Formally Modern Tuxedo is an independently owned formalwear operation, with each locale tailored to meet your needs. Whatever your tastes, Formally Modern Tuxedo offers superb quality and the most fashionable garments. Grooms, groomsmen, men who have to go formal for any event; everyone will find themselves more at home at Formally Modern Tuxedo than any other menswear store.

From the beginning, Formally Modern Tuxedo was an independently owned company comprised of a number of industry veterans with over 150 years of combined experience in men's formalwear in the Chicagoland area. The group most recently comes from another men's retailer that was purchased by the May Group. It was then sold and purchased again in early 2005 by Federated (Macys) before being sold once more and finally consolidated. You probably get where we're going here. A corporate behemoth sucked the life out of a smaller business.

What's all the fuss about being independently owned? Formally Modern Tuxedo came to be because a group of formalwear industry veterans were increasingly frustrated with huge conglomerates. These corporations would take over privately owned stores and turn them into impersonal templates run from executive offices in other states. When a men's formalwear chain has to compete with over 900 stores under its corporate parent's banner to get attention, it might be difficult for customers to get exactly what they need.

Formally Modern Tuxedo takes an old concept and makes it new again - specifically putting the customer first. It means attention to detail and knowing a face instead of just an order on a screen. Everything from the custom-designed stores to the top-of-the-line merchandise is geared toward smoothly guiding you through the process of renting or purchasing men's attire while totally taking the pain and dread out of the experience.