Alterations

Also! How many months in advance did you start and how many appointments were needed?

thank you

My dress was around 1500 with tax, and the alterations were another 500 or 600, which is admittedly more than I was expecting. But it's a super nice shop and she's doing more to make it form fitted than I was expecting, and it's going to look amazing. She recommended my first fitting around 12 weeks before the wedding.

I paid around $3k for my dress and alterations were $495. Started my fittings at the beginning of August for an October 6 wedding. I needed 7 or 8 fittings which isn’t the norm but I continued to lose weight from stress.

My dress was $1700 and alterations are going to be $450. I'm getting it hemmed, straps added, taken in a little in the bust, and bustled. I feel like the bulk of the money is going into hemming since it has like, 6 layers or so of skirt.

My dress was $1,400 and my alterations were $500. Each dress at the boutique had a cap of what amount they can’t go over and surely I reached my cap!
My alterations were: hem, bring in/tighten straps, sewn in cups, bring in waist and add boning and 9 point bustle.

Dress : $1200

Alterations : $275 (cups sewn in, 6" removed from hem, 2 layers of crinoline removed, illusion fabric and appliques added and moved to the back, recovering buttons, restitching buttons, and 5 point bustle)

First fitting was July 5, second was July 23 and everything was perfect - so I picked it up then. Wedding is August 17!

Dress: $500

Quoted price for alterations (hemming): $150

It'll probably take only one appointment

My dress was $900, my alterations were $365 for a five layer hem, bustle, added cap sleeves and bra inserts

My dress was $930 and my alterations were only $150. I had an illusion neckline/back removed, a corset added, and had the dress bustled. I had it done through the store where I bought my dress. I had two appointments.

Dress $450, alterations $0

picked it because it fit like a glove!

View Quoted Comment I'm curious to how much it cost to have the cups sewn in? I'm considering to having them sewn into my dress