Menswear and Suit Hire
Hire rather than purchase is what these businesses are built around: a fitting window scheduled around a wedding date rather than a walk-in queue, with made-to-measure purchase available for anyone who wants to keep the suit. Style ranges from formal Swiss tailoring to lighter linen and separates for a summer lakeside ceremony, where a heavy three-piece suit is the wrong call in July whatever a groom pictured at home. A few businesses fit an entire wedding party in one sitting, useful when groomsmen are arriving on different flights and only overlap in the country for a day or two.
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Bespoke suits in Bern using finest wools, cashmere, and silk with meticulous craftsmanship
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Family menswear shop in Schaffhausen since 1956 offering wedding suit assembly
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Bespoke suits tailored in Zurich for custom groom and groomsmen wear
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Bespoke suits using Neapolitan tailoring methods with manufacture in Naples
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Evening wear and formal smoking tailoring services for weddings
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Zurich
An online suit and tuxedo rental service shipping across Switzerland. You build the look in a configurator, the size is worked out from a few details rather than a tailor's tape, and a full kit arrives roughly two weeks before the day with vest, shirt, tie and pocket square. You send it back unwashed in a prepaid envelope, and cleaning is included. Service is in German.
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Rindermarkt 7, Zürich
An owner-run Zurich atelier where a wedding suit gets the same made-to-measure process as a business suit, with a recommended 4 to 6 week lead time.
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Talstrasse 58, Zürich · since 1992
A single Zurich made-to-measure studio that comes to you anywhere in Switzerland for the fitting, wedding suits from CHF 849, made in 4 to 6 weeks
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Raingässli 1, Zug · since 2016
A genuine Zug bespoke tailor with an unusually itemised price list and a Sicilian workshop, though its own site never once mentions a wedding
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Althardstrasse 50, Regensdorf · since 2013
A Regensdorf atelier that actually prints a starting price for a wedding suit, CHF 1290, where most tailors in this category publish none
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Klosterstrasse 11, Lucerne · since 2011
A Lucerne made-to-measure house that hand-makes its own suspenders in-house and prices a wedding suit from CHF 1470
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In Gassen 6, 8001 Zürich · since 2018
A Zürich bespoke house where a wedding suit runs through the same Italian-made process as every other commission, plus a home or office fitting for couples who fly in
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Rue de la Servette 28, Genève
A Geneva made-to-measure and ready-to-wear suit shop with a full alterations price list and no wedding framing anywhere on its own site
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Riedenmatt 4, Stans
A Central Switzerland bridal house whose 800-plus-suit menswear side fits, alters and coordinates a groom's whole party under one roof.
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Obergasse 2, Uznach
A made-to-measure atelier with a separate wedding-suit page for every colour, yet no published lead time, fitting count, or price
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Chemin de Vervas 37, La Neuveville
Markets itself as bespoke suits cut in a Bangkok workshop, yet runs a real showroom in La Neuveville for in-person measuring, and dresses women too.
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Kruggasse 7, Zürich · since 2016
A small alterations workshop near Zurich's Bellevue with one named service, one hourly rate, and no suits, hire or wedding line of any kind published anywhere on its site.
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Wolfhauserstrasse 1, Bubikon · since 1978
199 off-the-peg suits across 5 named categories, altered in-house at Bubikon, with no suit rental and no lead time published for a groom flying in
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Kasernenstrasse 15, Zürich
A Zurich made-to-measure tailor with its own named best-man suit line and a Bangkok cutting workshop behind every commission, plus a rental option
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29 rue de Coutance, Genève
A Geneva atelier selling Mariage and Ville suit lines from an 800-plus fabric library, in French only, with no price or lead time published online.
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Museumstrasse 76, Winterthur
An off-the-rack Winterthur menswear shop that alters what it sells, names weddings once on its own homepage, and nothing more
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Oetenbachgasse 9, Zürich
One Zürich showroom inside a UK and Singapore made-to-measure chain, CHF pricing and 30-plus measurements, though its wedding page still says London.
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Junkerngasse 58, Bern
A Bern menswear boutique built around its own bar, whose FAQ tells a wedding couple to book their made-to-measure suit 3 months ahead
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Place Bel-Air 2, Lausanne · since 1909
A Lausanne tuxedo-hire boutique trading since 1909, renting a single shawl-collar model for CHF 200, with made-to-measure available through Canali and Corneliani.
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Chemin du Pré-du-Couvent 2a, Chêne-Bougeries · since 2010
A Geneva atelier that prints its wedding-suit prices outright, CHF 499 for 2 pieces, CHF 650 for 3, with an 8-day express option and 2 appointment-only addresses.
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Zürich and St. Gallen · since 2015
A made-to-measure groom's suit sorted by wedding style across 2 stores, one 5-week fitting cycle and a CHF 1,390 starting price from its general suit page.
