What is the best option? Is it better to rent or buy your tux? This question gets tossed around year after year and season after season and what we’ve discovered is this question totally depends on any number of circumstances.

To guarantee you’re making the right decision, you’ve got to ask yourself some questions.

Whether you’re showing up to a wedding (your very own?) or have a formal event to attend to for work for which you are in need of attire, the age-old question doesn’t seem to change.

When deciding whether you should rent or buy to own, these are the facts you should contemplate. Once you understand just what you’re looking for (and how you may or may not include this attire into your wardrobe of the future), you’ll have a better handle on how to approach the issue and just what you say when you walk in to the store and they greet you by saying, “What can we help you with today?”

1.) What does your budget look like?

Budget may or may not be cause for concern, but this basic question is certainly something to take into consideration when making this kind of decision. Another item to note, what kind of dresser are you? Renting, obviously, will always be the most economical choice, but do you have flair for fashion in a way that will keep you coveting the latest styles as soon as they come out? If you are someone who may want to wear a tux that changes with the fashion trends, renting may be the better option for you. You can keep up with the cutting edge and always have the latest and greatest.

Once you buy a suit, that suit is yours to own. Renting, while more affordable, also offers more flexibility in changing up the attire for any functions that may happen in the future.

If budget is something that you’re trying to stay within the confines of, renting will be the best route to go. But does your consistent fashion sense try to dissuade you?

2.) What’s the personal significance?

Let’s go back to whether or not you have that flair for fashion. Do you? If you’re someone who may want to order a tux that comes outfitted and tailored to the nines with custom-made lapels, pocket treatments, fabric options, lining considerations, and hems that are just right (though just-right hems can be an easy fix in a rented tux...#tailormade), consider how personally-tailored-to-you you want this tux to be.

Brides will often keep their wedding dresses for life, hoping to pass them down in the future or simply keeping them around as a memento from the special day. Are you hoping to commemorate this tux in that fashion? Will this tux mean a lot to you and remind you of what you wore on that special day? The answer to this question totally depends person to person. The choice is up to you.

3. What does the future look like?

Are you hoping this tux will be an investment now to save you from answering this same question further down the road? If you do buy, will you have regularly occurring formal events that you could wear this same tux to? If the occasion that you need this tux for is truly a once-in-a-lifetime happening, then it Is up to you if you want to find the perfect tux now or ultimately wait and find the prefect tux further down the line.

You can always rent now and eventually buy the tux of your dreams.

4. Tailored and fitted.

Some gentleman simply avoid renting a tux in fear the rented tux will never fit just right. Well, that’s an easy myth to dispel of. Even when you’re renting a suit or a tux, the attire is tailored and fit to you.

When you pick up the tux a few days before the big event, keep in mind that it’s still possible to have adjustments made. Last-minute adjustments are easy to take care of quickly. Generally, there is someone who is adept at making whatever changes needs to be made as quick as possible.

Of course, on the flip side of the coin, custom-made suits and tuxes will be made just for you. You can choose colors, textures, fabric, and specifications however you see fit.

Some people who may be a non-traditional size may think they have to order a custom-made tux. If you are considering renting, are you worried you may be a non-traditional size? Most places that rent out tuxes and suits go all the way up to size 70.

Figuring out which option will be the best for you in this circumstance is best decided when you know exactly what you’re looking for.

Consider your budget, consider how much this suit or tux will mean to you, and think about whether or not you have a calendar that may or may not be booked up with formal events in the future. And, at the end of the day, making the right choice depends on what kind of style you prefer. If you’re someone who enjoys the ever-changing trends of menswear and fashion, renting will be one way to keep you looking as if you always just stepped off the pages of a glossy magazine. If keeping a more traditional look year to year is more your speed, then buying a great tux that can go with you throughout life may make the most sense.

While the choice is up to you, we’re certain that the variety of options out there will make you look as dapper as can be on your big day.

