This place was recommended by a family friend, who purchases many dresses from the place, and thought their referral would allow me to get a very reasonable price. Well, that was not the case. I have a very simple, straight, unadorned wedding dress, with a very slight amount of tool wedding under the skirt. From my untrained eye, it seemed the only necessary alterations were a minimal hemming and taking in the straps at the shoulders (each shoulder has two thin straps). I had done internet research, and figured at the most, it should cost $150. When I tried the dress on, she was going to take off about 1 inch at the hem, take in the shoulder straps (an alteration which my mother had said she could do herself), and then she thought it would smooth out the area under my armpits if she took in the seams that lead to the nipple very slightly. It seemed pretty straightforward and modest to me, so I was SHOCKED when she told me it would cost $300! I told her I thought that was too high, so she told me to take it somewhere else. So I took it to Alex Cleaners in Logan Square, which I had defaulted to for dry cleaning in the past, simply because it was so close to my condo. Their estimate for the hemming and the shoulder straps was...$55!!!! Quite a disparity! The tailor pointed out that the first button loophole also needed repair, so she agreed to repair that. With steaming the dress and veil, my grand total came to $80. Simply ridiculous! I felt very scammed by the tailor at K&K Dressmaking, and can't understand the logic of the $300 bill. When i said $300 was way too much, she made some comment about having to do hand stitches - OK, and that is unusual? Maybe other people have had better experiences, and maybe it would have helped if I spoke Polish. But I would recommend getting a second opinion if you go here, and the price sounds high. read more
