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What does a clothing alteration include?
Your seamstress or tailor is skilled in working with textiles, but especially clothing, to create, repair, and alter clothing. Whether you're a bride looking to have adjustments on your wedding dress or a mum who needs to have her kids' school uniforms repaired, our Taskers are up for the work! Here are some of the most popular alteration services and what you can expect when you book them:
Sewing
Need some custom sewing work to create a design from scratch or custom-fit to your size? Hire a seamstress or dressmaker to create or customise your dress or garment based on the designs of your favourite fashion brands - whether it's a wedding dress, a school uniform, or corporate wear. They’ll start by measuring your shape and size with a soft tape measure to ensure the perfect fit. They’ll consult you on designs and fabrics, before choosing or customising a pattern and cutting out the pieces. They’ll sew your garment or dress, taking care to finish off any edges with an overlocking stitch. Most dressmakers will request you to come in for a final fitting where you can try on the (mostly finished) garment and they can make final adjustments.
Formal wear alterations
When you want to look your best, it’s so important that your clothing is tailored to perfectly fit. Whether you need bridal alterations, wedding dress alterations, school graduation alterations, corporate wear alterations, or suit alterations, a professional seamstress can help. They’ll take your exact measurements and then ask you to try on the outfit or dress, ideally with the shoes you plan to wear. Then they’ll note or mark up any parts that need taking in or loosening, and where the hem needs to sit based on your shoe height. They’ll use a mixture of machine and hand-sewing techniques to alter your clothing and finalise everything with a final fitting before your event.
Clothing adjustments
Most clothing you buy off the rack won’t be the perfect fit, or you might need your favourite clothes adjusted as your body changes shape over time. Book an alterations service near you to help with dress shortening, garment shortening, trouser alterations, and even school uniform alterations for those kids who won’t stop growing. Clothing adjustments usually involve taking seams in or out and adjusting the hem. Most hems have a few centimetres of extra fabric, so you can add extra length, or take it up for the perfect fit.
Clothing repairs
When your favourite dress or trousers have a rip, you don’t have to throw them away. Get a professional to take a look and see if they can save your garment with techniques like zipper repair, seam repair, new lining, hole patching, button sewing, and more. Extend the life of your clothing with alterations and tailoring services - it’s better for the environment and much more budget-friendly, too.
Looking for a price list on dress alterations or want to know bridal gown alteration costs in the UK? With our price guide, you can find out exactly how much alteration costs, so you’ll be outfit ready for any occasion!
Recent Alterations tasks in London Barbican
Evening dress tapering/shortening
£100
Angel, Greater London, N1
23rd Apr 2024
Looking for a specialist in tailoring around Islington
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£30
St Luke's, Greater London
12th Apr 2024
Dress needs to be taken in at the waist
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£60
St Luke's, Greater London
24th Mar 2024
Looking for someone to tailor a rat and boa dress, add some lining to the dress and then slightly alter two linen dresses
Alteration
£10
Barbican, Greater London, EC2Y
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I need to Shorten trousers
Broken zip on sofa
£25
St Luke's, Greater London
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Broken zip on large L shaped sofa cushion - Due date: Before Monday, 11 December 2023
Jeans zip repair
£5
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16th Sep 2023
Zip broke and needs to be fixed - Due date: Needs to be done on Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Take suit trousers up
£25
Barbican, Greater London, EC2Y
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New Suit trousers, need them taken up to correct length - Due date: Before Friday, 23 June 2023
Fix my bag zip
£5
St Luke's, Greater London
1st Dec 2022
The zip of my bag has come off and I need a new zip - Due date: Before Friday, 2 December 2022
I wish to have a leather dress shortened
£60
St Luke's, Greater London
22nd May 2022
I wish to have a leather dress shortened. I would want the person altering to see the dress on to measure/pin what needs to be altered. - Due date: Flexible
Dress and pants suit
£500
St Luke's, Greater London
28th Feb 2022
A white pants suit and white dress - Due date: Needs to be done on Wednesday, 6th Apr 2022
Zip repair jeans
£30
St Luke's, Greater London
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i need a zipper repaired on my jeans and i have another paur of jeans i need shortened - Due date: Flexible