I had a wonderful experience with Simin tailoring!…read more I have a true hourglass shape which makes it impossible to buy items that are "ready to wear." This often leaves me buying items in a large size that require tailoring down. While finding great tailoring was easy in NYC, Charlottesville is really sore for quality tailoring individuals. Luckily, after looking into two other local shops, I discovered Simin. In this case, I brought a formal foxhunting jacket that was an odd fit and much to large (understand that getting a jacket taken in and extensively tailored is not a simple job.) The jacket done within a week and it was tailored beautifully! It honestly looks like it was custom made for me. I am a very impressed by the quality of work these ladies do. Five star worthy! Needless to say, I am a happy customer!

Thank you! They're highly skilled, with excellent customer service. It's clear they care about…read moreoffering real value and building genuine relationships with their customers. I had a hard time finding the shop so make sure to walk past Lavender Spa and look for the small alley on your left.

Kim's Alterations shortened my hiking pants perfectly and kept the lower bottom drawstring assembly…read morefully functional. The price was very reasonable. I will definitely use their service again in the future.

I went to Kims to have some Linen pants hemmed. The woman doing the alterations insisted on only…read moreputting one safety pin for her measurements even when questioned. sure enough when I put on the pants they were at least 3" too long. I brought them back to correct their mistake and they insisted on charging me again. No words of apology. So if you want a shoddy job on hemming trousers and are willing to to oay twice for it, go to Kims

Yady is nothing short of a miracle worker with alterations! My wedding dress had been with (who I…read morethought was) a very reputable tailor for over two months after taking my measurements. When I finally picked it up, it fit me very poorly. I was totally panicking and unsure of what to do with less than a month until the big day. I took it to Yady as a last resort, knowing she most likely wouldn't be able to fit me in. She totally could have turned me away seeing as it's basically the height of wedding season and I was giving her three weeks. Not only did she accommodate me, she was so friendly and reassuring about it, AND she finished the dress in 2 weeks so that we had a few buffer days to make final tweaks and get the dress perfect. Yadi did not owe me that kind of service whatsoever! I was blown away at her customer service. This was a tall order for a last minute request- NOT a simple hem job. The top of my dress basically had to be completely reconstructed. She totally saved my dress and restored my excitement about the wedding in general. Her prices were also very fair for what she had to do on the timeline at hand. I couldn't recommend her enough!

i ripped my jeans while moving into UVA and instead of freaking the freak out, Yady's alterations…read moresaid they could fix the MASSIVE RIP in my cutsie pants. AND they got it done before my parents flew out the next day, even though we dropped it off 20 minutes before closing. I am so grateful I am at peace now. Beautiful work, can barely see it

I had a few things that needed to be altered,A friend of mine recommended Heidi…read more Their service is so neat and quick. I found the storekeeper so sweet and helpful ,she is so attentive and tries her best to accommodate all your needs. There are also two parking spots in front of the store and they also validate your parking ticket for the public parking right across their shop which make it very convenient for me. I am happy that I found this alteration place in C'ville.

My sister-in-law took her wedding gown here for alterations, so I didn't protest when she took the…read moreflower girl dress I bought for her daughter to wear in my wedding there. I don't take my clothes to Heidi and I'm thankful I didn't trust her with my wedding dress after seeing what she did to the flower girl dress. We gave her a silk, J. Crew Collection dress that was too big overall for my niece. Heidi pinned the dress and I told her that we especially wanted the waist nipped in, but still wanted the skirt to be full. She also had to take the bodice in and "lift" the arm holes. The job would cost $50, which seemed a little high for a child's dress, but I realized that a job for a wedding sometimes gets a mark up. The dress we got back looked like almost nothing was done to it. The tulle petticoat, which had been fine, we now uneven and showing below the hem of the dress in certain areas. My little niece looked so sad in the dress. The alterations had taken so long that we didn't have time to order another dress and have it altered again, so we made an emergency dash to a David's Bridal and got her a dress that fit, but was nowhere near as special as the J. Crew Collection dress could have been. I was so disappointed with the work Heidi did. I will never take anything to her shop.

