Elegant Tailor Shop

Excellent tailoring and cleaning.
There are neighborhood options but Elegant is always reliable and wonderful to deal with. I couldn’t recommend them more highly.

Very good but a little pricey.
I’ve been coming here for years. Everything I’ve given them— simple and complicated alterations projects, dry cleaning, and laundry— has been done consistently well. No complaints. I completely trust them with my clothes.

Elegant Tailor is where I go for all my alterations — they do a fine job but they’re pricey. Jean hemming was $ 15 and dress strap alteration was $ 20. The service, though, is kind. Make sure to bring cash (this is pretty inconvenient in my opinion)!

Added lace sleeves to my wedding gown. Did a great job. I brought the lace in and they did the rest!

I am in awe of how great of a job the blue eye-​linered seamstress did with my request. I brought in this droopy, long cardigan and asked if she could sew on some buttons so we have a dress. She fitted me and we chose snap buttons. In ONE day, I picked up my cardigan. Flawless job. I know it’s uncouth to write a review after just one experience, but I must say that from my previous seamstress experiences, this is a solid place.
On the more $$ side, but I ain’t complainin’.
Cash only, ya’ll. Bring your paper.

Had two pair of dress pants tailored here recently. Both fit great – perfect length hem. $ 15 each. The little try on space is a curtained off area right by the counter, but it’s enough privacy to get changed quickly. Everyone was nice, but nothing special. Good basic tailoring.
Only dry cleaning experience was a little disappointing.
I was bummed that when I brought in a stained blouse they didn’t even want to try to get the stain out – just told me it was already ruined, so might as well try bleaching it. That was the sad end of my favorite white blouse.

I used to take my items here, but no more! They destroyed a very special dress (bought for my honeymoon), and REFUSED to compensate me, claiming I should get money from the department store (what?!). They claimed the tag says «dry clean only» (DUH!), but that it shouldn’t have been dry cleaning. DO NOT EVER TAKE YOUR ITEMS HERE!!!

This review is for both tailoring and dry cleaning. But first, the back story: my cousin was getting married and we had no bridesmaids dresses to speak of. Finally, on Tuesday night before a Saturday wedding, a FedEx box appeared at my door with the dress inside. I tried it on, and oh my gosh. It was gigantic. Three sizes too big, a foot too long, and with room to spare in the bust for another me. I had nightmares that night of my cousin banning me from her wedding party. I didn’t think anyone would be able to tailor it on such short notice. Aside from being way, way too big, the dress was complicated: lots of chiffon layers and boning with an invisible zipper to boot.
The next morning I take it to the first place I think of: Elegant Tailors where I’ve taken things for dry cleaning. The two ladies there were really nice and understanding and were happy to take the job. I didn’t get the tailor’s name, but she did a really detailed job at the fitting. After assuring me again that she would have it done in time, I paid and left the store. Halfway down the block the other lady working there caught up with me and handed me my coffee that I had absent-​mindedly left on her counter :)
Fast forward to Saturday morning, the day of the wedding. At this point I had already traveled to where the wedding was taking place. My boyfriend picked up the dress for me from Elegant Tailor’s and met me. I tried it on and… it was perfect. It fit to a T. The huge chiffon nightmare-​inducing dress had been magically transformed into a classy dress that I could wear down the aisle without embarrassing my family.
I’ve also had a pair of pants hemmed there and taken stuff for dry cleaning on many occasions. They always have it done in time, do a great job, and are very friendly.

Trustworthy, timely, and things typically come back cleaner then when I brought them in. All good traits in a dry cleaner. I also appreciate that when I’ve lived a little too hard in my party frocks, and rip a seam or lose a button, they’re able to fix the problem post haste.
Yeah, it’s a little pricey, but maybe that’s because I go there so often I feel like I should just have part of my paycheck sent directly to their bank account. Also, cash only? Kind of a hassle. Although now that there’s a Bank of America ATM just down by Cambridge Common, I have a lot less to complain about. Elegant Tailor Shop is a productive member of (business) society.

I love Elegant Tailor Shop. The women who work there are very friendly and nice. The dry cleaning is well priced, done well, and timely. I’ve been bringing in shirts or suits a few times a month for a couple of years and never had any problems. I’ve used them for minor alterations like changing a hem or replacing a button and I’ve always been happy with the work. If I were having something very expensive tailored or a very complicated tailoring job done, I’d go somewhere else though. The alterations aren’t as well priced as the dry cleaning, but pretty typical of what I’ve paid elsewhere. For my typical garment needs they’re the best.

Their drycleaning is good and reasonably priced. Their tailoring is pricey, but I’ve been extremely happy with it. I also like the fact that they’re willing to say when something isn’t worth doing, or when I won’t be happy with the results.
If you’re bringing in a nice suit or a wedding dress AND you want to be coddled and fussed over, I’d go somewhere else. They’re not coddlers.

I do not recommend this place for down blankets. I brought my new queen size sateen down blanket for the first time. When I got it back (in big plastic bag) I didn’t open it immediately. Later, I discovered that they discolored it (there are big bleached spots on one side) and entire blanket looked like it is at least 5 y.o. $ 200 blanket + $ 35 for terrible work… what a waist…

This is a review for alterations only…
I took a way-​too-​large bridesmaid dress here to get altered and they did an excellent job. I tried on my tablecloth of a dress, she expertly suggested how I wanted it taken in (her suggestions were spot on), she asked a few thoughtful questions, and we were set. A week later, I picked it up and it fit perfectly.
The only downside? The cost was $ 80 (GULP). Yes, she did have to do some serious alterations, and yes, she did do a terrific job, so it was worth it, but be prepared for the sticker shock!

Avoid this place at all costs. What kind of dry cleaner LOSES your clothes? And then accuses YOU of trying to fraud them? I dropped off my Tahari suit here for cleaning and I came back a week and a half later to pick it up. I gave the lady at the front desk my receipt and she went off into the back searching for it. She couldn’t find it so she enlisted one of the seamstresses to help her and they spent 20 minutes looking for it and could NOT lay their hands on it. Whatever, I thought, and I told them, I have to go run errands and I’ll be back.
One hour later. I come back and ask for my suit. The lady then tells me, «You picked it up already.» NO, you dumb prick, I was just here, I respond. She says, «Where is your receipt?» And I tell her, «I GAVE IT TO YOU.» She looks at me straight in the eye and said, «No, I don’t have it. You have it.»
Okay, so I was like, this is freaking unbelievable! So I tell her, «No, I know I gave it to you, so you could go find my suit. Where is my suit?» And this was her response: «We already gave you your clothes. Don’t try to make up story about not picking up your clothes. We know you make up story, and that not our problem.» What the hell? I won’t include details about the hissy fit that I threw or the fact that I will be seeing them in court, but…
DO NOT come here.