The Velvet Hanger Tailoring Shop

Absolutely love Kim!!! She did wonders on my dress which needed so much work. My dress was two sizes too big and extremely intricate with beading and pearls along with 4 layers of lace which she had to alter. She completed my dress so quickly and it is beyond gorgeous.
I highly recommend her to anyone looking for wedding alterations!

I wish I could give Kim another star on here!
She did an AMAZING, AMAZING job. We had 6 fittings, and I know she was getting frustrated because we couldn’t figure out how to make the hips more flattering. Kim got really creative and made my dress look perfect. She spent a lot of time on the dress and worked really hard to keep her quote on target. When we finally got it fitting perfectly, Kim almost cried.
In addition, Kim altered my husband’s suit/​pants, my rehearsal dinner dress, and two other dresses of mine for our wedding weekend. Kim also made my veil (I bought the supplies for $ 5 at Joann’s fabrics instead of paying $ 300 at the retail shops!).
I will be uploading more photos when the professional ones come back from our photographer.

My experience with Kim at the Velvet Hanger started when I bought my Galia Lahav $ 10,000 gown from the White Dress in New Port Beach. I was referred to Kim From my wedding dress consultant. I purchased my gown in November, and brought it to Kim in March 2015… There was a small hole in the illusion mesh on lower back of the dress (as it was a sample dress I had purchased). There was also a small tear in a small piece of the tool skirt. I also needed a bra built into the dress for proper support. Kim told me she can fix both tears and sew in cups with no problem, and would give me a call when it was done. 4 months later, I still hadn’t heard a word from her; so I gave her a call and she said my dress will be ready in one month. August roles around and I call her again to set a fitting appointment.
I walked in to her store to see a look of surprise on her face like she had never seen me before I had to explain I had dropped my designer gown here to her over five months ago she goes to the back pulls my dress, unzips it and the first thing that I noticed is that the hole in the illusion mesh has not been fixed nor has the tear in the tulle been fixed! The only thing that had been done were the 2 cups sewn into the bra area of the dress. At that point I was furious that she basically sat on my dress for 5 months and did very little to nothing to it ! at that point I had already gotten «!new boobs» ;) and did not need the cups installed into the dress anymore. I asked her to remove them and have her fix the holes within one week. She said OK and the day came to finally pick up my dress and I called four hours before my appointment tell her that I was coming and that I would call again when I was on my way and also to reconfirm her outrageous price!!! At first she told me it would be $ 650 if I paid with a debit card and $ 580 if I pay cash!!! Which is astronomical for the lack of work she did to my dress my dress just dress was never hemmed, Nor fitted (in any way) nor bustled or any of such but $ 600? Is absolutely ridiculous to literally fix two holes in a gown!
She changed the price on me twice! I had asked her to reinforce the Hook that is at the top of the zipper and she never did that either! I made her take $ off and $ 585 later left with my gown…
Kim is wayyyyyy over priced and her service is way below par! Ladies find another Taylor for the most important dress you’ll ever wear!!!

Got my very complicated wedding dress tailored and added on to at this shop. I’m really amazed with what they did, how professional, nice, and courteous my tailor was. Amazing experience! Will def come bacj

I cannot say enough about Kim and her team. She made my wedding dress from Scratch and it was perfect! Not only did it fit like a glove but it fit the exact image I had in my head. Kim dealt with all my changes of mind and little requests with a smile and seriously made me the dress of my dreams. Thank you Kim! :)

Kim at the Velvet Hanger was amazing. I had gone to 3 tailors before her with my wedding dress. The first was rude, the second indicated there was ‘no seam’ and would have to cut the bottom of my dress off to shorten it. The third found a seam but quoted me a $ 1K price point. I ended up at Velvet Hanger and immediately Kim found the seam and offered her thoughts on how best to alter my dress to make it perfect. The price was still high, but my dress was super detailed and the effort to make it fit was going to be extensive. It ended up being less than the $ 1K.
Not only did my dress fit me perfectly, but she had it done in under 2 weeks so I could take it back East with me. Kim has an eye for this and she is meticulous with her alterations. Highly recommend her!!!

I unfortunately had a very frustrating experience working with the Velvet Hanger.
When I first took my wedding dress here it was fitting a little snug at the waist and needed a few other small adjustments. She recommended we let it out a little and also fix the cups. When I came in for my following appointment the alterations were not done. I’m convinced she completely forgot about my dress because when we came in she ran to grab it form the back. Of course when she had me put it on I didn’t notice one tiny difference. I gave her benefit of the doubt and we made the next appointment to come back in a few weeks later.
This time a few alterations had been done but the dress was still not fitting right. Aware that it can take a few fittings I was ready for the next round of adjusting. I showed her that I was not happy with how my short waist was making the dress ‘pinch’ in the middle. I mentioned this is what I wanted fixed most, and her response was «this dress does not fit your body!»… OMG! I was appalled she would say this to a bride. It was a little snug but the dress zipped fine and just needed some adjustments, it boggled my mind this was such an impossible fix for her.
After the forgotten alterations, expensive price tag, and the rude comment I would never go back here. On top of it, the dress still never fit properly on my wedding day after further appointments :/

The velvet hanger was recommended to me by «The White Dress» where I purchased my wedding gown. This place was amazing. It takes so much trust and faith to leave the most important dress of your life in the hands of a tailor. The women at the velvet hanger were amazing, super easy to schedule fittings (they even opened on July 4^th for me to have a fitting while my mom was visiting for the weekend), and took the utmost care of my dress and my veil. I couldn’t have been happier with the fit of the dress, they steamed the dress and my veil to perfection, and the price was not outrageous. Thank you so much!!!