I've been bringing my dress clothes for dry cleaning to Skyline Cleaners at Barracks Road for years…read morenow. I have only ever had a good experience here. The rates are fair, the clothes come out great, and they have never been late fulfilling my orders. Also the people I interact with there are always really nice and helpful. I really like their system where everything is linked to my phone number, even my preferences regarding how starched I want my shirts. I highly recommend bringing your dry cleaning to this establishment. PS. I saw another reviewer posted that dry cleaning chemicals can cause bipolar. As a scientist I found this claim dubious, and looking closely at that reviewers remarks, the article they link is an an almost decade old news article regarding leeching of certain dry cleaning chemicals into the drinking water of certain denizens in the Cape Cod region. Rest assured Skyline cleaners uses industry standard dry cleaning chemicals and practices. For your child to somehow develop bipolar they would have to actually drink water with the chemicals leeched into it, not wear a very nicely cleaned and pressed suit jacket...

The absolute worse place to take your cleaning! They shrunk my expensive cashmere sweaters and…read morethen had a super bad, negative attitude about it and defended their practices by putting the blame on me that I should not have had them "wet" cleaned. I contend they should have informed the customer of the risks of wet cleaning and they did not - no information, no clarification of the risks, and they did not take responsibility and got very aggressive about it. Really bad service and horrible staff.

hmm no reviews???! por que?…read more well she is great the lady is chinese, as are most of the seamstresses in the area, but whatever i came here after a bad experience at superb alterations just up the street i came here for a simple job: get the zipper pull on my ski jacket back on its track. at first she insisted the pull needed to be replaced. when i kept trying to point what the issue was,she looked closer and then realized i was right and was able to fix it in less than five minutes, charge was five bucks so that was very good too she has a very cute dog in a sweater too cash or check only parking: plenty , free, lot the place is near a wells fargo/best buy/bunch of fast food if you are need to kill some tiempo overall: great pricing quick service knowledgeable it is a win for me

She was a little sassy but did excellent work and was done in 5 days. Would visit again.read more

I've been looking for a good tailor in this area, I think I found it here. Had my daughters prom…read moredress altered here, it was done exactly as we wanted and was done on time. Very friendly service too. Not inexpensive but I do believe you really get what you pay for in this business.

They don't take care of your clothing. Had to get a something sewn on a dress jacket and it came…read moreback wrinkly and dusty with random loose threads. They didn't even put plastic wrap around it. When I asked them to clean the lint off, the male there grabbed not a lint roller, but a wired brush and made it worse. I had to even request the plastic wrapping as he was not going to provide it. He was rude and uncaring the entire time. Service was relatively expensive. I'd recommend going elsewhere for services. Avoid.

Get over the seeming lack of social skills and take this shop for what it is - a no-nonsense,…read moreefficiently run alterations shop. On my first visit, I was a bit hesitant to leave my pants there as the woman did not write notes on special requests, but there was something about the way she reassured me that was...reassuring. I came back two days later and they were perfect! She even took extra time to double check the work when I tried them on (not that she needed to). In the end, the price was only 2/3 of what I expected, and the quality was 4/3 what I expected. This has been consistent with all the work I and several friends have had done here. My only advice/challenge for you is to try and make her smile when you visit.

Overpriced. Women owner is rude and unprofessional. Almost combative to customers. $75.00 to…read moreshorten a mens sport jacket sleeves.

Having had two prom dresses altered here, I brought my daughter in again, this time for her wedding…read moredress. We tried another tailor and were left hanging after a month of fitting appointments with no work being done. First appointment, the dress was pinned fully (others had only used a few pins and never even got close to what this shop did in 20 minutes). Second visit most of the dress was done, save for final hemming. Extremely professional and competent. What seemed like a nightmare with the first two shops turned totally around here. Wedding dresses are her specialty, and it shows!

Very disappointed by this establishment…read more False promises of timeline expectations were made on a Wedding dress alteration. No empathy for the mistake given by any employee. Only cash accepted which is something they decline to tell you when you call to make an appointment. When told their lack of information and reversing promises was unacceptable, they simply said, "Well, that's the way it is." They also mentioned that they were happy for us to take our business elsewhere if we were unhappy w/ their newfound ideas of customer service. Stay away from here, unless you really don't care about when you will actually receive your garment back. Wish I could give zero stars.