Once again, Ike Behar uses an ultra luxurious 120s fabric that is immensely comfortable, soft and breathable.  You will be stunned by the softness of this fabric when you touch it. The burgundy is a classy dark color and blends well with the black satin lapel and black satin button on the jacket. 

Ike Behar Camden | Burgundy Tuxedo

This one button jacket comes with slim fit matching burgundy pants and vest. The fabric of the pants and vest are made with the same fine wool-blend that the jacket is made with. The tuxedo pants are slim fit and have a nice tapered look to them.

However, some of our customers feel that a burgundy jacket, burgundy pants and burgundy vest are just too much burgundy!  Even with the breakup of the look with the black satin lapel and buttons. 

Those customers often choose to wear this tuxedo with Ike Behar’s black slim or skinny fit tuxedo pants. We feel that a burgundy vest with black pants is a fine look as well. The reason is that when you take off the jacket, the burgundy vest still gives you some extra color with the black pants.

Burgundy Tuxedo Accessories

A classic black bowtie and black satin pocket square tie in nicely to the black shawl lapel.  This can also be paired with a black vest, or even a black shirt.

This tuxedo exudes a formal look and deserves more formal looking patent leather (ultra shiny) shoes (however, we have seen customers choose matte finish black shoes because they are not fans of shiny shoes).

If you are getting married in late autumn or winter, this burgundy tuxedo is a fine choice for your wedding. The Camden is also a great choice for a holiday gala, a late autumn event, or winter black tie affair.  Wearing this will set you apart from everyone else and is classy, sophisticated, and sharp.

Overall, Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo rents and sells thousands of tuxedos and suits every year for weddings, proms and formal events. We are asked a lot of questions about formal wear and would love to answer your question too! Do you have a formal wear question or perplexed by styling choices?  We would be happy to personally answer your questions. Submit your question to us and we will get right back to you.

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Chandler is sophisticated, modern, and very handsome.

The super luxurious 120s fabric is comfortable, soft and breathable.  Many of our customers are surprised how comfortable the fabric is when they touch it.  This is an important point because weddings and formal events tend to be part of a long day.  No matter what time of year the event occurs, you will always want to make sure you are wearing something comfortable.  This fabric and tuxedo will definitely ensure comfort.

Tuxedo Accessories

The beauty of this tuxedo style is the various matching accessories that are made by the designer.  You can choose a match V-shaped vest or a more old-fashioned scoop vest.  While most choose the more modern V-shaped vest, there are times our customers want to stand out and show a look from a throw-back era and choose the scoop vest.  The scoop vest exposes more buttons on the front of the shirt and is rounded at the bottom of the front of the vest.

Tuxedo Fit Options

Ike Behar also offers matching slim fit pants or skinny fit pants with this tuxedo.  If you are looking to go with an ultra-modern look, then we often recommend the skinny fit version of the pants.  If you want a more traditional look, choose slim fit pants. 

Both pants have a quarter inch of satin running down the side of the pants; truly a classy and formal look.  The skinny fit pants are much more tapered around the ankle and often fit closer to the contour of the legs and thighs.  Customers often wear a shorter version of the skinny-fit pants to show off some angle or socks.

All of the various options, vest and pants, are made of the same exact fabric as the jacket and will blend perfectly.

What would Barbie wear if she were getting married?

Recently, Dawn Mitchell of partyspace.com and president-elect of Philadelphia National Association of Catering and Events reached out to us and came up with a very clever idea on a blog:  What would Barbie wear if she were getting married?  This, of course, came about due to the Barbie movie about to be released.  We are very proud of our blog content at Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo, but honestly, this was a genius blog idea!  Our hats off to you, Dawn!

We immediately put together the wedding dress options Barbie would wear and of course, we couldn’t forget about Ken!  So why are we mentioning all of this?  Because this shawl lapel Ike Behar tuxedo with skinny fit pants are exactly what we recommended for Ken’s wedding attire.  We also suggest a wardrobe change for the groom Ken Carson!  Come now, it’s Ken and Barbie!  Do you think they’d wear the same thing all day on their wedding day?!  Take a read of this fun blog at PartySpace.com.