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Ettingerstrasse 29, Aesch · since 1882
A Basel-area costume-rental house with 40,000-plus pieces since 1882 that also hires out wedding tuxedos, morning coats and tailcoats, not a made-to-measure tailor
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St. Georgenstrasse 3, St. Gallen
A St. Gallen costume house renting from 15,000 historical pieces across 145 years, including tailcoats and tuxedos filed as costumes, never marketed for a wedding
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Rue des Deux-Marchés 11, Lausanne
A Lausanne atelier that spells out its own wedding-suit process step by step, with different published lead times for its 2 made-to-measure tiers.
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Zurich and St. Gallen
A 2-branch bridal house selling off-the-peg and made-to-measure wedding suits, plus a separate rental line limited to tailcoat, cut and tuxedo.
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Rue du Marché 9, Carouge · since 2000
A Geneva made-to-measure specialist that puts a real number on its wedding fabric range, over 4000 cloths, and has traded from the same Carouge address since 2000.
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Rue de la Tour Maitresse 7, 1204 Genève · since 1990
A Geneva atelier where a groom picks from over 30 named suit models, then gets fitted to it, ready in 4 to 5 weeks
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Neue Bahnhofstrasse 2, Münsingen
A Münsingen shop that fits and alters an off-the-rack wedding suit in its own atelier, then steers a groom wanting black tie toward renting a tuxedo instead
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Badriebstrasse 11, 7310 Bad Ragaz
A Bad Ragaz bridal boutique whose own booking form treats menswear as an equal third line, though no price, lead time or process is published for it
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Rothenburg, near Lucerne
In Rothenburg near Lucerne, Milena Stalder builds wedding suits entirely to measure, cutaway, smoking or frack, with full canvas construction and no published price or lead time.
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Dreikönigsstrasse 21, Zürich · since 2011
A Zürich made-to-measure house that prices 3 named wedding looks from CHF 1190 to CHF 1390, with 2 doubling as civil-wedding wear.
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PKZ's wedding page addresses groom, best man and guest separately and pairs a made-to-measure shirt with the suit, backed by 8 branches across Switzerland.
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Via Vegezzi 2, 6900 Lugano
A 4-floor Lugano menswear house since 1928 with made-to-measure tailoring and tuxedo hire, though its own site never once mentions a wedding
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Schenkstrasse 13, Wangen an der Aare · since 1865
A Bernese ready-to-wear menswear shop whose only wedding offer lives on a page that rotates every month, not on its homepage.
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56 Quai Gustave-Ador, Geneva
A Geneva ceremony-wear rental house that spells out what it won't rent (wedding gowns), with a full published price list and a slower bespoke line from Italy.
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Gibelflüh 5a, Ballwil · since 2009
A made-to-measure tailor with 2 floors of pop-up space inside Bürgenstock Resort and a corner in Zug's LesDeux Men, plus its own Ballwil and Zürich ateliers
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Saatlenstrasse 18 and Schipfe 4, Zürich · since 2004
A Zürich alterations and made-to-measure atelier that lists wedding, evening and business clothing as one line among many services, with no suit-specific price, cloth brand or lead time published.
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Etzelstrasse 29, Richterswil
A German-only rental catalogue of 53 wedding suits and sets, handmade by partner Collin Suiting, no deposit, and no fitting before your suit ships.
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Stockerstrasse 39, Zürich · since 2004
A Zürich made-to-measure atelier with 7 named wedding-suit lines, a dedicated LGBTQ+ collection, a Bern branch and home-visit fittings in 5 regions
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Zürich, Oerlikon and Basel · since 2004
A Zürich, Oerlikon and Basel made-to-measure tailor whose wedding tab shares its price, fabric list and measurement count with the business and smoking tabs beside it.
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Beethovenstrasse 24, Zurich
A full-canvas made-to-measure wedding suit tailor opposite Zurich's Park Hyatt, starting at CHF 1690, with travelling fittings by arrangement.
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13 Grand-Rue, 1204 Geneva
A pocket-sized Geneva boutique that relocated from Rome in 2024, selling hand-picked ready-to-wear Italian menswear with no wedding framing anywhere on its own site
Frequently asked questions
What are my options if I need to rent a suit instead of buying one?
You can choose from rental options provided by Sunita Suits or Collin Suiting. These services are ideal if you prefer a rental over a custom or made-to-measure purchase.
How much time should I set aside for getting a wedding suit?
If you opt for a bespoke or made-to-measure suit, you'll need to allow several weeks for multiple fittings. Rental options typically require much less time for preparation.
Can I find a tailor that specializes in custom-made suits with high-end fabrics?
Yes, several specialists offer this. You can find tailors working with exclusive fabric catalogs, Italian cloths from renowned mills, or fine materials like cashmere and silk.
Which shops offer services in multiple Swiss cities?
Several providers have multiple locations, such as those with showrooms in Zurich, Basel, and Bern, or those covering cities like Geneva, Lucerne, and Chur.