The Columbia / Wedding dressingDuluth & the North Shore

A day like
no other.
Entirely yours.

By the lake. Beneath the pines. In the company of your favorite people. We’ll help you dress for the way you want to remember it.

Book your wedding consultation

45 minutes in the store. We’ll talk through the date, the party, and whether to rent or buy.

Editorial illustration of a blue-violet wedding jacket with peaked lapels and blush lining
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Rent, buy, or made to measure

Three honest paths. We will tell you which one fits your date and your party, not which one fits our shelf.

  • Rent

    The short version
    Full outfit for the day, from $199
    Timeline
    Comfortable at 3 to 4 weeks out
    What you keep
    The photos
    Who it suits
    Parties outfitting many people at once, and single-wear plans
  • Buy

    The short version
    A suit priced by the suit, fitted to you
    Timeline
    Comfortable at 6 to 8 weeks out
    What you keep
    The suit
    Who it suits
    The groom who will wear it again
  • Made to measure

    The short version
    Cut to about 45 of your measurements
    Timeline
    Plan for 8 to 10 weeks
    What you keep
    The suit, and the pattern we keep on file
    Who it suits
    The groom who wants it exactly right

When should you start?

Count backward from the date. Wherever you are on this line, there is a path that works; earlier just means more choices.

  1. Six months out

    Pick the direction: rent, buy, or made to measure. One visit settles it.

  2. 8 to 10 weeks out

    The made-to-measure window. After this we move to off-the-rack or rental, and both still fit right.

  3. Six weeks out

    The party is measured, wherever they live. Nobody flies in early for a tape measure.

  4. Two weeks out

    Final fittings, pressing, and the checklist you do not have to keep.

  5. Wedding week

    Everything is ready. Suits that ship ahead land with our Arrival Service and wait for their owners.

The Wedding Ledger

We keep a ledger of the weddings we dress. Yours is next. Tell us about your wedding and we will open your page: a plan for the suits, the colors, and the party, ready before you ever walk through the door.

An optional head start: nine questions to begin your plan. Revisit it, share it with the party, and book the consultation right from it.

Prefer to talk first? Book your consultation without the Ledger.

Or call us: 218-722-3339 · Mon to Sat 10am to 5pm · 303 W Superior St, Duluth

Beyond the groom’s suit

The wedding party, coordinated

Sizes collected wherever the party lives, fittings scheduled in one pass, ship-ahead handling for the out-of-town suits. One person does not have to chase eight.

How the party works

Father of the bride

You have your own photos to stand in. Same ledger, same fitting care, your own appointment. Tell us the date and whether the couple has a color direction; we will handle the rest.

Book your own fitting

Engaged? You are earlier than you think.

The engagement shoot comes first, and it is the best first fitting there is. Start with the wardrobe consult and your sizes are already on file when the wedding conversation starts.

The Engagement Wardrobe Consult

The day of, covered

Every wedding we dress leaves with a day-of emergency kit with a prepaid return label inside. Collar stays, a sewing kit, the small fixes; and when the day is over, the prepaid label means the return can go in the mail instead of on your list.

Things people usually ask us

If you have a question that isn't here, just call or email. We're easy to reach and genuinely happy to talk it through.