We are big fans of the Chandler from Ike Behar tuxedo.  If it’s good enough for Kenneth Sean Carson, it’s good enough for Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo!

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For most people, choosing a tuxedo shop to rent or buy your tuxedo or suit can be confusing because it isn’t something you shop for often and every store offers something different.  Your needs and wants will drive where you choose, but there are certain basic things to consider before walking into a store or searching online.

1 – Read the Online Reviews

One of the most helpful ways to help choose your tuxedo shop is what the online reviews say!  The opinions and details from past and current customers can be very helpful.  They provide a feel for the courtesy and professionalism of the staff, how the owners run the company, and what level of services you will receive.  Of course, anyone who works directly with customers understands that you can’t satisfy everyone.  Legitimate businesses that serve enough customers will always have bad reviews.  If they don’t, then that alone is a red flag about the legitimacy of the store’s reviews.  Our suggestion is to read the reviews and “read between the lines.”  Are the customer comments reasonable, and are the issues being discussed important to you.  Also, is what the customer saying completely true?  Remember good and bad reviews can be exaggerated, not just bad reviews.

That brings us to the next related topic: the store’s review response.  Read some of the responses to understand how the store and owners are.  Are they compassionate, diplomatic or argumentative?  Let’s face it, we are all human and mistakes happen.  How did the store handle the customer in the review response when the customer perceived that something went wrong?

2 – Number of Tuxedos and Suits Available

Preferences in styles and tastes for suits and tuxedos can be very vast.  Satisfying those tastes require a decent selection of tuxedos and suits.  It also requires adequate inventory of long ties, bow ties, vests, shirts, pocket squares and shoes.  A lot goes into dressing up in a tuxedo or suit and you want to make sure you have the choices that can fit your vision.

In the last couple of years, a few of the big box stores that provide tuxedo and suit rentals and sales have filed for bankruptcy.  While they are still currently in business, the bankruptcies have limited their ability to finance adequate inventories and to purchase different styles.  Many of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo’s customers shop to see what some of these big box stores have to offer and tell us they have four to seven different tuxedo and suit style choices.  Our store has 70 different styles with about a thousand different accessories!

Make sure the store has what you are looking for in terms of style and color.

3 – Responsiveness of the Store

Find out how helpful and responsive the store is. You can get an idea by reading online reviews, review responses and talking to the store directly, either in person or by some other means. Do they make it easy and fast to communicate with them? Do they offer an online chat? Can you text the store’s telephone number or message them via Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp?

With technology, there are many ways to communicate with a business.  In our blog, Communicating With Your Bridal Store, we go over the many ways you should be able to contact your bridal or tuxedo shop.

Also, when communicating with you either in person, by text, by phone or messaging, how did the store make you feel?  Were the employees kind, patient and accommodating?  Were they fun or witty? You are getting married and this should be a fun process!  You can tell a lot about how a business will treat you based on how they speak with or communicate with you.

Most importantly, how quickly is the tuxedo shop responding to you when you make an inquiry.  Your wedding is a very important day, you have a million things to do and you want a response that is timely, polite and easy.

4 – Recommendations from Past Brides and Grooms

Every bride and groom who has been through the process of dressing the groom, groomsmen, ring bearers and fathers for their wedding may be able to give you insight into formal wear stores that they visited.  Ask your trusted friends who they suggest.  Remember, opinions from others are like online reviews: some are accurate, others may not be, so again, read between the lines.

5 – What Other Services Does the Store Provide?

There are many things to consider when dressing everyone for an entire wedding party.  Everyone is busy and you need a store that will provide processes, procedures and systems to facilitate everyone’s order.  We rent and sell thousands of tuxedos and suits every year and we can honestly say that not all wedding attendees are as responsive to their wedding duties!  Some are late in getting measured, others are late in making their deposit or payment and some wait until the last minute to pick up their rental.  

You need a store that will follow up when some of your guys are not responsive to getting measured, paying or picking up.  For instance, our store calls the bride or groom when we are having a challenging time getting a hold of one of your groomsmen but this takes time and not all stores will accommodate that need.