Wow! The Velvet Hanger is the best! Before I bought my wedding dress there I was sad because my wedding dress didn’t fit me well. Then I brought it to The Velvet Hanger and I was so happy! She preformed a miracle on my dress and it looked perfect! She was very detail oriented and she’s definelty an expert seamstress! If you have s wedding dress or anything else tailored, come here! I couldn’t be happier or more impressed!

Kim is the absolute best!!! I would recommend her for any bride. I had a very complicated dress and she fixed every issue. Im very detailed and a perfectionist! For all you brides that want to ensure your dress is handled right go to Kim!

I purchased my wedding dress from «The White Dress» in corona del mar… Needless to say the dress did not come in how I ordered it and the back needed to be completely re made. The White Dress would not do anything about the awful condition of the my wedding dress after spending thousands of dollars.
I took my dress to Kim at The Velvet Hanger, which was the best decision I have ever made! Kim completely re made the back of the dress and did an unbelievable job!!! The amount of work she did was insane and could not have come out more perfect!!! The way the dress should have been! Kim is amazing to work with and I would highly recommend The velvet hanger to anyone with minimal to extensive alterations! I am so thankful to her for making my wedding dress perfect for my big day!

Velvet Hanger did an excellent job… they were able to do a very difficult repair on an expensive dress and it came out beautiful!!! Their tailoring is impeccable!

This is a way overdue review for my MOH dress that was designed and custom made by Kim! In my previous review I had my final fitting but still needed one element added to the dress before it was ready. Needless to say that when I walked onto the beach for my bff’s wedding ceremony people were blown away by my dress. It was so unique for a MOH and I received tons of compliments. I cannot stress enough how much the bride loved my dress and Kim’s work. I will absolutely see Kim again for alterations and custom made dresses!

Kim is my go to seamstress for anything from jeans to designer pieces. Brought my wedding dress to her last year and she did an amazing job. She’s very professional, a very skillful seamstress. I’ve referred my mom, my friends. All are very happy with her work.

I had dropped off the wedding dress 3 months before the wedding and was told by Kim that she would have no problem getting it ready.
3 months later when I had expected to come for my final fitting and essentially pick up the wedding dress for the wedding in 3 weeks, she told me the horrible condition it was in. This was quite upsetting as she had the dress for 3 months and during that time she could have surveyed the dress and upon the condition call me and be honest about her inability do work on the dress. The whole time she kept mentioning how she can’t do it and was never giving a solution or desire to do so.
I was even more upset as she claimed she tried to call and lied as I never received a call from her until the day I had called to follow up with my appointment for the fitting.
Kim finally agreed to help by recommending another place to complete the service that she was unable to do. This was only done after she saw how upset I was.
At first she recommended I take the wedding dress to any cleaner which showed the truth of how she was feeling as I had to remind her this was a vera wang wedding dress worn by my sister that I would feel uncomfortable just giving it to anyone to handle. The way she was so carefree and indifferent to the sentimental meaning of the dress was very upsetting and very disrespectful.
Overall, I would not come back here again. We parted ways peacefully but if needing this type of service, I would go else where.

Alice, is the best seamtress i have ever worked with. She does all my boyfriends suits and my gowns. Best money ever spent.

I have been going to The Velvet Hanger for over 17 years since i moved here from Germany. Alice, the owner, has done an excellent job altering my clothing over the years and Vahan, her husband, does amazing invisible reweaving. Last year I noticed that Alice had hired another lady to help her named Kim and I was hoping the level of service would not change. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised at the friendliness and professionalism that Kim has and the alterations I pick up are amazing! The work was impeccable! I will continue to refer clients and friends.

This place was great! I happened to get a specialty hockey jersey for cheap but it was a little too long. They were able to hem it for me by the next day so I could wear it to the game. Looked like the same jersey with the perfect fit. So I would totally recommend them for any specialty requests. And the price seemed reasonable for the difficulty of the job and time frame I gave them.

When you select 2 stars, it say «Meh, I’ve experienced better.» and that still stands for my past review.
I went back to pick up my jacket, the one that cost $ 120 for alteration. The seamstress politely confronted me about my review on Unilocal stating that «for all the work that was done, her craftsmanship was deserving of $ 120 and that’s the normal rate at their shop.»
Here’s the deal — I JUST had another jacket done by a shop in Laguna Beach, same work was needed to it, same turn time, same quality as far as I can tell and it cost $ 60 for that alternation. $ 120 might be fair, but after getting the same work done for $ 60, I can’t reasonably look at the Velvet Hanger as twice as good as the other shop in Laguna. So my review of 2 stars stands. Additionally, I was not informed when I dropped off my jacket that it was going to cost $ 120 — I recommend they freely tell you what the bill would be before they do the alterations. Good quality work, I just think their pricing is inflated so I have to stick with the «Meh, I’ve experienced better.»

Welcomed and professionally helped by a kind, English-​speaking woman (presumably the owner); quick and flexible turnaround time; fair price and excellent results. I will be back with my other alteration needs.