Harry Herbert, the late Queen's godson, or should I say the Honourable Harry Herbert married ITV's This Morning chef Clodagh McKenna on 14th August 2021. The wedding took place at St Michaels & All Angels church in the grounds of Harry's ancestral home, Highclere Castle. Better know to most of us as Downton Abbey. Highclere Castle has been in Harry's family since the 17th century. The current custodians are Harry's elder brother George & his wife Fiona, the 8th Earl & Countess of Carnarvon. Yes, that is the same family of the famous Lord Canarvon. Lord Canarvon funded Howard Carter's search for Tutankhamun, just in case you thought you'd heard the name before!
After their church wedding, the couple took a small horse drawn buggy. Harry steered it back to their own 300 year old cottage within the Highclere estate for their wedding reception.
Hon. Harry Herbert wedding suit
The Honourable Harry Herbert is no stranger to a traditional tailcoat within his day job. For those of you that don't know, Harry is extremely well known in the horse racing set. Harry's job titles include Chief executive of Highclere Thoroughbred racing. Racing consultant to Cartier and Racing Manager to The Royal Ascot Racing Club to name but a few. For his wedding suit I still wouldn't expect anything but quintessential British wedding attire. A traditional black tailcoat and stripe morning suit trousers. Harry chose to wear an ivory double breasted waistcoat underneath. A blue tie, mismatched pocket square (a typical landed gentry look) and finish it off with a tie tack.
How to recreate Harry's wedding suit look
Hire wear
Within our hire collection we can easliy recreate Harry Herbert's morning suit look. We
offer a light weight slim fit tailcoat with either traditional stripe trousers or matching ones. An ivory classic double breasted waistcoat, or single breasted or scoop double breasted or scoop style! We run over 100 fabrics with in our accessories range. Our accessories are available as ties, bow ties, cravats and pocket squares. So we should have a colour that would match in with your colour scheme.
Made-to-measure suit
With our made-to-measure suits you have full control over every aspect of your suit. The joy of a made-to-measure suit is that there are many more fit options are available for us to use to ensure your suit contours to your body perfectly. The options available are much more intricate, precise and detailed than you can reach on a custom made suit.
From the width of your lapel, the angle of your jacket and trouser pockets to the length of your vents. You can chose from an extensive range of lining colours and designs. I believe we can offer over 1000 different fabrics! Have your suit personalised on your melton and inside lining with your name, initials, wedding date or something a more risque! down to the hand stitching on the buttonholes. With our made-to-measure suits the choice is yours, but don't panic our made-to-measure suit specialists are here to help.Our specialists will guide you through the entire process and help you achieve the look you want. The full made to measure process takes approximately 12 weeks from start to finish but can take longer at busier times of the year.
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