David's Bridal bridesmaid dress alterations

Pic 2 - since these dresses were discontinued, two girls needed to get this dress instead because of limited sizes/colors being available in the sleeveless style. Hoping to get the sleeve taken off. Has anyone removed a sleeve? It seems easy enough but curious if it costs a lot.

I heard that they are more expensive then local mom and pop shops. I cant say how much cause i havent gone yet, im not sure if I am or not.

I bought my dress at DB and also had them do the alterations. Personally, I don't recommend their alterations dept. because it was so expensive to just shorten the hem and take the sides in. I bought my dress for $600 but paid almost $400 for alterations. In addition, I wasn't 100% satisfied with the end result. My dress is supposed to show off my curves and the alteration left a lot of space at the lower back. I would suggest finding an experienced seamstress who can do it for less.

One of my BM's needs to just have her dress hemmed a little bit, they quoted $60, local seamstress quoted $20. The general consensus is to try a local seamstress, they may have better prices.

My dress alterations there were ridiculous. I got my dress hemmed, added a bustle. Tighten two straps, and it was well over $350.

I found DB to be more expensive n they won't do certain things (adding cap sleeves was fine but they wont remove a train, etc). I found a great seamstress n shared her info with my BP.