My review runs the gamut from Really Good Work to not so happy. I am an ex-tailor myself, so I know what to look for. \r
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The good: My daughter's homecoming dresses - they did a great job, sewed on sequins, hemmed, etc. The work was wonderful. Their hemming is good too but I can do that at home unless it's a delicate pair of slacks. Their handwork is very good... but I think sometimes the word ""tailor"" in their company name is a stretch. They are quick with their work too . I think their basic work is fine for most people. \r
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On the other hand: Not very happy with 75% of the items I brought in to Tran's. I took a knit top in to be shortened, and when I got it back, the part they sewed was all stretched out. I myself have tailored many clothes but it has been 30 years since, and I don't have the machines to do such things as knits. They used the wrong machine or the wrong setting to hem my blouse. I had a strapless dress I wanted straps put on. The seamstress did not measure how long the straps needed to be (I am a short person). I wondered how this dress was going to come out. I asked the seamstress if she needed to measure, she batted her eyes and assured me all was well. When I went in, the straps were, as I suspected, about 3 inches too long. They did and their sewing was good. I wish now that I had asked for elastic inside the straps, but that's my fault. They DID give to me exactly what I wanted, so it was my fault but the fact they didn't measure bothered me. \r
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I had several jackets that i wanted the sleeves shortened. They just shortened them straight across and did not account for sleeves being slightly longer on the inside than the outside. Now when you look at the sleeves with my arms down, the sleeves are shorter on the inside. Unless you are a tailor (or an ex-one, like me), it is different to understand but my sleeves are all too short on the inside but long enough on the outside of the sleeve. This also makes my sleeves feel weird when I bend my arms. I also asked them about taking up the shoulders in my denim jacket , which I KNOW needed to be done just by looking at the jacket, but they said shortening the sleeves would have been enough. But the shoulder seams were NOT in the right place and would have made the jacket look and sit better on my body and look more tailored. But they insisted. I think they just didn't want to put the time into the jacket or didn't know how. \r
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Tran's does loads of work in my area. Lots of people use them, they are the only ones around but thankfully a couple of more tailor shops have opened in the area which I will use instead. Unless I have a delicate dress to be altered, I don't think I will bring my things there anymore. Plus the lady that comes out to 'measure' is a little condescending.
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