Ralph Tailors

Jackie has altered various dresses for me over the year, so when I needed my wedding dress taken in — she was the only person I wanted to do it. She did a perfect job on my all-​sequins dress and was refreshingly honest with me when I was deciding between two different dresses.

Jackie is the best tailor, and seamstress I have ever been to in Chicago. She built up a strapless vintage lace wedding dress so it would have a top half to make it modest. I relied on her heavily, and she did the job to perfection! On time, beautiful, and with extreme attention to details. Every fitting she asked me exactly what I wanted, and helped with the whole process. Since then, I do not go to other tailors for anything, only Jackie!

Great tailor! They worked on altering my sons suit did it quickly and for a reasonable price.

Great work! Jackie was so helpful with me and my suggested alterations for my wedding gown. I needed the neckline sweet hearted and cap sleeves added to my already strapless dress. It’s hard to envision your dress with such dramatic alterations but Jackie and her team worked wonders and helped my off the shoulder, cap sleeve vision to come alive! The price was very competitive to other alteration places I had gone to in the area as well. My only reservation was once it was starting to get close to my wedding date (about 3 weeks out) I hadn’t heard anything or even a update but luckily they were on it an when I called, they said it was just about finished and would be ready in two days. Needless to say I was relieved and when I went in to try on the final product, it was perfect! I will be sure to go back to Jackie and her team at Ralph tailors whenever I need any alterations.

Jackie is great! My first time here I came in a scramble when a friend who promised to alter a bridesmaid dress backed out a week before the wedding. Jackie was completely accommodating, calmed me, and turned it around in 3 days at half the price everyone else quoted me. I came back with my wedding dress, suits jackets, pants, and the like, and I’m always thrilled with the results. She took flared suit pants and made them tapered, per her recommendation, and it looks better than how it was sold.
I will not use any other tailor, ever. Jackie is the best

My sister has been taking her clothes to Jackie and suggested I go to her for alterations. I took in three pencil skirts that I needed hemmed about 2 inches. She quoted me at 16 for each skirt for the hem. These are typical pencil skirts, just cotton sateen, nothing fancy. When I asked my sister what she usually charges her for hems she said 4 – 5 dollars. Not sure why the huge increase in price. They need to have set prices listed somewhere so pricing is consistent for all patrons.

Came here to alter my wedding dress. Got quoted 100 $ over what the bridal store would have done it for. To make things much worse the seamstress put pins in the satin portion of the dress and now I have thread runs all over the front. Thanks a bunch.

Took a suit here to get tailored. I (a little rudely) arrived shortly before closing. I was still seen and measured for tailoring without being rushed.
Later I was leaving town and so I asked if I could pick up my suit a little early. I was kindly accommodated, and the price was even less than I expected.
This place is great! Would definitely bring any garments here to be tailored in future! Highly recommended!

I had a great experience with Ralph Tailors for a floor length bridesmaid gown that needed to be shorted by a few inches. Prompt turnaround time, and reasonable cost: $ 25 for a chiffon dress with lining. The quality of the work was excellent and the alteration could hardly be detected. She asked questions about how I wanted the dress to fit (how much distance from the floor, train style, bust, etc.), and delivered exactly as promised! Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her!

Jackie is nice, accommodating, and she did a great job with my suit and sportcoats.

Took my wedding dress to be altered by Jackie and I couldn’t be happier. She is pleasant to be around and she did such a wonderful job! My dress was one of those fussier ones with lots of lace and beading and she was able to fit it perfectly to my body without losing a single detail. She also bustled my dress in a way that was both beautiful and easy for my mother to do.
She’s incredibly affordable in comparison to other alteration specialists out there. One woman quoted me $ 600 for everything I wanted done — Jackie did it for $ 180. She also works really quickly! Brides on a time and budget crunch, this woman is definitely for you!
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Jackie is THE BEST!!! Not only is she a really nice person, she’s is a great seamstress. It seems like the entire W. Rogers Park community uses her! She also designs beautiful wedding dresses and can alter anything, men’s and women’s clothes. She’s a tresure.

Jackie does a fantastic job on all of my suits and shirts, every time for a fair price. With 40 years in the business, she guarantees all of her work and will re –alter as many times as needed to get it right for no charge.

Jackie is the absolute best. She is professional and a master tailor! I found her two years ago and she has never failed me. I’ve had suits, dresses, pants an now my wedding dress tailored by Jackie and they are all perfect! Jackie is like a mom or auntie and really cares about her customers. I appreciate her so much! I highly recommend her to anyone!

