Asal Tailoring & Alteration

I am such a big fan of this place. She does exceptional work at a reasonable price. Customer service and timeliness are also always beyond reproach. Fantastic!

You know why that t-​shirt looks so great on Jennifer Lawrence? TAILORING! Nearly every item of clothing you see on the screen has been altered to fit the actor perfectly. So find a good seamstress and stick with her. In fact, THIS is your place.
Walking through the door at Asal from all the hubbub of Ventura Blvd. is entering a peaceful sanctuary. Clean & orderly, lovely women in colorful headscarves bent over industrial sewing machines and soft Urdu radio playing in the background. A stunning dress on a mannequin in the corner with a matching straw hat makes me believe I, too, could look like Audrey Hepburn at a picnic.
Then they work their magic.
The baggy embroidered jacket bought for $ 5 at a yard sale? Now I’m Julia Roberts in Notting Hill. #2 son’s Zara suit? Limos to the homecoming dance feeling like Zac Efron. From hemming pants to completely restructuring a dress, every stitch is immaculate.
No one will ever mistake me for JLaw but my clothes fit beautifully and my posture is a little straighter because of it. Worth every penny.

I came to Asal about a week in a half ago with a bridesmaid dress that I thought would be difficult to look decent on me. I came in today to get my fitting and I have to say I was so shocked how beautiful the dress looked, she did such a wonderful job.
I don’t know her very well but she is such a sweet woman and makes me so welcomed, since moving away from home I was struggling to find a «decent» alteration business.
I will be going to her for as long as I live in California!
She’s so wonderful!

I picked up my wedding dress which did not have the alterations I asked for done as I am looking at it right now. We discussed bringing the skirt up on my dress from its top and she clearly altered instead from the bottom. None of the repairs i asked for were done to the tulle and she did brought the dress in before my final fitting was scheduled. I had sent pictures to her of my gown via email and she still explained she didnt know what to do with some of the pieces so she just tacked them up and they look so awful! I just paid and got my dress the hell out of there. Communication was clearly a huge issue, but I just wanted my wedding dress before any attempts to fix it caused me more grief. I highly recommend you go somewhere else for something as important as a wedding dress. She even changed the neckline which we did not discuss at all. I cannot believe i spent $ 300 to ruin my $ 3000 wedding gown.

What a sweet, competent group of lady tailors! I walked in here unannounced desperate to stitch a pair of pants which I was to wear in a play that night. They offered to do it on the spot — and the seam has held! :) They made a loyal customer that day.

I came to Asal after checking out reviews. I brought in my wedding dress for alterations. Sanam definitely provided expert tailoring, I can tell from the quality of the work. I was so happy that I did not have to worry about the dress not fitting. I ended up a very happy bride!

The second I walked in here I felt unwelcomed and uncomfortable. I clearly angered these women by asking if they accepted walk ins. I offered to leave and come back but they said it was fine (even though they were clearly annoyed).
Trying to move past the awkwardness I quickly put my dress on and proceeded to show them where I needed it altered. All three women immediately started poking at all the areas that the dress was flawed and telling me I was too big for the dress. I told them I knew it was too tight in the bust area but it was gaping around my waist. No, they insisted it was too small for me and not a good dress and that I should return it. Wait, isn’t that what alterations are for? They treated me like I was an idiot and would not stop poking at me until I took it off. I left the store in tears with the owner saying «next time, sweetie, call first.»
Humiliating terrible experience. These women are rude and have no sense of customer service. From other reviews it sounds like they do decent work but at what cost? Ugh.

Sanam is so sweet and very professional, honest, and reliable. She altered my wedding gown and made a custom veil. I just have a few disappointments … first, my dress had been altered too much, and it was literally falling off me on my wedding day. Also, the veil had a plastic comb instead of metal, and I didn’t get a choice to pick which kind I preferred and didn’t realize that it would even make a difference until I couldn’t get the plastic to stay in my hair because of the updo. Another issue was that the bustle wasn’t staying in place. :(I kept having someone hook the bustle and for some reason it kept coming off so the whole night I had to deal with the long train.

I got my wedding dress altered here and had a FABULOUS experience. The staff is professional and knowledgeable, and the results of my dress were more than ideal. In fact, while I was in for my first dress fitting, the side zipper on my dress busted while I was on the pedestal getting measured! Asal was able to see that the boning needed to be slightly moved to adjust to my ribcage size, and it was only $ 20 extra for her to adjust the boning and replace the zipper. The hemming across the bottom of my dress was two layers of material and only needed to be brought up about 3 inches. I paid something like $ 125 out the door and couldn’t be happier with the end product! Asal made it easy for me to feel comfortable and worked with plenty of time to make any necessary adjustments before the actual wedding day. I will go back to her again with any formal attire that requires expert & easy tailoring in the future!

Asal is the best tailoring and alteration in town! I am obsessed with the main seamstress Sanam. She made me a beautiful 6 foot long cathedral veil which really completed my wedding dress as well as beautiful black silk lace robes for my 8 bridesmaids. She is so talented!!! If you want fine tailoring from someone who actually knows what they are doing and can make your dreams come true, go to Asal!!!

