalt blue pants, we often see grooms and groomsmen choose the cobalt blue vest to have continuity of color and uniformity of the tuxedo style. And we recommend black shoes with either pant choice.

Final Personal Thoughts

​When Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo first made this tuxedo available for rent, I personally wasn’t a huge fan.  This was about 6 years ago.  Why was I not a fan?  The vibrant color of the cobalt blue was a bit much for me.  In addition, I thought there was too much contrast between the cobalt blue and the black peak lapel.  

Over the past few years, I have personally purchased our Ike Behar navy suit, our Erik Lawrence French blue suit and our Ike Behar Yale blue suit.  I wear these suits often to our store and see how striking the brighter blue colors are.  I am now a fan of the brighter blues.  In addition, after dressing many bridal parties, grooms and groomsman in this tuxedo, I have seen first-hand how amazing the wedding photos come out with the vibrant blue.  I for one will most likely wear this tuxedo to my next formal event!  I am completely converted!

And this is would be the right style for me if I chose this tuxedo: I would wear the cobalt blue tuxedo jacket with black peak lapel, microfiber white dress shirt, black satin bow tie, black satin pocket square, matching cobalt blue vest, Ike Behar slim fit black tuxedo pants with quarter inch satin on side of pants and patent leather shoes.

Ask Me Your Questions

We dress thousands of grooms, groomsmen, ring bearers, fathers, prom-goers and special event attendees for black tie events.  We also dress many females in tuxedos and suits as well.  I personally wear three piece suits almost every day a week.  We have seen and created a lot of looks including our selection of navy blue, green suits, and dark gray suits, which are some of our most popular colors.  Sometimes our customers teach us the best ways to style a new look or introduce us to the latest popular trends for prom!  

Have questions about formal attire or how to achieve the perfect fit for your upcoming special occasions, or even need advice on a suit rental for a more casual event?  Text us at 215-491-8500 or send us a message on our contact page.  We will personally answer you!

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The beautiful Ike Behar “Xavier” charcoal grey tuxedo offers ultra-luxury super 120’s fabric and is breathable, comfortable and very soft. This is an excellent choice and a classic look when you want a dark color but do not want a black suit.

Ike Behar’s “Xavier” trim fit charcoal jacket has a black peak satin lapel and a self top collar.  In addition, the jacket is one button, side-vented and has classy double besom pockets.

Often times, we have brides and grooms looking for a black tuxedo.  However, some of our customers, intent on getting a black tuxedo, will switch to this classic charcoal because of how handsome it is. The contrasting black peak lapel allows you to notice the true gray of the jacket. Dark enough to almost look black, this tuxedo is light enough to show off an intriguing gray color. With a crisp white dress shirt in a microfiber material, this jacket checks all the boxes!

“Xavier”  comes with charcoal pants and vest.  Trim-fit pants add to a modern fit and sleek look.  Most of our customers choose the matching gray pants, with a few opting for Ike Behar’s black tuxedo pants to provide some more contrast to the look.  Either way, you will love Xavier’s perfect fit and classic style.

Because of the black peak satin lapel, we suggest black shoes.  With such a formal style tuxedo, we feel strongly that black patent leather shoes are the right choice to keep the formal look elevated and sharp. 

A dark bow tie, even a black satin bow tie goes perfectly with Xavier.  Why? Because a black satin bow tie matches the texture and color of the lapel of the jacket.

The writer of this blog, co-owner of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo, personally enjoys wearing our floral black and gray bow tie and matching floral pocket square with this tuxedo.  If you are not going with a patterned bow tie, and sticking with the black satin bow tie, we think a nice touch is a plain black satin pocket square.

We really like Xavier because of its beautiful and comfortable fabric and modern cut. This is one of the best ways to get a slightly different look from a black tuxedo and as with all Ike Behar tuxedos, the custom-like fit.

Have a question on how to find the perfect look for your formal events? Check out our charcoal suit for less formal occasions, along with black and navy suits. We can help you find your personal style in formal wear, whether it’s a suit for the board room, guest of a wedding, or you’re the Groom!  Additionally, free delivery is available to out of town groomsmen who will receive their designer tuxedo in plenty of time for the big day! 