What is the best option? Is it better to rent or buy your tux? This question gets tossed around year after year and season after season and what we’ve discovered is this question totally depends on any number of circumstances.

To guarantee you’re making the right decision, you’ve got to ask yourself some questions.

Whether you’re showing up to a wedding (your very own?) or have a formal event to attend to for work for which you are in need of attire, the age-old question doesn’t seem to change.

When deciding whether you should rent or buy to own, these are the facts you should contemplate. Once you understand just what you’re looking for (and how you may or may not include this attire into your wardrobe of the future), you’ll have a better handle on how to approach the issue and just what you say when you walk in to the store and they greet you by saying, “What can we help you with today?”

1.) What does your budget look like?

Budget may or may not be cause for concern, but this basic question is certainly something to take into consideration when making this kind of decision. Another item to note, what kind of dresser are you? Renting, obviously, will always be the most economical choice, but do you have flair for fashion in a way that will keep you coveting the latest styles as soon as they come out? If you are someone who may want to wear a tux that changes with the fashion trends, renting may be the better option for you. You can keep up with the cutting edge and always have the latest and greatest.

Once you buy a suit, that suit is yours to own. Renting, while more affordable, also offers more flexibility in changing up the attire for any functions that may happen in the future.

If budget is something that you’re trying to stay within the confines of, renting will be the best route to go. But does your consistent fashion sense try to dissuade you?

2.) What’s the personal significance?

Let’s go back to whether or not you have that flair for fashion. Do you? If you’re someone who may want to order a tux that comes outfitted and tailored to the nines with custom-made lapels, pocket treatments, fabric options, lining considerations, and hems that are just right (though just-right hems can be an easy fix in a rented tux...#tailormade), consider how personally-tailored-to-you you want this tux to be.

Brides will often keep their wedding dresses for life, hoping to pass them down in the future or simply keeping them around as a memento from the special day. Are you hoping to commemorate this tux in that fashion? Will this tux mean a lot to you and remind you of what you wore on that special day? The answer to this question totally depends person to person. The choice is up to you.

3. What does the future look like?

Are you hoping this tux will be an investment now to save you from answering this same question further down the road? If you do buy, will you have regularly occurring formal events that you could wear this same tux to? If the occasion that you need this tux for is truly a once-in-a-lifetime happening, then it Is up to you if you want to find the perfect tux now or ultimately wait and find the prefect tux further down the line.

You can always rent now and eventually buy the tux of your dreams.

4. Tailored and fitted.

Some gentleman simply avoid renting a tux in fear the rented tux will never fit just right. Well, that’s an easy myth to dispel of. Even when you’re renting a suit or a tux, the attire is tailored and fit to you.

When you pick up the tux a few days before the big event, keep in mind that it’s still possible to have adjustments made. Last-minute adjustments are easy to take care of quickly. Generally, there is someone who is adept at making whatever changes needs to be made as quick as possible.

Of course, on the flip side of the coin, custom-made suits and tuxes will be made just for you. You can choose colors, textures, fabric, and specifications however you see fit.

Some people who may be a non-traditional size may think they have to order a custom-made tux. If you are considering renting, are you worried you may be a non-traditional size? Most places that rent out tuxes and suits go all the way up to size 70.

Figuring out which option will be the best for you in this circumstance is best decided when you know exactly what you’re looking for.

Consider your budget, consider how much this suit or tux will mean to you, and think about whether or not you have a calendar that may or may not be booked up with formal events in the future. And, at the end of the day, making the right choice depends on what kind of style you prefer. If you’re someone who enjoys the ever-changing trends of menswear and fashion, renting will be one way to keep you looking as if you always just stepped off the pages of a glossy magazine. If keeping a more traditional look year to year is more your speed, then buying a great tux that can go with you throughout life may make the most sense.

While the choice is up to you, we’re certain that the variety of options out there will make you look as dapper as can be on your big day.