Ojen’s State Street Alterations

I really really like this place! Ojen really cares about doing the job right. When I needed my pants hemmed, she asked what type of shoe will I most likely be wearing with it. I said probably a boot of some sort. At the time I was wearing converse, so she immediately slipped off her own boot so that I could wear it during the hemming process, in order to get the right estimate of height and length. She said she will never go short and always be a pinch longer to be on the safe side. I found her because I needed my pants hemmed about 4 inches, but then I also found out she fixes those holes you get over time in your thigh area. So I had her do 3 products in total. The price might be too high for some, but I would rather pay that price then throw away a loved pair of jeans. She also does texting so you can message her anytime and check up on your pants or if you have any additional questions. Her shop is hard to find at first. You have to find Bivouac on State st and actually go in the store and find the stairs down.

This place is bit hard to find in the basement of Bivouac. When I first walked in, I had no idea where I was supposed to go until a Bivouac sales associate noticed how lost I looked and directed me to Ojen’s. I had two pairs of jeans hemmed here, not hard to mess up. The job was done fine, nothing special. Ojen does leave a little to be desired in terms of customer service, though. While I understand that this is her field and she’s been doing it for years, she can come off as a bit condescending, and for that reason I’m not sure I would return.

We took a suit to Ojen’s for tailoring, and she did a fantastic job! She went the extra mile and sewed in some remnant fabric inside the pant hems to get as much length as she could out of them. Magically, she made a 32×32 long enough for a guy who’s 6’4″. She didn’t over-​alter the jacket either, and even asked us if we were sure we needed to do anything to it/​spend the money. But we wanted it slimmer and she made it happen. She’s very nice, friendly, funny, and the prices were very reasonable. I will take all future alterations to her.

I would strongly advise Michigan students to stay away from Ojen’s. Although her location is convenient and nicely tucked away in the basement of Bivouac, her prices are criminal for the quality of work that she delivers.
As a college student, I was confused when my clothes ended up looking terrible after paying $ 30 to have a shirt hemmed. Ojen defended her work and attempted to explain that she had tailored my shirts to specification, and I initially trusted her as she was the expert. However, it quickly became apparent after three shirts that the hemlines that she was produced were blatantly uneven, and it was then that I realized she had been taking me for a sloppy, expensive ride.
When I brought my shirts back to Ojen and asked for her to redo the hems, she said that she would have to charge me an additional $ 30 a shirt. I found this outrageous considering the quality of her first attempt and brought my clothes to a tailor right down the street. They fixed the hems for $ 10 a shirt and got them back to me in less than half the time Ojen did.
I was unwise in repeatedly bringing my clothes to Ojen, even when she had messed up previous pieces. I’m writing this review in the hopes of warning others that Ojen is not to be trusted as a tailor.

Nice job! Brought in a pair of lined slacks to be hemmed and a skirt zipper to be fixed. Work was all done beautifully, price was reasonable. This tailor is tucked into the basement at Bivouac. I’ll go back for sure!

Ojen is fantastic! Not only is her work high quality, she and her staff are honest about what alterations are necessary and what you don’t need to do, which helps a lot! Highly recommend her!

I found this place because I’m a frequenter of Bivouac. I primarily went in because I needed a stitch on pair of gloves, but I figured I might as well bring my mangled pair of jeans with me just to see if there was something that they could do. For starters, they fixed my glove in 2 minutes while I was standing there. Cool.
The cause for my glowing review is their approach to my jeans. I had been stepping on the hems on these jeans for months, so much so that finally the hems gave way completely and were hanging from my pants leg. I thought I was going to have trash them… until I met Ojen’s.
They embraced this challenge full on. Basically I left my jeans with them for a few weeks, while they waited for the perfect hem match to walk through their door. When it did, they gave me a call, we looked at them together, and they performed serious surgery on my jeans, being mindful of every detail from length to the stitch color. I could not believe it when I picked my jeans up. They looked brand new.
Now, the whole process took time (3 – 4 weeks), but this was no ordinary job. They brought my jeans back to life.
On top of it all, they were SUPER friendly and cool throughout the process. Coming from NY, I’m used to tailors being surly and dismissive. To the contrary, these ladies were just awesome and a pleasure to do business with.

I was a little confused about this place because I didn’t realize it was inside of Biovac. Who woulda thunk it? Located down in the basement in the southwest corner is an adorably cute lady who does very nice alterations.
I took a pair of Joe’s Jeans here and had them altered such that the original hem stayed on. This is pricier ($ 27) whereas you could have them do a normal hem where they just cut and fold it up for $ 13, I think. I thought it was worth it because I got the jeans so cheap ($ 4 at St. Vincent DePaul Thrift, see review).
Now, this was my first time getting a pair of jeans altered, so I wasn’t sure exactly how to decide how short or long to make them, but Ojen knows what she’s doing; her advice was spot on and she did a great job with my jeans.

Ojen and Christ do a great job. I have a much smaller waist than hips, and almost always need to get the waist taken in on pants. They are a little expensive but they do a *beautiful* job, especially with difficult alterations. They are also very good with hemming jeans with the original hem. I’ve been going here for a few years now and will not go anywhere else.