You can text us at 215-491-8500 and we will personally answer your questions.  Or, send us a message on our contact page.

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Measurement

Our general rule of thumb is to have the ring bearer measured about 3 to 4 weeks before the wedding.  While there could be a growth spurt during those 3 to 4 weeks, there is less of a likelihood that there will be the need for a complete change in attire because the child is a completely different size.

We believe getting measured 3 to 4 weeks before the wedding can also apply to any young person that may still be growing.  If you have a 16 year old in a wedding who is still growing, we suggest to wait to get him measured closer to the wedding date to reduce the need to further alter the garments or even exchange them for larger sizes.

A few years ago, we had a young man who was attending junior prom in March.  He was in a wedding at the end of May and he needed another tuxedo. The parents called and asked us if we could use the same measurements from prom. We advised them that his sizing could be different in the three months between his prom and the upcoming wedding. They asked if we could still use the same prom measurements and we agreed.

Fast forward to the May wedding and the young man grew two inches in that time! His pants were two inches too short, but it was no problem lengthening the pants to make him wedding ready. Everyone was surprised as no one expected it, especially in such a short time.

Try-On Tips

Finally, to help ensure you have the perfect fitting tuxedo or suit rental, we advise that you try on and pick up your tuxedo or suit rental as soon as it’s ready. This will give the formal wear store enough time to make changes to your tuxedo or suit.

If you know you’ve changed in size, or the ring bearer has grown since getting measured, stop by the formal wear store for a quick remeasure before the wedding. While much of this advice is applicable to adults, it is especially important for the ring bearer or junior groomsman who is still growing.

Darianna Bridal & Tuxedo dresses thousands of wedding, prom and formal event attendees every year and has a great deal of experience in the best way to measure, fit and manage your wedding party. 

We hope you found this advice on when to have your ring bearers measured! Have a question about tuxedos or suits?  How to wear them?  What to wear?  Advice on what to wear to a particular event?  Submit a question HERE and we will be happy to give you free professional formal wear advice.

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Six years ago, Darianna Bridal & Tuxedo added the ability to do an online chat with us. In addition, we set up our actual store telephone number to be able to receive text messages from customers! A few years ago, our service provider added the ability for us to initiate a text chat with customers directly.

We always knew about online chat systems but when we realized that our store’s landline could send and receive text messages, we were convinced this would be the best service on earth.  And we were correct!  We send and receive thousands of text messages to and from our customers every month.  The system is on about 16 – 17 hours a day and we the owners and founders actually answer all chats and text messages, even when the store is not open!  Yes, this is a commitment timewise, however we see how convenient and important this service is.  Our brides and grooms tell us how much they love the ease of communicating with us and we love being able to provide immediate answers to you.

So with thousands of text messages and chats each month, we’ve learned a thing or two about how to make this service more efficient for you.  In addition, we’ve received some interesting text messages and chats over the years, to say the least!

The following blog will help you communicate more efficiently with your bridal and tuxedo store.  Our advice and tips are purely from what we learned over the years with customers attempting to text or chat with us.

Our Chat and Text System is NOT a Google Search!

Every month, we receive text messages from customers as if the person is trying to do a Google search.  Here’s an actual example of a text message sent to us: “mother of the bride dresses near me”.  When texting or chatting with us, you are actually communicating directly with the owners and our daughter, in real time! We don’t use computers or bots to answer, you are actually speaking to a person when you text or initiate an online chat with us.

If you type in your text message or the chat box words that you would normally type in a search engine, we will most likely ask you to clarify what you are asking or what you are looking for.  We read every text message and chat and will be able to have a conversation with you as if you are talking to a friend or family member, it’s that simple!

So our advice is to be very clear about what you are looking for.

Text Chat Advice

If you initiate a text chat with us, be specific and tell us how we can help you.  Tell us your name, what you are looking for and how we can help you. 

If you send a picture, please tell us what the photo is and how we can help you with it.  Random photos that are delivered to our text chat system don’t help us help you without adequate explanation.  Are you looking for the dress you sent us?  Are you looking for a similar tuxedo to the one you sent in the photo?  Giving us your name allows us to be more personal with you.  If you are looking for our hours, it’s very efficient to text or chat us by writing: “Hi, my name is Lisa.  Can you  tell me your hours”?  You’ll receive an immediate response with the exact information you are looking for, thus saving yourself time.

