Many department stores also provide on-site tailoring. These tailors usually have decent skills and low prices. But Alterations Needed says they’re usually rushed, overworked, and not that interested in your particular needs as a client. Men’s style siteDapperedagrees, saying you need “a tai...
First Alteration: I prefer to have a whipped-in busk, versus machine installed, so I’m using the process in The Dressmaker’s Guide instead, altering the facing pieces a tad at center front. Because the fronts are largely on the bias, using a straight-grain facing for the busk installati...
Some shops (such as Uni Qlo, for example) do offer an in-store alteration-service for a nominal fee, and if you want to, you can do that, if you buy something from a store, brand-new. But if you’re buying from a thrift-shop, you don’t have that option. So you either have ...