Asal is so amazing! I found a photo of a dress I liked and she made it from scratch!!! After about two fittings I was ready for pick up on the third visit. She helped me find material that would look great for my party and was totally flexible given my crazy schedule. Lovely woman and very kind, I cannot wait to work with her and her whole team again. Thank you Asal.

We love Sanam! She is an expert tailor and we have been nothing but ecstatic with all the work she has done. My daughter is an actress and very petite. Sanam has fitted her for numerous events, including the Emmys and it was a very complicated dress! She has been able to do alterations for her with a very quick turnaround. Sanam is a gem and extremely talented.

Sanam joon tailored my engagement party dress and added the bling I requested to perfection. I loved my dress and it turned out beautifully and exactly how I had invisioned it to be. I will post pics soon.

Sanam is amazing!
I had less than a week to get my bridesmaids dress altered. I needed more material around the back area. She had the dress ready in a couple of days!
Sanam and company work fast and do excellent work! They are all very courteous and helpful!
I also has several pairs of jeans and some casual pants shortened. Great work at very reasonable prices!
I’m a customer for life!

Sanam took a photo of my couture dream dress and turned it into reality. From start to finish she was kind and listened to my requests and delivered a work of perfection.
She is extremely professional, stayed late during the week to accommodate my schedule and had the dress ready right on time. Her prices are very affordable for the high quality work she is capable of. I will have no hesitation in asking her to make my wedding dress in the future!

I am very much someone who would rather take a recommendation from a person I know over a Unilocal reviewer. But, I needed to find a tailor to alter my maid of honor dress for my sister’s wedding and Asal Tailoring was nearby and had some great reviews. And now I know why!
I came in to pick up my dress the day before I left on a flight for my sister’s wedding and when I tried it on, we all noticed that I had lost some weight — specifically in my chest (which, of course that’s where I would lose weight). I panicked and I said I was leaving the next day and they told me to just come back in a few hours and they would have it fixed at no extra charge. They did an amazing job, very friendly and personable. I will definitely be going back for any and all of my tailoring needs!

I had accidentally sat on a cigarette butt and burned a hole in my dress. I started Unilocaling for tailors and Asal came up as a five-​star place. I called and Sanam answered the phone and I told her my situation and she said to come in and we’ll see what we can do.
When I came to the shop, I was greeted by such a sweet lady — Sanam herself. I showed her my dress and she did tell me that this was a difficult case. I knew that it was; anybody with two eyes could see that the fabric was completely burnt through to the point where it was melted like plastic and was stiff with slight black burn marks. It seemed irreparable. She said that she believed she could do it, so I left my dress with her. When I came to pick it up, I thought it was a totally brand new dress. You could never tell that there was a melted hole on the back. I was shocked because I was truly convinced that there was no saving this dress, or that if someone saved it — it would never look the same again. But she did it!
Also, I didn’t ask for a quote when I left (it slipped my mind), but when I came to pick up my dress I only paid $ 5!!! I mean this dress was completely reincarnated and Sanam charged me an incredible price. I feel content knowing that there is an honest and knowledgable tailor that I can return to.

Sanam and all of her girls are THE BEST. Without getting into too many details, let me just say that three weeks before my wedding, I did not have a wedding dress. A family member had decided to make my dress for me, and I (stupidly) trusted that she was capable. When the dress I was supposed to wear arrived in the mail, it was a disaster and I was in a panic. I took my disaster dress to three other tailors and all of them looked at me like I was crazy and then told me there was nothing they could do. It was impossible to fix this one, and they didn’t have time to start over. I went to try to buy a dress off the rack, which is nearly impossible to do in 3 weeks, and there just wasn’t anything. One of my bridesmaids had taken her dress to Sanam to get it hemmed after reading the awesome reviews and we decided we should take my dress to her to see if she could fix it.
She calmed me down, looked at the dress, told me she really couldn’t do anything with that one, but that she would make me the dress of my dreams. I didn’t believe her, but she proved me SO wrong. The next Sunday she went with me downtown to pick out fabric, and two fittings later, I had the most gorgeous dress I’d ever seen. She worked through the night to make sure my dress was ready at 7am the day we were leaving, and she even called me after my wedding to wish me love and happiness. I LOVE her and will never go anywhere else. You guys, she MADE ME A WEDDING DRESS IN TWO WEEKS. And it was stunning. Here… I’ll show you a pic!

After looking for a great dressmaker, I messaged this business about creating a dress for a wedding I have to attend this winter. It’s not my first time making a dress of my own, but the response I received from Sanam was the friendliest and most helpful from any business I’ve potentially worked with! Prices are also very fair. I look forward to doing business with Asal Tailoring :)
Update on the quality of work coming soon…

I brought my leather jacket in to be tailored, and she did an amazing job. It’s now as though it was made just for me. Then I took the same jacket back to have snaps installed so the asymmetrical lapel wouldn’t flap around so much when the jacket was open. Again, perfect job. We’ve taken other items there as well (slacks, pants, shirts, etc.) all with great results. Great prices, and quick work.
Recommended highly!