I don't even know where to begin with this review, as the quality of Mark's work is not even subpar, as It's downright horrible.
I was in a rush and needed a few items altered and did not want to drive into the city and see my tailor that I've been going to for years. That was mistake #1 and a costly one at that.
I looked up Tailors on here and saw that he was close by, and I decided to give Mark a try.
I brought him a few items that me and my GF needed altered.
I had one pair of Rag and Bone jeans that needed to be hemmed, with the original hem reattached. The jeans ended up being hemmed too short, and the extra material was not cut away; he just folded the excess fabric and re-stitched it; this is not the correct way to reattach the original hem.. I have several pairs of Japanese denim jeans; with reattached hems. When putting on the jeans he hemmed, I noticed three layers of fabric at the hem that my foot would get caught on when putting the jeans on. (Pics attached) I could have done this at home with a needle and some thread & needle or better yet used stitch witch. Literally the same thing he did.
The other item was a pair of pants that my girlfriend needed to be tapered into a straight cut. Mark absolutely destroyed this pair of pants. The minute my gf put these on they looked and felt way off.
I wasn't about to call Mark and give him a chance to fix this after we realized he has no clue what he's doing . So we jumped in the car and took both of these items to my tailor in the city and see if he could fix and repair Marks horrible work.
Talk about an embarrassing moment, having to tell my tailor I tried someone else and can he fix what Mark destroyed.
With my girlfriend's pants, Mark cut of material at the lower leg and just sewed it back together with a single stitch over it from the knee down; he didn't even open the seam to reshape the leg, the inner seam was not even finished, over time this would have fringed out. My tailor had to open the whole leg up and recut it to fix it, and use an overlock stitch to finish the inner seam, how it should be done. Mark did not even bother using the same stitch that was used on the pants, just a horrible single stitch.
As my tailor went over and looked at what he needed to fix, it was evident Mark is not a tailor and has no professional experience as a tailor.
I will give him credit for the two other items that seem to be alright.
He sewed on one button for a pair of pants and did a plain hem on another pair. I think this is as far as his skill set goes, but any local dry cleaner can do this work for much less than what he charged me.
Speaking of what Mark charges and what is listed on his website is highly off from what he charged me.
His website shows:
Plain Hem $15
Original Hem $30 (Charges for this but doesn't have the skills to do it)
Tapper Legs $35 (he shouldn't even attempt doing this work because it's clear he can't.)
Sew on a button? (not listed on his site but cant be more than $5.00)
I ended up being charged $100! This is atrocious after seeing how bad his work is, and now I have to pay my tailor $65 to fix his work.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS GUY! HE IS NOT AN EXPERT TAILOR AS HE CLAIMS. THE PICS SPEAK VOLUMES OF HIS INEXPERIENCE & AMMATURE WORK... read more