When you start a text chat with us, all we can see is a phone number and nothing else.  Your name and what you are looking for would help you receive a quicker and more complete response.  Oftentimes, a customer will text us “did my dress arrive?”.  If all we can see is your phone number, we unfortunately don’t know who you are and what kind of dress you purchased.  If you give us your name and / or tell us that you purchased a wedding dress, we will be able to more quickly look up the information for you.

Try to Finish the Conversation

Whether you’re doing an online chat or a text chat, try to stay with the conversation.  We often have someone text us or write to us through the chat system and then they stop communicating in the middle of the conversation.  Eventually the system times out and the conversation automatically ends.  Texting us is not like texting your friend who looks at his or her phone throughout the day and can pick up with the conversation later in the day. 

For your privacy, our system will end the chat when there is inactivity for a certain period of time.  We understand that you may get side tracked or you may be at work, so a starting new conversation later is no problem.  However, the systems are designed to end the text or online chat after there is no activity after several minutes.

We Aren’t keeping Your Information

As we mentioned before, we receive and send thousands of messages every month.  We don’t have the time to look back at your phone number or chat information, other than to answer your questions, set an appointment or say hello.  If we could post a day’s worth of chat in the blog, it would go on for a hundred pages!  Your information is safe with us.  As a family owned business, the most precious thing we have, other than our employees, is our time.  We just don’t have time to go back to your phone number or chat information.  Your information is also automatically purged from the system to help with privacy.

Online Chats

Online chats work a little differently.   When initiating an online chat, you are requested to fill out your name and email address so that we can communicate with you in a more personal manner.  Again, you are talking to a live person when you chat Darianna Bridal & Tuxedo.  Our goal is to answer your questions as quickly and thoroughly as possible.  The more information you give us, the better we will be able to answer your question.  If we don’t have an immediate answer, we will tell you that we will text or email you later.  This often happens when the staff is busy with other customers or if we are texting or chatting with you outside of business hours.  We may need to answer your questions when we are in the store again.

We Are Available About 16 Hours a Day!

We leave the chat and text system on for about 16 hours a day.  We will answer you virtually immediately.  If our system is turned off for the night, you will receive an immediate message that we are offline. However, when we turn on our phones or our computers, we will see your message and be able to answer you.  No messages are lost and we will get right back to you.

Be Patient

When we receive an online chat request or text message, we are often responding from our iPhones.  We typically respond very quickly but sometimes we need a minute to grab our phones or open the system on a computer.  We promise, we will answer you pretty quickly but sometimes we are at the gym (yes, we have the chat system with us no matter where we are!) or finishing up with a customer.

Changes are Coming

It is not often that you see a small family business, like ours, offer live chat or text chat.  While online or live chat has been around for a long time, being able to text a company’s telephone number is relatively new.  Text chats are not as common and we don’t think everyone is perfectly comfortable with it yet, but with the substantial increase in volume of text messages we send and receive every month, we feel that text chatting will become more common in the next two years.  Obviously, this hasn’t stopped our millennial brides and grooms from texting us!  They love using the service and we love providing it.

Go Ahead and Try Texting or Chatting with Us!

Now that you can initiate an online chat or text the owners of Darianna Bridal & Tuxedo, why don’t you give it a try!  Our phone number is 215-491-8500.  Or click on our chat button and Wendy, Franco and Daria will be at your service!

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While we continue to monitor the Center for Disease Control’s recommendations for safe practices during the pandemic, we feel that a video appointment can be both convenient and appealing to those who want to further reduce the risk of the Coronavirus. We did re-open to serve you in our store on June 5, 2020 but created many new procedures to keep you safe.

In fact, the Intelligencer newspaper learned of our video appointments and sent a photographer to catch some of our appointments in action. On March 30, 2020, they published those photos describing several video appointments!

Even though we are a small, family business, we really enjoy using technology to keep in touch with our customers. There are so many methods to communicate with us and now video appointments are here to stay, even after we are past the coronavirus!

