Alterations

Mine is costing me $632, plus tip ☹️

I had limited work done on my dress but it came to around $300. Now I’m worried since we had to postpone the wedding, if I’ll need further alterations and how much that will cost...

Here is the break down. I got a discount because a friend of mine is altering her dress with this lady too. I am in CA, btw.

I had 12 bustles put in, and a little taken in on the sides around the bust area, and it was just under $300.

Mine was around $1000 in Southern California.


Had an 8-point bustle added, bra cups, taken in the waist and hips, shortened, had the laces details in the bodice shortened so that it was proportionate to my height.

Mine was $200 for the hem, $99 for the bustle, $40 for bra inserts and $20 for cap sleeves (or maybe $20 for the bra and $40 for the sleeves, it’s been so long I can’t remember).

I had my dress shortened by about 8 inches and the skirt was full of lace, so that was pretty costly. I also had the straps shortened and a bustle added, the total was $485 plus tip.

Eastern PA at DB, 500 after taxes for hem, take in bodice/hips/bust, add cups, add straps, 5pt bustle, sew on belt, add hook & eyes. I was quoted the same price in Hagerstown, MD DB as well

$575- letting the hips out, shoulders up, sewing cups in, bringing waist in, and a 6-point bustle + hemming

Hem, sides taken in, jeweled belt sewed onto dress, and bustle. $125 in TX

$400 plus tip--about 6 inches off the hem, multiple layers, added a corset back, added thin straps, switched out the belt for a better one. I'm in CA, but this was a friend of a friend, and she's a design student who's been doing alterations for about 15 years.

If you can find a private person, you often pay less than going through a name brand bridal boutique. A lot also depends on your area, I think.

Mine was like $1500 for the hem but they are doing it from like the hip area?, bustle, lining (because it has a see through back), adding a bra, taking in from the sides, adding straps. The straps were like $600 extra so about $2100 total.

I’m from western MI and I used a private seamstress who runs her own small business. In total it was $210 for shortening the bottom about six inches, adding some beading to the top, fixing the zipper/clasp, and adding a modesty panel

Mine was $163 in Missouri. All I had done was hemming the bottom, cups sewn in, and a 3 point bustle.