I have had four formal gowns shortened here. Excellent and prompt work. Thank you, I will be back to have future dresses fitted!

I was looking for a place to have my wedding dress fitted and altered because I thought it was just going to cost way too much to have it done at the bridal store. I am so glad I looked around! Jackie was much closer to my house, so friendly, helpful and nice! And my dress turned out perfectly! It now fits like a glove and has the most beautiful bustle (simple and elegant) that I could have ever imagined.
I would recommend Jackie to anyone and everyone who asks– and I would trust her with any article of clothing, from dress pants to my wedding dress, which is exactly what I did! Her price was half what the bridal store would have charged, and I just can’t get over how perfectly the dress fits now! This place really is great!
Only one thing– when you go to pick up your things be sure to have cash or check– she doesn’t take credit!

I’ve been to two other tailors in the city, and Jackie is by far the best — she is AMAZING!
After reading the other relevant reviews here on Unilocal,I took my wedding dress in for alterations. Not only did Jackie take my dress in 4 inches and made my dress fit like a glove, making that fear of the strapless dress slipping off mid-​ceremony disappear, she did it before the bridal store (who shall not be named) could even get me an appointment in their alternations department! If doing amazing work in such short time isn’t enough, the woman has a great personality. I sincerely believed she wanted me to walk out looking like a million bucks, made helpful suggestions — but wasn’t pushy when I wasn’t keen on some of them — but her prices are super reasonable.
Because I was so happy with my wedding dress, I brought in three fitted waist pleated skirts, and two maxi dresses that needed hemming. She had the hems done in three days, and they were the perfect length, and the modifications to the fitted waist skirts were perfect and done within a week. I feel fully confident in Jackie’s work, and will be bringing in my jackets for modifications that are too loose now that I’ve lost a bit of weight. Each time I came in, another long time customer came in with an item that needed attention — Jackie recognized the man or woman, and was able to easily help each person based on her experience not only with dressmaking, by with each individual.
I recommend Jackie wholeheartedly.

Is it me or is her husband a rude and arrogant? I had gone to pick my jacket which I got fitted the day she told me, it was not ready. Jackie had told me I usually work late during the week just call me and I’ll have it ready for you to pick-​up. Unfortunately, her rude husband was not happy with Jackie telling me I was able to pick it up later saying we close at 6pm only. I asked to speak to Jackie and he rudely asked me if I didn’t understand what he had just told me. After a few altercations with her husband, he finally handed the phone to Jackie.
I am deducting 2 stars from this place not because of Jackie’s work, her work is fantastic, but for her husband’s rude attitude and because my items were not ready on time.

I brought 2 BCBG dresses here to get the straps shortened, the bottom shortened and have cups added. When I tried on the dresses at home, I noticed one dress had 2 holes about the size of a pencil eraser at the bottom close to the hem. It looked like it got snagged on something. I immediately called Jackie and told her about it, to which she replied «that’s impossible, that has never happened before». I told her those holes were not there before. Had they been there, she would have seen them when she was pinning up the hem. I check all the clothes I buy for damage before I buy them because BCBG dresses not only are expensive, they are not returnable. I know I would not have missed something like that.
Another thing, the straps were uneven, the left side was 2 inches longer, so the cups were also not even. It was as if whoever worked on the dress did not care at all. The hem was jagged, not straight like the original, I think I could have done a better job.
Now I have to wait until Tuesday to bring it back because they are closed on Sundays and Mondays.
Update:
Jackie was able to fix the 2 holes at the bottom of the dress where I couldn’t even tell where it was, however, she was not able to fix the straps to make it even because too much of the material have already been cut out. She said it might be because my shoulders are not even. If that was the case, then everything else I have ever bought must have had shoulders that were uneven because they fit just fine.

It doesn’t matter what you need. Wedding dress? Jackie has it covered. Men’s suit? perfection. And even if there is a tiny little thing you want better after she alters– she will make it perfect.
My now husband got three suits altered. My bridesmaid got her black lace dress hemmed. And I got my wedding dress tucked and nipped everywhere, plus cups added, hemmed, and bustled. The total for all the work done on my dress? A measly $ 200. I was expecting to pay at least $ 100 more! And Jackie knows she could charge more, but she’s an honest woman and keeps the prices reasonable. My dress was by no means simple. But she did such a great job and it fit my body well.
I will now take all my alterations to Jackie. And all you brides out there, don’t waste your time at other places.