Really good seamstress in the area?

[tealegirle.livejournal.com]

Hey guys, I'm looking for a seamstress to make the dress I have in my head for me.  Has anyone had good experience with any locals in making a garment start to finish, from a description and/or pictures from you?

Comments

[ron_newman]

I tagged this "tailor".

Tailors and seamstresses have been a very popular topic of discussion in the past, but I'm not sure anyone has asked this specific question before. Most of the old posts are about alterations or repairs.

[yagagriswold.livejournal.com]

I think the only difference is gender.

[emilyma13.livejournal.com]

I went to FSC for Fashion Design for 4 years and worked at the Boston Ballet for 2 1/2 years as a seamstress. A seamstress and a tailor both put the garments together and construct them. A tailor is more defined and specific to what the job is that they are doing. If you wanted a suitcoat made or a tuxedo jacket a tailor has studied it specifically and knows the correct way how to put it together. A seamstress can as well but a tailor specializes in it. A tailor can be of any gender and usually works on men and women's suitcoats and pants. A seamstress works on all types of garments and can construct a wedding dress and work from the ground up on a project that you are looking to have made. I hope this has helped!

[ron_newman]

Thanks. Putting on my moderator hat for a minute, I still think it's best to have only one tag of this kind in our community, rather than two overlapping ones.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

G and T Tailoring in Union Square made my wedding dress, and I was thrilled. That said, it was a simple day dress, just made out of silver dupioni silk. But they were making more traditional wedding dresses for other customers at the same time, so.

[ron_newman]

I added the "wedding" tag since that subject came up, though I don't know if the OP had that in mind. Here are two really old posts on the subject:

http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/491348.html
http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/246473.html

[tealegirle.livejournal.com]

Every single link in this post (http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/246473.html) is broken! Anybody know new URLS for these recommendations?

[junesrose.livejournal.com]

My italian father was a tailor... he would NEVER make a wedding dress....

my mother is/was a seamstress; she would help my dad, and could probably make a wedding dress in her day, but she could not construct a good inseam on a pair of mens pants.

/spam

[lysistrata.livejournal.com]

Not sure if it's too late for anyone who needs it, but I'm using SEAMS in wenham, and the results (I'm about to have my final fitting) have been AMAZING. I'd totally recommend her to anyone.