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John's Custom Tailoring

3.1 (16 reviews)

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9 years ago

I have had many alterations done at John's and am 100% happy with the quality of the work !

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10 years ago

John always does an excellent job for us with anything from dress suits to bathing suits!

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9 years ago

He shortened a very expensive pair of slacks and used a different color thread would like to find somewhere else to go

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Cynthia Designs Studio - $70 and this is the results? Does this look right to you?

Cynthia Designs Studio

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Ok, so this is a two part review because there is a 1 star and a 4 star…read more.. One Star: My bridesmaid dress- All it needed was a hem. Went in, she pinned it, I left, she emailed me in a week to pick it up and told me it would be 56$. Cons: - I think 48$ to do a hem is REAL steep considering it was literally just a hem on your standard purple chiffon bridesmaid dress. -She steamed it for me, which I didn't ask her to as we were all planning on steaming the dresses once we arrived at the venue, so there was 8 bucks I could have saved. - When I went to wear the dress (and yes, in the same exact shoes I got pinned up in), the fricking thing still DRAGGED on the ground by a couple inches. To the point where I am not entirely convinced she even hemmed it. Once the ceremony/pictures/dinner was done, another bridesmaid ended up literally hacking off about 2.5 inches of material off the bottom so that I could dance. Basically for me it was a complete waste of money. Four Star: My boyfriends vest. He's had it for years, loves it, but the sturdy canvass material is finally fraying in some places. He dropped it off and requested she sew black leather patches on any areas that were fraying (near pockets, at the shoulders, on the lower back, etc). Imagine how damn annoyed I was after paying 56 bucks for nothing, when my boyfriends vest came out GREAT, was clearly a lot more of a time and effort investment on her part, and only cost 40$ despite requiring about 10 patches of leather. Not sure if this is due to the standard "anything wedding related" 50% markup that every industry applies, or if I have been lied to my whole life and a hem is, in fact, the most challenging of all alterations, but I was left with a pretty sour feeling. I'm really pleased my boyfriend is happy with his vest, and I'm almost as pleased that my propensity for wearing cheap, shapeless clothing means I won't soon need alterations done again any time soon.

I asked Cynthia to attach new pockets to a pair of sweatpants (I even brought my own fabric). She…read moresaid it would take 1.5 weeks to alter. 3 weeks later, I messaged and found out that she hadn't even started yet. She then informed me that it would cost $48 to make the alterations... I used to make clothing as a hobby in highschool, and I know that it would take less than an hour to do the requested work. The price was ridiculous. I politely asked why it was going to cost so much and asked if I could just pick up the pants without any alterations (I wasnt about to pay more for pockets than i did for the pants!). But apparently, she had already taken off one pocket. I asked her to take the other one off as well so they would at least be even, and she charged me $15!!! Using a seam ripper to take off pockets would take less than 5 minutes, and 5 mins of work is not worth $15. And on top of it all, she didn't give me my fabric back and she cut a hole in the pants that was sewed up in a very slopy way.... Just be wary of price and ask up front before leaving your clothing with her (and make sure you're ok with possibly having your clothing returned damaged)

John's Custom Tailoring - sewingalterations - Updated November 2026

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