FAQs

Also, what if you have out of town guests?  How does the store handle that?  There are special considerations when helping out-of-town wedding guests. At Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo, we will find a place for the person to get measured anywhere in the country for free, and the groomsman can submit his measurements to us online!

Does the store allow anyone in your wedding party to text, chat or communicate with the store in a seamless and easy manner?  This is very important when trying​ to coordinate 7 – 10 people in your wedding party.

How easy is it to pay for the tuxedo or suit rental?  Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo offers online paying, Apple Pay, Google Pay and electronic invoices that can be delivered by email and text messaging.  Make sure your formal wear store choice can make this easy for your busy groomsmen and fathers.

Final Thoughts

As with any type of rental, most formal wear stores have a rental agreement.  Can this be signed electronically?  A groomsman out of state would certainly appreciate the ability to electronically sign his agreement, something Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo offers to everyone.

Finally, does the tuxedo shop ship suit and tuxedo rentals? This can be vital for guys who live out-of-state and may not have provided the most perfect measurements!  Shipping to the groomsman allows him to try on in advance of the wedding and allows your formal wear store to make any needed corrections, especially when the customers were not measured in the store where the tuxedo is coming from.

We hope this help you decide on the best tuxedo shop for your wedding.  For the brides, it’s your big day, too. Read this blog to find the best bridal shop! If you have any further questions, text us at 215-491-8500, start an online chat with us or message us on WhatsApp.

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How This Blog Was Created

Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo has an electronic system that we use to manage all of our tuxedo and suit rentals. Essentially, at the click of a button, we are able to see how many of the 70+ tuxedo and suit styles we offer for rent, were actually rented any time of year.

We ran a report and to see what we have on order this year for summer weddings and which styles were rented last summer.  We summarized the number of rentals by style.  What follows are the top 10 summer rentals and what percentage of each style made up the top summer rental choices.

We hope this blog gives you some inspiration and ideas on what is trending for summer weddings!

It’s A Philly Thing 🙂

While we handle a lot of destination weddings, most of our customers get married in the Philadelphia region.  Therefore, most of our rentals below were chosen for Philadelphia, the surrounding counties, New Jersey, and Delaware.

Number 10 – Ike Behar Yale Blue Suit

Our beautiful, Yale blue Ike Behar suit was the 10th most popular tuxedo / suit rental for summer.  The unique yet understated blue was 2.8% of our most popular suit rented for summer.  We actually expected this one to come out more in front, so here is an example of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo being surprised by the numbers.

The lighter blue color with the high-end 120s wool blend is perfect for a warm weather event or wedding.  The pants, jacket and vest are truly slim fit.  The designer, Ike Behar, is known for designing suits that look like custom suits no matter what your body shape.  We don’t know how the designer does it but we can confirm that Franco, the owner of Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo, wears an Ike Behar suit almost every day of the week because of the comfort, fit and quality.

Everyone of our grooms and groomsmen wore one of our two brown shoes that we have available with this suit.

The only explanation as to why this suit was not more popular is probably because this suit comes with a scoop vest only.  Some customers are not as keen on the scoop vest as opposed to the regular V-shaped vest.

Number 9 – Michael Kors Tan Suit

This tan Michael Kors suit has been quite popular for several years now for both summer and destination weddings.  The fabric is comfortable and the look is embraced by those looking for something a little more casual.  Still a slim fit, notch lapel suit, it can be worn with or without the matching vest.

Of all of the summer’s most popular tuxedo and suits rented, this one was rented 5.4% of the time.  And of course, the color goes perfectly with brown shoes!

Number 8 – Allure Mens Grey Tuxedo

Coming in at number 8, this ultra luxurious and extremely comfortable grey tuxedo is popular among those looking to beat the heat.  The high-end wool blend fabric almost feels silky and is very thin and breathable.  The slim fit tuxedo has a notch lapel with a quarter inch of satin edging on the lapel.

This particular tuxedo can be worn with brown or black shoes, although most of our customers are wearing brown shoes with it.

This tuxedo was worn by 6.2% of all of the most popular tuxedo and suits for summer.

