Stephanie is top notch at what she does. She has been altering clothes for my mother for years. I just took a bridesmaid dress to her. She flawlessly made it fit like a glove. It had to be taken in at the bust, and shortened. It was a double layer slip. She gave it a slight train in the back, and added a removable halter strap for me so I would be comforable after the ceremony. She also altered my bra so it would fit perfect and not show under the dress. She did this in one week. She charged $75.00 for all of that. David's bridal quoted me $125 for the dress alone, and would not add the straps as it would "alter the integrity of the dress". It looks beautiful, and I can't wait to wear it to celebrate such a happy day for one of my friends. I'll never go anywhere else. read more

Sorry...this is long, but it's important to share it all. I've been using Stephania for many years and have overlooked her idiosyncrasies. Over the past, she has had me buy her polish mineral water, soup for her lunch, take letters to the post office and drop something off at the local police station. (Perhaps I should've seen that last one as a red flag.) And I have done these things for her because honestly, I felt a little bad for her, but as the saying goes: No Good Dead Goes Unpunished. My son got married a couple weeks ago and the wedding was out of town. Both my daughter, who was a bridesmaid, and myself needed our dresses altered/repaired a bit. We went in and did our fitting and Stephania kept muttering things that you can't really understand and swearing, she always does this. I just ignored all of it because I was focused on having the dresses done. She said it needed to be hemmed and told me that my zipper was bad, don't know if it really was bad because we got it zipped before, but i thought do I really want to be in the middle of the ceremony and have the zipper fail? So I agreed for her to change it. I did bring her water, as a nice gesture and she said she would have the dresses ready in 10 days. That night, I started thinking about her hemming mine and really didn't think I needed or wanted that done to the dress so the next day, I went back and told her that I wanted to try it on again and didn't think I wanted it hemmed. She then said that it needed to be taken in in the hips, so I agreed to that. She also always wants to know where you bought something and how much you paid for it; not comfortable with that so I would be vague...guess that may determine the price of & how many alterations she does. Then she asked me if I was busy. I laughed and said I couldn't be busier getting ready for the wedding. She asked me if I could go get her some zippers. Well...since one of the zippers she needed was for MY DRESS...guess I had to find the time to do that. She then asked me to buy her 7 different types, sizes and colors of zippers, 4 large spools of different colored threads, and 2 yards of lining material and I being who I am said fine. I returned the next day with all of it and paid for my own zipper separately. On the Monday the dresses were to be ready, my daughter and I went to pick them up around 4:30p. She tried her's on and it fit ok. I went to try mine on and Stephania told me, "no,no,no...it's good." I was skeptical and uncomfortable with this, but paid her (supposedly she deducted what she owed me for the zippers, etc). She had no itemized receipt and said she would have the receipt for me next time. As we were leaving, she said she wanted to see pictures and was all "my honey this and my honey that..." walking us out down the hall as though we were good buddies. I got home and decided I should try that dress on and of course, there was a huge issue with it. The dress fit perfectly before...it had some snagging and beads that needed to be reattached, but for the most part, did not NEED any alterations. The hip area was a bit big on me, but would have been fine without alterations. Now, I could not zip it up and there was something sharp at the bottom of the zipper. I raced back over to her shop and she was still there and looked up at me with cold, dead eyes. I was actually shocked at the way she looked at me. (This is basically 15 minutes after all this gushing at us she did.) I told her I had a little issue and that I couldn't zip up the dress. She told me, "That's your problem, not mine." I was flabbergasted. Was this the same woman who not a half hour before was all...my honey...take pictures to show me...??? I pleaded with her not to do this to me; that we needed to work together and why was she acting this way. She used a few swear words and muttered other incoherent things and then, as I was getting undressed to show her how the dress fit, she took a bag of things I had left with her to do alterations on at her convenience, and threw it at the door and told me, "I fix dress and then no more..I no do more for you." I was in shock. Like I would allow her to touch that dress again now. I quickly got dressed and took my things and left and will warn everyone I know and don't know about her. At 5:45p, I drove, shaking like a leaf, to a tailor I had passed while driving by her shop, but never used. FIFI's Tailor Shop in Elmhurst. She calmed me down and fixed the dress to the best of her ability and had it ready for me the next day; as we were leaving town soon. She told me that Stephania had cut the lace...should NEVER HAVE BEEN CUT and that it was puckering where the zipper had been replaced so she needed to redo that. FIFI got the dress to fit me...not as well as when I had bought it and I had lost weight since buying it so that was not the issue. BE FOREWARNED THAT IF YOU USE STEPHANIA....YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU WILL GET. read more

I brought several dresses in to Stephanie to have taken in. All were lined and some had sewn in belts that would make them more complicated to work on. Don't let her somewhat cluttered storefront fool you - Stephanie did a great job-- extremely fast (2 days!) -- and MUCH cheaper than most other tailors I've been to. She does not speak English very well, and at times seemed to rant about things I didn't understand. She is a nice lady, though, seems good hearted, and definitely knows what she is doing. I will definitely be back. read more

Stephanie is a true artist. She altered my dress with sequence and lace for my mother-of-the-bride dress, It turned out spectacular. I am small in .stature so most things need altering to fit right, and I take everything to Stephanie. She makes everything fit like a glove. Her prices are also very reasonable. I strongly recommend her work read more

Very, Very Rude. Called with a simple question to see if sleeves could be altered on a suitcoat the same day, the response was "never" and then she hung up on me. I realize the odds of getting this done was small but to be treated this way was terrible. If you would ask me will I ever go there I would say "never." By the way, I did find someone to do this for me. read more

Stephanie is great - a true artist. I've used her for several alterations over the years, including a wedding dress. She does supurb, perfect fittings and tailoring at extremely low prices! She can turn items around quickly and has always had the garment ready when promised. She's located in a non-descript store-front in a strip mall, and her store is somewhat cluttered but don't let that fool you. read more

Stephanie is very good hearted & means well, she addresses everyone as "me honey "when she speaks to you and responds to your comments or questions with" no problem or don't tell me" as she really doesn't understand. Her demeaner might appear to be visious but truely harmless. All you have to do is go there with your garment she will do whatever you need. She will not give you a ticket she does it all by memory & don't be fooled she does not forget. I've dealt with Stephnia for 15years now and not once has she let me down. She might ask of you if you would be kind enough to run to McDonalds to get a cup of coffee, or run her to the store for she does not drive nor have family here and depends on a few good hearted people to help her. She works very hard and is only trying to survive. If you need something done you need to go there in person to ask she will give you a straight up answer, if you call her business she gets frustated cause she does't understand and it might appear she's coming across mean and will hang up on you. Sorry to the man that had encountered that with the suit sleeves. I've sent many of my friends & family there, & yes they would come back & tell me they thought she was nuts. But they were very pleased with her work & how resonable she was. She always pulls through. Thanks for reading give her a break. MRA, Elmhurst/Michigan read more

stay away!!! after being promised to replace a zipper in one week, it was 5 weeks later and still not done. always LATER LATER. finally sais i need it. told me i was too pushy and gave me back a partially worked on garment. i was willing to put up with the gibberish and yammering but NEVER again. she"s not worth it!!!!! read more