Wong Long Fashion Design

Wong Long was better than I had ever imagined! She has a talent that is hard to find the words for. Amazing? Incredible? One of a kind? All apply and more. I have a very petite figure, which can get pretty annoying. It’s hard to find clothes that actually fit and make you feel like an adult. This was very much the case when I was shopping for my wedding dress. I have had dresses altered by seamstresses in the past but never like my experience with Wong Long. She has a unique way of sewing the dress to fit you right on your body so there are not mistakes in sizing. I was in tears when I put the dress on because I have never had something fit me so well! She has techniques that I was so impressed by! She was able to bustle my dress in a nontraditional way and made it with 8 hooks so that it would flow well! She puts in so much time and hard work into these dresses and it definitely shows!
She not only is an amazing seamstress but also good company! Unfortunately, my family is from out of town so I had to make the dress alteration trips solo. At first I was nervous because I didn’t know what to expect. Wong instantly made me feel comfortable and befriended me! She helped me through many happy and hard moments. Such as celebrating when the dress fit so perfectly! Then realizing that the dress shop made a 5 inch mistake on the hem. 5 inches! Not only did Wong want to fix it, but she also helped in talking to the bridal shop to prove that there was a mistake. She was so gentle with fixing a very lacey dress.
I could go on and on about how incredible Wong Long is as a person and a designer! She has a talent that is incomparable. I would recommend her to everyone and anyone. You will definitely have the best experience with her! :)

I can’t say enough good things about my experience with Wong Long. My dress was tricky, and she spent hours making sure she got the length perfect. I was worried about pricing and she did a beautiful bustle for half price and adjusted the straps on my dress for free. Her hem work is BEAUTIFUL and my dress looks amazing now. She was very friendly throughout the experience and very helpful. Some of the reviews here say she is unprofessional because she works out of her house, and while she is laid back and easy going, her work is nothing but professional. I am so thankful for how much time she spent with me, and my dress was completely done and perfect in just two months. I highly recommend her to any bride!

I love Wong Long! I came to her as a referral from Belle Saison, where I purchased my wedding dress. When my dress came in prior to alterations I was panicked because the dress was way too tight. Wong Long was very re-​assuring and did an excellent job with my alterations. My dress fits my like a glove now. She was very helpful in explaining bustle instructions to my mother and maid of honor.
On top of providing doing a fantastic job with alterations, Wong Long was a joy to visit each time we went in. She is such a sweetheart and has a great sense of humor. I would highly recommend Wong Long for alterations. You can tell she really has a passion for what she does. When you step into her shop (a converted garage) she has pictures all along the walls of previous wedding dresses she has worked on. She took the time to tell us fun stories about different dresses pictured.

I came to Wong Long Fashion Design to have my wedding dress altered. She did a great job. The hem was the perfect length and the bustle was well done. She is so sweet and really cares about her clients. I definitely recommend her.

I just picked up my dress from Wong Long and was VERY pleased!
Wong Long was the recommended alteration site from Belle Saisson, and I am very glad I went with her! My dress is very intricate lace and beading and she handled it with care. All I really needed was the bustle and some buttons reinforced and she had it in done in less than 2 weeks. Also, I have no idea what the going rate is for alteration work but everything she did for me was right around $ 140, which I thought was a great deal! That being said, I didn’t need any taking in or hemming, which I am sure wiould add up $$ quickly.
Each time we went in she was very friendly and setting up appts was a breeze — each time I was in and out of her studio in less than 30 minutes. The bustle attachments fit perfectly with my dress!

My experience with Wong Long was UNPLEASANT and UNPROFESSIONAL to say the least. When I had my first fitting, she had said that the dress was long and would need to be shortened. After she had pinned up the bottom, I was not comfortable with what she was saying needed to be done. But she kept assuring me that she knew what she was doing. After I left her place, she runs her shop from a converted garage, I called her in a couple of hours to tell her not to do the alterations on the hem. I told her she can do the bustle. She informed me that she will not return any money paid. Her reasoning was that she had spent an hour and a half with me for the fitting.
I called the bridal store and told them of what was going on and asked for their advice. I figured I was not the first person who had gone through this with her. She called me after the bridal store had spoken to her yelling and screaming on the phone and told me to pick up the dress. When I went to pick up the dress, the work was so poor that I was shocked. The hooks that she had put did not even match the dress and the bustle was not floor length. When I mentioned that to her, her response was «Don’t have anyone walk too close to you». I just took the dress and walked away as I did not want to risk her doing further damage to the dress.
I had to take the dress to another seamstress to fix the shoddy work she had done. All the money I had paid which was $ 275 is a complete loss as there was nothing salvageable.
My word of advice is that, there are plenty of professional seamstresses in Austin, without risking your dress with someone who is so unprofessional and whose work is so poor.