Most of our customers have done their video appointments with us by FaceTime or Google Duo. Google Duo is a free Google app that will allow an iPhone and Android phone to do a free video call together.

On a few occasions, we’ve done video appointments by Skype, Google Meet, WhatsApp and Zoom. Most of our customers enjoy the convenience of using their mobile phones for a video appointment, so FaceTime and Google Duo have been the most popular apps that we have used. However, we can accommodate other platforms as well.

Tuxedo Appointments

During your tuxedo and suit appointment, we will introduce ourselves and in the comfort of your own home, you will get to learn who we are and meet us by video connection! We will explain to you the entire rental or purchase process and provide you with timelines and advice on getting all of your groomsmen and fathers measured and fitted.

Just like our in-person appointments, we will provide you with some ideas on what the fathers can wear, how to distinguish the groom from the groomsmen, and answer any of your questions about the process. We also explain the the difference between a tuxedo and suit and show you actual suits and tuxedos in the video.

We will also provide you with detailed instructions on how to get your out-of-town groomsmen to get measured and how they can easily submit their measurements and payments on our website.

After the video appointment, you will have several things to think about and the next time we see each other, you will have a better idea of what your groom will want to try on. We are just a text away if you forgot to ask a question, or think of one afterwards!

Bridal Video Appointment

So yes, we’ve done bridal video appointments too! These have worked in many different ways. During the shutdown ordered by Pennsylvania’s governor, we would have brides choose dresses that they like. We would also choose dresses for her based on what she likes in a wedding dress. Our daughter, Daria, would model the dresses and we would provide a live video feed to the bride so that she could see what the wedding dresses looked like on a person, as it moved, twirled, and sparkled. This is better than seeing it on the mannequin.

This video appointment allows the bride to choose her favorite bridal gowns and rule out any that she is not interested in. This way, when she visits us in person to try her favorites on, she is ready to hit the ground running. We keep detailed notes of the dresses that will be tried on when the bride visits our bridal store. What a great way to research dresses and make the best use of time, all while staying safe at home!

During this appointment, as with our in-person appointments, we are able to explain dress fabrics, dress silhouettes, bustling options, customizations, and timing for arrival of your beautiful dress from the designer once ordered. And of course, we can answer any questions that you may have. We can even try on belts, veils and hair pieces in the video call if you’d like to see those as well.

Because of COVID-19, we are currently limiting the number of guests that are permitted to attend your bridal appointment. You are allowed to have 3 guests plus the bride, 4 people in all. To compensate for this, we can add other guests who would like to share in our bridal appointment by video.

Many of our brides have added Grandmom to her video appointment so that she can safely participate in the moment, or maybe it’s your friend in another state who could not travel to the area due to COVID. We recently had a bride FaceTime her maid of honor who was located in Colorado. The maid of honor anticipated coming to our store to share in her friend’s wedding dress shopping experience but due to COVID, chose not to fly during the holidays.

Our bridal stylists can take the phone and camera and show the video participants a 360 degree view of dresses, accessories and of course your reaction! Brides can also use our ring light to capture the dress it in lighting that will show off all of its amazing features!

By Far Our Most Unusual Video Appointment

Our favorite video appointment was with a bride 7,000 miles away. We currently have a bride who lives in Seoul Korea. Because of the pandemic, she is unable to come home to try on wedding dresses with her family. The bride’s sister, who lives in Philadelphia, was kind enough to model dresses for her in our store during a video appointment. Through Instagram messenger, we communicated with the bride in Korea and helped her choose bridal gowns to her liking. When mom, sister and a friend came for the appointment, they also chose dresses for her.

The bride was able to see her favorite dresses on her sister and say yes to the dress from Seoul, Korea!

Making a Video Appointment

So how do you make a video appointment? This is very easy. You can make an online appointment and in the notes to your request, ask for a video appointment. You can also request a video appointment by texting our store’s telephone number: 215-491-8500. Video appointment requests can be made by sending us a message via Facebook Messenger, Instagram Messenger or message on Google from your mobile phone by Googling Darianna Bridal & Tuxedo. Of course, you can always call us too!

So what are you waiting for? Make your video appointment today! We can’t wait to meet you!

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.

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