What you need to know about formalwear houses

Discounted invitations from formal wear houses:

(1) You are buying from a large corporation, not a family business.

(2) Offered from only one supplier who makes up 3-4 albums from for their corporate use.

(3) You must stand to viewing wedding invitations in their stores. You are allowed to take albums home, work and return with your own typewritten order. You will have to determine your own etiquette issues.

(4) You must make an appointment to place your order only on certain evenings or days of the week because of pickup/returns of formal wear.

(5) When you turn in the order, you will be offered little or no guidance, and not have an experienced eye looking out for you, which could prevent an error that may result in your having to re-order and repay for your order.

(6) Do not supply you with pre-press proofs for your final approval.