I love Ms Anna Therese. She's the sweetest ever…read more
I'm short and I shop on line, so I have to get a lot of my clothes altered. I found her through Yelp, like, two years ago, and have been going there pretty regularly ever since. Otherwise, I would have had no idea where to go. I was thinking about going to one of those dry cleaners that do alterations, but I have never had a good experience with them. A lot of them have absolutely no idea how to precisely reconstruct the original seams, and you often wind up with a ridiculous product. At least in my experience, she has been a real craftsman. The most complicated alteration I've had to get done to date is a sports jacket I bought that was about half inch too long at the cuffs. Another half inch above them were buttons with a complex loop configuration. She was able to move up the buttons to the corresponding length, which is not what I had expected at all. So it looked exactly the way the original would have looked had its cuffs been at the length I wanted.
I suppose because Therese's been in the neighborhood for a while and, therefore, has dealt for years with sartorially very particular, very specific people, she has a real keen sense of what will not only look good but also what would look good on your body in particular.
Now, to be fair, I am a guy and I am not, in fact, all that particular. So if you are very particular or you're dealing in very costly material, I couldn't vouch for her. If you brought in an outfit that cost hundred or thousands, and it wasn't precisely what you expected, I can see how you might get angry about that. I get all my shirt on sale, so, you know.
It's hard to find a good tailor- trust me. This nice lady does a great job at a fair price and in the time she says she is going to do it. She may hate you if you challenge her but she doesn't hold grudges. So don't take it personal if she hates you because she won't remember it (or you) the next day.
So imagine that your favorite somewhat crusty older auntie, grandmother, or perfectly tended rose garden kinda neighbor lady was a seamstress (sadly a dying art) and you as the thread and needle challenged needed something fixed went to her for help.
She looks at your proposed project, looks at the fabric you brought, clucks a bit, then agrees she can do it. You suddenly have visions of all those clothing items missing buttons and needing repair and you instantly pull up your shirt and show her the gaping tear where your shorts button and ask how much to fix something like that.
Check out Ms Anna...neat old school alteration and seamstress services....the crusty but lovable owner will make your day! I offered to pay in advance or a deposit and she declined as it was not necessary! Very refreshing these days!
Oh...the project I took her? I replaced my bedroom curtains with grommet ones...and I took an extra panel in to have it recut into a French Door Panel (giving her the original its replacing as a template) and it will be ready in a week or less...and the fee was only $35.00! Ill update when I get it back!
