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Wedding suits in London
A wedding is the one commission with a fixed deadline, so the lead time decides the shortlist before the price does. 40 of our 102 London listings state one. The rest you will have to ask, and ask early.
Working back from the date
Two weeks is the quickest any London house states, at Apsley Tailors and Mochee London. Phillip Alexander takes three to five months, Kipper & Chalk twelve to sixteen weeks, Thom Sweeney twelve to fourteen. If groomsmen are involved, every set of measurements has to be taken at the start, so add time rather than assuming the house can absorb it.
Who reviewers actually go to for weddings
Reading Google's own topic tags, wedding suits come up most at Aristocracy London, where 182 reviewers mention them, then Zebel with 73, Edit Suits Co. with 69, P. Johnson with 60 and King & Allen with 37. That is what customers say they came for, not our judgement of the work.
Morning dress and formal wear
If the dress code is morning dress, the field narrows. Neal and Palmer in Piccadilly Arcade has 17 reviewers mentioning morning suits and 31 mentioning waistcoats; Buckleigh of London has 16. Ede & Ravenscroft and Oliver Brown both stock formal wear, though both also carry the weakest review records on this list, so read them before booking.
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