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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Wedding Overload

And this time, I don't just mean wedding planning. They say June is popular for weddings, but this year it was September. I know someone getting married on every single Saturday this month, and we've chosen to go to two of the four weddings. We went to one last week, and we'll be leaving for New York tomorrow. So this is also a notice that Chez Pei will be sluggish if not completely abandoned for two weeks.
In my own wedding news: my bridal party is dressed! Phew. My sisters have their dresses, and our groomsmens' tuxes arrived yesterday. They're really snazzy! Much higher quality than rentals, and the same price as they would have paid had they rented anywhere in West LA. Plus, I think everyone's more comfortable in their own clothes than rentals, and this way no one has to be in charge of picking up and returning tuxes or risking last minute fitting problems.
This is the tie we picked to go with my sister's dark pink dresses. It looks like diagonal stripes, but it's actually more of a tiny checkered pattern with a lot more blue than is showing up in this photo. Thank goodness pink is fashionable for men these days. The guys actually thought the tie was sharp and contemporary, not horrible.

posted by Pei at 3:05 PM

9 Comments:

  • "...bridal party is dressed!" Well, thank God! I *hate* naked weddings!

    By Blogger lisa, At 9/11/2007 08:54:00 PM  

  • Really? C'mon, how hilarious would that be at Burning Man?

    By Blogger Pei, At 9/11/2007 10:41:00 PM  

  • Love the tie! :)

    By Anonymous Dommy!, At 9/12/2007 11:24:00 AM  

  • Where'd you get the tuxes from?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, At 9/12/2007 12:03:00 PM  

  • The tuxes are from Mens USA on Westwood south of Wilshire. www.mensusa.com, but the prices at the store are MUCH lower than on the website. Haggle. Make sure you get at least 25% off his first offer. Tell him the Chinese girl who just bought two suits and two tuxes sent you.

    By Blogger Pei, At 9/12/2007 01:05:00 PM  

  • Thanks!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, At 9/13/2007 03:34:00 PM  

  • hahaha you have to watch this.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gimiDBAK2wA

    it really puts things in perspective

    By Blogger John, At 9/16/2007 05:48:00 PM  

  • Nice link. That show looks hilarious. The good (or is it bad?) thing about LA is prices are already so inflated there's not much more that vendors can raise prices. So for things like venues, non-bridal dresses, suits, flowers, and other things the people might regularly need the prices are the same.

    The gouging comes when you talk about things people only get for weddings: videographers, personalized stationery, a five tiered cake. Luckily, I'm avoiding most of that. Blecht.

    By Blogger Pei-Hsuen, At 9/20/2007 01:03:00 PM  

  • At any cost, stay clear from mensusa / mensusa.com !! These jokers claim that they are Italian. They are about as italian as saying a Ford automobile is assembled in Europe.
    The westwood boulevard store is about as filthy and disgusting as any business i have ever seen. If you are from the Los Angeles area, the only thing comparable would be the Slauson Swap meet. The owner is a young Persian kid who is named Ashkan. As he screams at any customer entering the store salivating at the prospect of a sale, he WILL in fact, tell you to get lost if you didnt make an appointment or arent "buying". As i have read on other threads within this forum, This is as about as accurate a description gets!
    ALL suits sold are made of polyester, NONE are wool. All tags are cut out of each suit as to hide its true nature. The suits are purchased from Santee Alley Downtown Los Angeles, and are marked up drastically. This is also what is known as a Dropshipper company whereas each suit is shipped from a remote location. You are sent whatever suit matches closest to what you are looking for. You will NOT be getting the exact style number you are looking at! I have received THREE wrong suits from them before i turned to doing a CC chargeback and visited their location to confirm. NOTE: They are already in hotwater with their Merchant provider and will do absolutely anything to appease you at the point of you NOT doing a chargeback. Ask for shipping both ways to be refunded as well.
    NO one in this company is who they say they are. NO michael, Valentino, Shawn, T.B Shapiro, Michael Anderson etc.... This company is already under investigation for its multiple personalities and ownership claims. The sole idiot in charge is a young Persian kid named "Ashkan". HE is the person you will want to talk to, and the one who authorized my refund. He is also the rude fellow who hangs up the phone in your face after insulting you. This ONE person is responsible for the mess you will get yourself into if you shop with these guys. If you call there, and they say that there is no "Ashkan", they are simply lying to you. It has always amazed me at the middle eastern mentality on the fascination with wanting to "be Italian". They mimic their names, fashion, styles and prospect of trying to emulate them business-wise. When in fact, they are a self loathing bunch of moronic dweebs who provide customer service similar to a mugging.

    By Blogger Michael_Anderson, At 10/28/2008 09:37:00 AM  

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