Hopewell Tailor Shop

Had my wedding dress alterations done here. My dress was about 2 sizes too big in some places, needed a bustle, and a hem, plus had the style of the bottom of the dress changed. With all the alterations I was charged less than 300 and excellent work was done. My wedding dress was taken from an unflattering potato sack to a beautiful form fitting gown! Would recommend 100%!

I could not disagree with the previous review more. A couple of days before my wedding i decided to try my dress on one final time and realized that the final alterations that were supposed to be made at the place I got my alterations done in the city had not been done and that they had decided to make other alterations I had not signed off on. Freaking out, my mom and I went in to Hopewell Tailor Shop as soon as it opened the next morning, just 3 days before the wedding. We had each only been in there once before and the owner barely knew us yet she went above and beyond making sure to devote as much time and attention as she could towards making sure my dress was perfect for the wedding day. I could not be happier with how the dress turned out — it was even more perfect than I ever could have imagined and I owe it all to Patty. Because we were asking for a rush job on a very complex dress (all lace), I was a little worried that it was going to cost us a fortune but she was so incredibly reasonable and didn’t try to take us for a ride which we really appreciated. I will definitely be bringing all my future business to her and telling everyone I know to go here as well. She truly helped make my wedding day perfect!

The tailoring itself was OK, but OH MY GOODNESS is one of the tailors rude. There are two women here: an older Irish woman and her daughter, whose name, I believe is Pat. The older woman is friendly, but not often there, but her daughter is so unpleasant it’s unbelievable the store is still in business. Among other things, she kept telling me the item I brought in «was a disaster,» kept making fun of me because the dress didn’t fit, and told me I «have a butt like a shelf,» but definitely not in a complimentary way. On top of it all, I ended up paying as much as the dress cost on alterations which, after 3 fittings (many of which were rescheduled by her at the last minute) left the dress too big. So, if you want to spend a lot of time and money being yelled at by a jerk who smells like cigarettes while her son watches, this is the place for you. Otherwise, go LITERALLY anywhere else in the whole world.