Number 7 – Allure Mens Sandstone Tuxedo

This beautiful tan tuxedo by Allure is both luxurious and comfortable.  While it does not have any satin on it, it does have stitching on the lapel to emulate the satin outline.  It also has fabric buttons.  We have found that those who want a more formal look and prefer a tuxedo to a suit, this is their go-to wedding attire.

And of course, we always recommend brown shoes with this tuxedo.

This tuxedo was worn 6.8% of the time of all of the most popular summer suits and tuxedos.

Number 6 – Allure Mens Cornflower Tuxedo

This light blue tuxedo perfectly fits a summer wedding theme. Furthermore, the luxurious fabric is comfortable, breathable and handsome.  The tuxedo has a slim fit notch lapel jacket, matching slim fit pants and a beautiful vest.  We typically recommend our light brown shoes with this tuxedo but after thousands of rentals of this style, we can say we’ve seen a couple of our grooms choose our matte finish black shoes.

Exactly 8% of the top 10 suits and tuxedos renting for summer, rented this style.

Number 5 – French Blue Suit

Our French blue suit is the biggest surprise of our number crunching.  We call this a “dark, bright blue suit!”  We had no idea that this suit would have made this list for top summer wedding attire.  The color is very handsome and distinctive.  Now that we think about it, the shade of blue photographs well and that may be why it was rented 11.7% of the time for all top 10 summer tuxedos and suits.

Number 4 – Ike Behar Grey Austin Suit

Our first peak lapel suit on the list, this Ike Behar grey suit is not too dark, not too light.  Our darkest grey suits and tuxedos would probably be too dark for a summer wedding.  This shade of grey is right in the middle between our lightest grey suit and tuxedo available for rent and our darkest ones.  We feel that it’s a good compromise between dark and light suit rentals.

The fabric is very comfortable and the fit can never be beat when it comes to this designer.  The trim fit pants provide a streamlined look.  There’s no wonder this one was rented 12.2% of the time for our top 10 most popular tuxedo and suit rentals.

Number 3 – Ike Behar Light Grey Griffin Suit

This Ike Behar suit is the same style as our number 4 suit above, however a shade lighter. Similarly, it is often worn in very warm weather in July or August.  Some of our customers have rented from us when the Philadelphia region was experiencing warm summer temperatures in the first two weeks of September as well.

Again, this luxurious fabric is light, breathable and very comfortable.  Depending on how hot the summer weather gets, we’ve had customers wear this with or without the matching scoop vest.  

Of our top 10 suits and tuxedos renting for summer, this one has been rented 13.8%.

Number 2 – Michael Kors Light Grey Tuxedo

Some of our brides and grooms want a light grey tuxedo for their wedding in the summer.  Coming in at number two, this is often the grey tuxedo that they rent for the summer wedding.  While this notch lapel tuxedo does not have a lot of satin on it, it still exudes a formality not seen in other options.  The light color is perfect for summer and the soft and smooth fabric will help keep the groom and his groomsmen cool on a hot summer day.

This very popular tuxedo was rented 14.9% of the time.

Number 1 – Ike Behar Tan Suit

Absolutely no surprise here! 

This beautiful Ike Behar tan suit is perfect all around.  The fabric is more luxurious than most tuxedos out there, and it’s a suit!  There’s enough detail on the jacket to add some fancy flare but still keep it classy and simple.  This is always a perfect summer suit for a wedding, as a guest, groom or groomsmen.  Customers are always surprised how light and soft the fabric is on this suit.  We always have customers touching the jacket on our mannequin in the store with amazement.  

Of the top 10 rentals for summer, this one was rented 18.3% of the time!

Overall, we hope this formal wear blog has provided you with some ideas for your summer wedding.  Of course, Darianna® Bridal & Tuxedo has another 60 or so suits and tuxedos to choose from so if these aren’t your favorites for summer, we can show you many other styles.

The Philadelphia region tends to have more weddings in the Fall than any other time of year. We understand why that is so. The weather is typically perfect. If you are one of those Autumn brides or grooms, read our related Fall blog: 10 Most Popular Tuxedo and Suit Rentals for Autumn Weddings.

How do you choose your formal wear shop for your wedding tuxedo or suit rental? Our blog, 5 Things to Consider When Choosing a Tuxedo Shop will help you navigate this important task.

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