What's up with Wednesdays?

Wow, have we been neglecting our blog page or what??

Obviously we've been very busy here at the shop, and also in our personal lives with the addition of another grandchild, so we've not made a post for almost a year - but we're going to rectify that starting today. This week marks the end of prom season for 2025 which, as you all know, is our busiest time of the year. With proms winding down, we are going to be ending our extended open hours and going back to our more or less "normal hours" - which always brings up the question from people - "What's up with Wednesday's - Are you open or not?" The answer to that question is, well... sort of.

Wednesday is our catch-up day. It's the day we spend catching up on essential office work, and doing alterations for the week ahead. As such, we don't have any regular open hours on Wednesdays, but we are willing to make appointments in the afternoon for those who ask. So even though the sign says closed, if Wednesday is the only day you can come in and see up we will most certainly make accommodations for you if we can - just give us a call.

Bridal Expo Recap

What a great weekend at the 2024 Wichita Summer Bridal Expo! Met so many wonderful brides and grooms to be - ran out of flyers and catalogs to give out - had fun modelling our new sage green suit - and was completely exhausted by the end of it!

A couple of emerging / continuing trends I noticed at the show:

1. A lot of grooms interested in purchasing their wedding suit. This is something we've noticed over the past year or so, and the number of grooms choosing to purchase instead of rent keeps growing.

2. Brown is going to be very big this year and next - A number of grooms were very interested in our brown "Archer" suit for their wedding.

3. Big wedding parties are back in style. Met with many couples whose number of attendants was 6 or more.

All in all it was a good show. If you didn't get a chance to make it, there will be another, bigger expo in January. Hope to see you then!

Closed this weekend - July 26th-28th

We will be closed this weekend, July 26th-28th for a medical emergency. Miss Tammy has had a sudden recurrence of the back issues that she suffered last fall and, because the bridal expo is also this weekend, we cannot keep the shop open.

We're sorry for any inconvenience this will cause but are grateful for all of the support and well wishes we have already received. We will be open for tuxedo returns on Monday.