Maria’s Tailoring & Alterations

I can’t comment on her sewing abilities, because I made an appointment to have a dress tailored but she never showed up. I drove in Cape traffic on a Saturday in the summer to her shop in Plymouth and waited 30 minutes for her. I’m prompted to write this review now because my best friend had an appointment today and she’s a no show again. Do not depend on this business, clearly they are unreliable and have no regard for customer service. Oh and don’t get desperate and go to Dominic’s, I did and my dress came back shortened unevenly. $ 65 for a hem that was not even?!

Because I can sew from a pattern and hem my family’s garments, I have not needed the services of a tailor. But, a wedding gown? Alterations to my daughter’s Maggie Sottero wedding gown I felt were beyond my expertise. Online I could find only one review for a local seamtress, but she did not do wedding gowns. At Maria’s, the bride and I were initially relieved that Maria welcomed our gown and its needed alterations. In hindsight I recommend that you DO NOT bring a gown to this shop for anything more than a hem. My daughter’s gown needed to be hemmed, the bodice needed to be made smaller then pads added, a hook and loop for a bustle needed to be added, and a tuck was needed on a back strap. When the gown was finished as best as Maria could accomplish, the bodice was LUMPY. The padded cups she added were not trimmed to size, they were just roughly tacked into the dress with the bodice still at about a size D. (The bodice needed to be reduced to a size B.) The hem was done nicely. The tuck in the back strap was done. I took the dress back to Maria with an idea that she could take the seams in on the front lining and satin layer of cups of the bodice. She said she could not do that. She had charged us $ 300 (which my daughter had paid in full on our first visit… in hindsight, not recommended) When asked, Maria would not refund any of our money. We were stuck with a dress with lumpy boobs and a wedding in about 5 weeks. I mustered up all of my courage, removed Maria’s pads, and fixed the bodice myself. It came out beautifully. On the wedding day the bride and I discovered that the hook Maria added for the bustle was stitched OVER the back zipper which prevented it from going down all the way. So, in short we paid $ 300 for a hemming, a tuck, and a faulty bustle. What a terrible experience.