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Couture Design Service

 

 
Garment Alterations Service
I specialise in the area of garment alterations and can offer full fitting and advice for all your special occasion requirements.  

I am experienced in altering bridal, evening and day wear garments. Gents alterations also available.

Garments will be pinned and altered to your requirements .

Advice and fitting is also offered for more unusual alterations: re-shaping a jacket or modernising a dress, for example.

SPECIALIST ALTERATION SERVICE.  You will receive a professional fitting from a qualified fashion designer/tailor, plus advice offered.

Please Note: For full bridal fittings and advice a charge may be made if you choose not to go ahead.
This means that you can trust that your garment will not only be pinned precisely but fitted to your individual requirements.  All types of alterations are considered and we specialise in bridal/bridesmaid and evening wear.  You may have bought a garment and are not sure how to make it fit or what it needs to have done for it to be right for you.  By appointment you can come and have your garment looked at and professionally assessed and fitted to create the right silhouette for your specific figure shape.  All garments are then painstakingly altered to exactly your requirements and finished professionally to give you a beautifully fitted gown.
 
Guide to Alteration Prices
Please note this is for standard alterations, all others will be quoted at initial appointment.
 
TROUSERS

Shorten/lengthen legs £16.50

Lined/taped or turnups £20.00

Take in or let out waist £25.00

(if waistband needs to be moved) £30.00

JACKET/COAT

Shorten sleeves £35.00

Shorten Coat length £40.00

Take in side seams or sew up vents £35.00

Take in shoulders and re-shape £35.00

DRESS/SKIRT

Shorten length (lined) £20.00

Take in side seams (lined) £25.00

(if side seams have a zip) £30.00

EVENING/BRIDAL

Shorten hems £55.00 upwards

Bridal hems approx. £25.00 per layer

Bridal bodice £70.00 upwards

Bridesmaid bodice  £55.00 upwards

Please note any beading detail or pleating gathers etc. will add to both hem and bodice prices.