How can I say in less than 500 words how UNPROFESSIONAL we found Wong to be and how COMPLETELY STRESSFUL the whole experience was. Another review said Wong was REALLY expensive, are you kidding? She was not even in the ballpark and we went to two other places. Wong however did not tell us the cost till after 1 hour and 45 minutes into the first fitting. OK, my bad, I should have asked her in the first 15 minutes but seriously, I’m only the mother of the bride, she’s the professional. We paid 50% of total cost.
Second fitting 3 weeks later: she had taken in sides of the dress way too much, ridiculous since she measured. And then, the killer, she doubted the amount she was to cut from each of the three layers of hems that she pinned so, instead of calling us, she took out all of the pins and made the bride stand for ANOTHER hour and a half while she pinned and cut. Basically, nothing was accomplished in the three weeks that she had the dress. We are now just under 2 weeks before the wedding. She then asked that we pay in full. What the what? I lost my mind and paid. She holds me, the dress and the whole wedding hostage.
Third fitting: eight days before the wedding. Side seams fit, she still has to do hems.
We pick up the dress five days before the wedding. We breathe easier once we have the dress in our hands and I thank Wong and tell her that I can not recommend her and I tell her why. She refuses to take any responsibility or cop to her unprofessionalism. Ok, that’s up to her.
Night before the wedding, I notice that there are open seams on the sides of the bodice where she altered them.
Wedding day, bride looks stunning and I don’t even think about Wong.
It is my pleasure to review the vendors we used for our wedding, I get to give five and four stars to most of them, Wong gets one star and if it were possible I would give her a meteorite.
PS. Both the bride and I were very polite throughout this nightmare.

Wong Long is awesome! REALLY expensive, but still awesome. I needed a bridesmaids dress altered very quickly (5 days), and she got it done for me without ever mentioning a «rush» charge or anything like that. I had the straps shortened, the bust taken in on each side, and it was hemmed (2-​layers). My total, with $ 5 off (probably because I had nearly passed out when she told me how much it was going to be) was around $ 130 including tax. I haven’t had many alterations done in Austin, so maybe this price is more reasonable than I think, but it really startled me. However, the service was completely awesome and I would still highly recommend her to anyone I know. First of all, Wong herself is hilarious! She’s super friendly and I think I hugged her at least 4 times over the 2 times I met her. She kept up the conversation and always seemed to have a funny anecdote no matter what we were talking about. During my first meeting she literally sewed me into my dress– she shortened the straps and sewed them quickly by hand so I could feel for myself, 100%, if they were right. She did the same hand-​sewing for the bust and the hem. The bride was with me and really appreciated that, because she could pick out the exact length she wanted the dress to be. The whole fitting took an hour, but it was all because of her attention to detail. She didn’t even hesitate when I told her on the phone I’d need the dress back in 5 days. Overall a wonderful experience, and since I am getting married next year I will most likely be bringing my wedding dress to her for the alterations and bustle (you can tell from all the pictures on the walls and in the albums on the counter, not to mention the other reviews, that this is her specialty and she is well-​loved for it by her clients).

Wong Long is absolutely incredible. Her prices were reasonable, she was incredibly sweet and her alterations were impeccable. Wong fit me in to her busy schedule to help me decide on a dress and discuss alterations. Wong made it very evident to me that she would not do alterations that were unnecessary to my dresses (wedding and reception dress), she was very professional and extremely trustworthy.
The final wedding dress that I brought to her needed to be taken in which meant cutting through some very detailed beading and fabric folding. Wong had to hand sew all of the beading and lace back together, it looked perfect when she was done with it! I absolutely could not speak more highly of Wong and her dress alterations. I can’t imagine trusting my wedding dress with anyone else.

Wong Long, if I could give you more stars, I would!!! She is amazing!
Long story short, I took my wedding dress into a nearby tailor to have it altered to be smaller… but that tailor made it bigger! I was in tears because my wedding was ONE WEEK AWAY. I called Wong Long and she saw me the next day, and even postponed a weekend trip so that she’d have it finished in time. I picked up my wedding dress the morning of the wedding but was not at all panicked because I knew I was in good hands.
The dress looked amazing and she was so nice the entire time. I have recommended her to EVERYONE!!!