Rita is fantastic and extremely talented!! She did an amazing job with my wedding dress and she also helped me with a bridesmaids dress at seven months pregnant ! Each dress fit me like it was hand made for me after her alterations! read more

Rita's Alterations - Wedding dress and bridesmaid dress - Sewing & Alterations Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Rita is absolutely amazing! Not only did she fit us in on short notice but she was professional, and kind. My dress came out absolutely beautiful and perfect. Thank you Rita! read more

Since 1989, Rita has been the proud owner and operator of Rita's Alterations in South Philadelphia. Her mission is to provide quality alterations and repairs at reasonable prices, earning her customers' respect and building her self-esteem and pride by running a woman-owned business. She has achieved her mission for nearly 32 years with no complaints, except for merely a few customers who believe they were entitled to demand services beyond the scope of what is normal and customary - such as Nicholas C., Shana L., and Donna B. Indeed, she has built good relationships with with her customers, who know that Rita is an excellent seamstress with love for what she does. This is why she does all of my alterations and has earned an outstanding review. read more

Rita is the real deal! She really knows what she's doing and is lovely to work with. She accommodated an emergency bridesmaid tailoring job with no questions and did a perfect job incredibly quickly and for a very reasonable price! read more

I take all my alterations to Rita, she is simply the best. If you don't have a local Nonna to fix your clothes, then Rita is your lady. Just be sure to catch her before she goes away for her long vaca in August. read more

She did a nice job on taking in a couple shirts and hemming some pants. Nice lady, nice job. And the cost seemed pretty reasonable too. Next time I have some alterations, I'll be bringing it to Rita's. read more

This place was by far the worst place I ever went to. I needed to get my bridesmaid dress hemmed for a wedding a month a way. I figured a simple hem, cute old granny, what could go wrong? She tells me it would take a week and to check in next Saturday. Ok. So the following Saturday I call ahead to see if it is finished and she tells me one more week. A week later I call and there was no answer so I left a message. I waited a day or two and I still have not heard from her. I decided to cruise by and there is a sign on the door saying closed for President's weekend, be back 2/18. So I went back and the sign was removed but the shop was still closed. Meanwhile I had tried to call a dozen times and the message box was full. I now start panicking because my friend's wedding is a week away. Finally I go back the next day and leave a note with my number on the door explaining the dire need for this dress. FINALLY I get a call from the daughter saying she was in the hospital and to come by the house across the street the next day. I thought well I feel bad she was in the hospital but you still have a business to run! At least leave a note informing your customers of the situation! The next day I went to her house and she literally hands me the keys to go across the street, open her shop and search for my dress. At this point all I want is my stinking dress! After searching through her mess of a shop I finally find my dress buried under a pile of clothes and bring it across the street back to her house. She then tells me she sewed it by hand and it will cost $75 but for me she will make an exception and only charge me $50. I'm so pissed at this point, wondering why in the world a hem would cost so much. It was a short, one layered, empire dress. My sister went to a place in fairmount and it only cost her $25. Did she sew it with thread made of gold? I think whatever I just want my dress, so I write her a check and run out of the house fuming. When I get home I try on the dress only to find out the hem is shit and the dress is still too long. This place is terrible, extremely unprofessional and a huge rip off! Do not go here! read more

Lovely lady from what I remember but 3 years ago when she did my prom dress she left a lot of loose strings OMG I was upset but imma give her another try read more

DON'T DO IT!!!!! Rita's is the worst. A real bull shit artist---- I have taken my clothes there for a number of years and when I get them back she always says she did the alterations, NOT which were half ass to begin with. The last two times she charged me and did not make one alteration. Even told me she would charge me less. Never does anything on time. My problems was/is I failed to try on the clothes when I got them home. Weeks might go by before I need them. The last time I was so angry with her, But I will never, never, never, never go there again. If you go make sure you try on the altered clothes before you leave the shop and make absolutely sure that she made the alterations. Nothing like finding out the day of that nothing was done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AAAGGGGHHHHHH...DO NOT PAY BEFORE YOU TRY ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

Rita saved my dress for my sister's wedding with just 6 days to spare! I took it to another local alterations place and they did a really crappy hem on a long straight style head to toe sequin gown. After them having the dress for a month and when I finally went to pick it up and try it on I was extremely disappointed that the bottom was shaped like a bell! In fear that it would only get messed up more I took it elsewhere. Called Rita the next day and she told me to come right in! After Rita opened up the hem she explained that you never place a piece of material between the two layers of the gown and hem them together that they should be hemmed separately and that is why it flared out in a bell shape because of the weight at the bottom. She reassured me she could fix it and boy did she, the dress was done within 5 days and the bell shape bottom was gone and flowed straight down touching my shoes like it was supposed to. She had to add a piece of material to have enough room to secure the hem since the previous person cut so much material off there wasn't much to work with, but you would have never known by looking. I highly recommend Rita, especially because sequin gowns are not easy to alter with perfection! I will be bringing all my future alterations to Rita! read more