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Sample Subscriber Comments/Reviews About Tailors & Dressmakers

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Tailors & Dressmakers Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Tailors & Dressmakers.

• Subscriber from BRISTOW, VA wrote Another Service: It seems that the more I use this tailor, the higher his prices rise. At..........
• Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote Another Service: No one better in this area........
• Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote Another Service: dooes good work at a fair price.......
• Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote Another Service: We went to this shop because of Consumer's Checkbook recommendation and was very pleased. The..........
• Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote Another Service: I have been using Reed's for 20 years or more. Always excellent results, when promised,..........
• Subscriber from ROCKVILLE, MD wrote Another Service: Very neat & prompt........
• Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote Another Service: I've had several garments altered at Leonard's over the year, and am pleased with the..........
• Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote Another Service: Prices are pretty high for some things........
• Subscriber from FALLS CHURCH, VA wrote Another Service: Excellent job in alteration tailoring for better fit. A little pricey perhaps but work was..........
• Subscriber from NORTH POTOMAC, MD wrote Another Service: Great Job. Pleasant owners........
• Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote Another Service: Have used him for probbably a decade now for all kinds of repairs. Always prompt,..........
• Subscriber from VIENNA, VA wrote Another Service: Brought in a new suit for alterations. Tailor did not take the time to access..........
• Subscriber from RESTON, VA wrote Another Service: Lien has quite a backlog, but she is a dream. She actually makes dresses!.......
• Subscriber from VIENNA, VA wrote Another Service: Very expensive. Quality is OK, but not worth the prices charged. Very hard to get..........
• Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote Another Service: Wonderful to work with. Can fix anything. Does superior work........
• Subscriber from ASHBURN, VA wrote Another Service: Superior quality of work, though on two occasions forgot to do something and hem was..........
• Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote Another Service: I have my pants taken in because the zipper was broken. When I got the..........
• Subscriber from GAITHERSBURG, MD wrote Another Service: She did wonderful job even do beyond her duty. Great job........
• Subscriber from POTOMAC, MD wrote Another Service: I would not trust my tailoring to anyone else. They have been my tailor for..........
• Subscriber from GAITHERSBURG, MD wrote Another Service: Always a pleasent, easy experience when using their services. The quality of the work is..........
• Subscriber from RESTON, VA wrote Another Service: We recently had a couple of pair of slacks hemmed up and one coat the..........
• Subscriber from FALLS CHURCH, VA wrote Another Service: Bit of a language barrier, but he is so kind and lovely that it does..........
• Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote Another Service: They have become too expensive and quality appears to be slipping........
• Subscriber from LEESBURG, VA wrote Another Service: Everything I took in was done well and returned on time. I highly recommend........
• Subscriber from FALLS CHURCH, VA wrote Another Service: Knows what will look best on you and how to make it best fit. Quality..........
• Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote Another Service: I went here the first time when I bought something at the Mall and needed..........
• Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote Another Service: Excellent repais and fitting & alterations but hi price.......
• Subscriber from HERNDON, VA wrote Another Service: Snippy, expensive service........
• Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote Another Service: Quality work done right the first time........
• Subscriber from GAITHERSBURG, MD wrote Another Service: My family and I have done business with Raul for over 30 years. He is..........
• Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote Another Service: Sam provides great service. Can tell me if she can repair any item of clothing...........
• Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote Another Service: Jackie is an excellent seamstress and does very high quality work. She can often offer..........
• Subscriber from KENSINGTON, MD wrote Another Service: Exceptionally pleasant and professional! I have used their services many times and have always been..........
• Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote Another Service: very expensive.......
• Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote Another Service: Completed service well for short-turn around however it was very pricey and the staff was..........
• Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote Another Service: Could not have been more satisfactory - large number of complicated alterations (from size 42..........
• Subscriber from DERWOOD, MD wrote Another Service: I had a pair of lined slacks hemmed and when I went to pick them..........
• Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote Another Service: great service and expert tailoring.......
• Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote Another Service: Expensive but excellent work........
• Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote Another Service: Very good work. A friend recommended this tailor to me. Although it is far from..........
• Subscriber from LAKE RIDGE, VA wrote Another Service: Mr. Kim did an excellent job altering a bridesmaid dress for me. The fit was..........
• Subscriber from RESTON, VA wrote Another Service: Unfortunately, has gone out of business. When they were in business, they were a great..........
• Subscriber from ROCKVILLE, MD wrote Another Service: Terrific cleaners for dry cleaning and laundry........
• Subscriber from ROCKVILLE, MD wrote Another Service: Very reasonable pricing and good quality workmanship.......
• Subscriber from MC LEAN, VA wrote Another Service: Granted, it's the middle of summer, but I took in my 3/4 length shearling coat..........
• Subscriber from MC LEAN, VA wrote Another Service: Kim, the owner, is very pleasant, honest and fair with prices and does excellent work.......
• Subscriber from SPRINGFIELD, VA wrote Another Service: Always very pleased with their work........
• Subscriber from POTOMAC, MD wrote Another Service: reasonably priced........
• Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote Another Service: I went to them based on the recommendations from Checkbook. I was impressed with the..........
• Subscriber from ADELPHI, MD wrote Another Service: Jerry is excellent at alterations........