I feel like this is your stereotypical tailor. A small, slightly unkempt store, two older, dapper foreign gentlemen, and the tools of the trade clearly visible. While one helped me get sleeves shortened on a suit coat, the other was working on alterations just a few feet away. Kind of a cool vibe. I have family members that have used this tailor several times - it came recommended to us by someone...can't remember who...might even have been a Nordstrom sales person (yet another reason to love Nordstrom) and it was described to me as "not the cleanest" and maybe even smelling of smoke. The store does has a scent to it. Not sure if it's smoke, or dry cleaning solvent, or hot irons, or what.
My jacket sleeves were $20 - I have no idea what this should cost, but it would have been more had I taken it back to where I bought it, I'm pretty sure. There were unable (or unwilling) to attempt to lengthen the sleeves on a top coat with working buttons. I can't hold that against them, as logic tells me that if you rolled the hem out on the sleeves, the buttons and button holes wouldn't line up any more, and you can't exactly remove a button hole. This is what I get for buying nice things. Anyway, picked up the jacket a week later, and the work was fine. I mean, it wasn't anything too difficult, but they did a good job at it. My jacket does have a little bit of a smell to it after being in the shop...again, I don't think it's smoke, but it's not pleasant. Hopefully it will air out a bit.
One note - cash or check only. Sigh. How many times have I said it - Charge me more to cover the transaction fee and get a credit card machine. They're lucky I had cash - I almost never do. read more
