Tailor

[mjrocks98.livejournal.com]

Any recommendations for a tailor?  I just have some pants that need hemmed so I'm not looking for anything complicated.  I know dry cleaners do this, but they usually just ask how many inches you want the pants shortened.  I'd rather have a tailor who is going to look at the pants on me & shorten appropriately. 

Thanks!

Comments

[ron_newman]

We have a tag for this with lots of old entries, though I'm not sure anyone has asked this specific question. (Sounds like the tailor had better have a changing room for you.)

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

Try Jack the Tailor in Porter Square. He does good work, but the dry cleaner is probably cheaper.

[mjrocks98.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll check it out.

[secretlyironic.livejournal.com]

I second Jack, especially if you have anything complicated.

[firepail.livejournal.com]

thirded!

I've also brought shoes to him to be repaired with fantastic results. I believe he brings the shoes to a family member who is a cobbler, but the turn-around is still speedy.

[squonk.livejournal.com]

Jack was a pretty major asshole about my guide dog, for whatever that's worth. He said I should wait outside until other customers left; when I refused, he made me cut in front of other customers to do my fitting so I would get in and out as soon as possible. (His establishment is not spacious, but he did not cite that as the reason. When I asked if he had allergies, he said, "Uh...uh, yeah. Yeah.") He lost my business, and that's too bad for him; I'm short and need to get things hemmed all the time.

ETA: Instead of just bitching, I should add that I go to Eleni's in Davis Square now.

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

I hem pants for $10 a pair. My contact info is on my lj profile.

[exsplusohs.livejournal.com]

Will you do jeans??

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

Yup. Jeans might cost a little extra, depnding on how bitchy they are, but yeah.

[exsplusohs.livejournal.com]

I might be getting in touch with you soon then! I have a pair of jeans that I've been meaning to get hemmed for a few months now, I just have to get myself organized haha.

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

Elegant Tailor, on Mass Ave between Harvard & Porter near Cambridge Common (the bar, not the park). They did my wedding dress alterations and cleaned the dress for less than $100. The only thing they can't do, sewing-wise, is leather lackets.

And they have two dressing rooms :-)

[bettyw.livejournal.com]

Somerville Cleaners in Ball Sq does hemming, has you try on to get the length right, AND has tailored my leather jacket.

[midorionna.livejournal.com]

i love eleni of new york. she's a hilarious sweet lady, and always mumbles "too many slacks" gesturing to a mountain of clothes to be altered.

i've had multiple work pants and jeans shortened, as well as a bridesmaid dress alteration.

[midorionna.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, and she will make you try the clothes on with the shoes you'll be wearing to get the correct height etc.

Porter Square Dry Cleaners and Tailors

[madscientist01.livejournal.com]

I always recommend Porter Square Dry Cleaners and Tailors (on Elm St.) for "simple" fixes like this. They've hemmed pants for me and I've never had an issue with their work. I always try them on there and they pin them up to the correct height. I think this place is probably a lot cheaper than going to a tailor for something that isn't really complicated!

Tailor

[zymurgist70.livejournal.com]

Jack's on Mass Ave., Cambridge outside Porter