I debated whether I should give this place 2 stars or 3 stars, but because the people are so friendly, I'm going with 3.
I have not had much luck with this tailor. They are fine if you need something simple done, such as getting pants hemmed or a button sewn on. (No, I don't know how to do this. Feel free to laugh at me.) As far as bigger jobs, I would look elsewhere, though they have actually screwed up a simple button sewing too.
I believe the first time I went here, I was trying to alter a dress. The top part of the dress was kind of puffy and looked ill-fitting, like I needed DD boobs or bigger to fill it in. I should have just returned the dress, but I was having a hard time finding something appropriate to wear to an October beach wedding in Mexico. I brought it in and tried to explain that I wanted the "puffiness" to go away and they seemed to understand. I went to pick it up and, unlike my previous alterations place, they did not encourage me to try it on to make sure I was satisfied. I assumed everything would be fine, but when I got home and put it on, the top was still really puffy. I brought it back and tried to explain what I wanted again. They tried to fix it, but there was still a bit of puffiness. I gave up and figured it was good enough.
As for this button sewing that I mentioned, you can normally rely on them for that, but I had a button come off a jacket that I really liked. The jacket had ruffles and the buttons were on the ruffles, but sewn down to the actual jacket to keep the ruffles from flopping around from the weight of the buttons. I brought the jacket in, picked it up a few days later, then got home and realized the button had just been sewn right onto the ruffle. Now that section of the ruffle keeps flipping over. It isn't a huge deal and I haven't bothered to get it fixed, but it just annoys me. Had they paid an ounce of attention, the job I was paying for could have been done correctly.
The last time I went there, I brought in a pretty cream colored coat. I don't normally alter my coats (or much of anything, for that matter), but I thought the coat was very elegant looking and I wanted it to fit perfectly. I always find coat/jacket sleeves to be a bit long on me, so I went in and asked to have them shortened. I didn't think it was going to be an extensive job, but the tailor said that a bunch of other things would have to be done to get the sleeves shortened and it was going to cost $50. I went along with it and picked up my coat a week later. Again, I was not encouraged to try it on and I assumed all would be fine. Well, when I did finally try it on, everything fit so long as I was simply standing with my arms at my sides. Once I went to reach for something, the coat got really tight in the upper arm area. I tried to just wear it anyway, but I can't deal with it. I can't even drive comfortably. Maybe this is more my screw up than theirs, as I've never had this done before and I don't know if this is something that normally happens, but if this is something that is to be expected, it would have been nice if they had warned me about it. And if my sleeves didn't really need to be shortened in the first place, I also would have appreciated them telling me that if I went any shorter, the coat would not fit right. Instead, I am out almost $200 for a coat that I never even really got to wear.
If you decide to go here, I highly recommend trying on everything in store after it has been altered. If you have a button or something that needs to be sewn to a particular area that isn't blatantly obvious, definitely point it out to them. Oh, and if those coat sleeves are a little long, just leave them. It's not worth it. read more
