My friend J’s mum is a couturier. So going op-shopping with J is a frustrating experience – she’ll pick up an ugly $10 drop-waisted peach coloured curtain-fabric dress and say airily ‘Oh, I’ll just get mum to alter it”. The next thing you know she’s decked out in a jealousy-inducing one-of-a-kind vintage outfit.
I’m not so lucky, so I rely on the friendly and attentive staff at Alterations Now to turn my op-shop purchases into fabulous chic. Their latest assignment – transforming a Ted Baker LBD picked up at the MTC Garage Sale and transforming it into an Audrey Hepburn worthy cocktail dress. For my Breakfast at Tiffany’s moment, $65.
PS The red shoes are by Georgina Goodman which I bought heavily discounted at the Scanlan & Theodore clearance store.
- Alterations Now, Level 1, 234 Collins St, Melbourne +61 3 9650 1225
what great timing!! I am looking for a good tailor to shorten the hem of my wedding dress #2 (casual version).. thanks for the post!
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| December 29, 2009, 10:00 am
Hi Akisa
Great, you can tell them I sent you
Another tailor I recommend is Meni’s in South Yarra (they have two shops – 3 Murphy St, South Yarra (03) 9867 4629 and 475 Chapel St, South Yarra (03) 9827 4302). They get a lot of business from the Chapel Street boutiques, including Arthur Galan – I think I read somewhere that Arthur Galan’s mum runs it! Anyway, they’ve always done a good job with my clothes, but are just no longer as convenient for me as Alterations Now.
Jetsetting Joyce
Can you help to find a similarly good one in Brisbane?
This shop is the best there is this guy called dean he is the best. I got this suit it was big on me he made it exactly the way i wanted it. and my wife got a dress he made it look so good on her he was so good i always go there now and get all my clothes done there. U should all go there and ask for dean because if you want something so perfect dean will do it.