The Answer to All of Your Alteration Concerns!

            For many of you this may be your first experience with fittings and being altered, but don’t be worried! Everything you need to know is right here.

            On your first visit, you will get pinned by the seamstress. These pins represent what it is exactly that’s getting done to your dress… For example: A hem, a strap lift, etc. On your second visit you will try on your garment and the seamstress will consult with you again on what you like and what still needs to be tweaked.
            On rare occasions the second time it is done and can be picked up and taken home.

**REMEMBER**

These dresses are being worked on by real people; it takes time for them to make things just right. They want nothing more than to be able to make you look perfect on your big day.

            If you should choose to take your garment home before it is done, it will have open seams, loose beads, etc. because the work was not completed. You want to make sure you give yourself enough time before the event the garment is being worn too to make sure your dress is perfect. ALSO, If when you arrive for any of your appointments and have to wait a few minutes ... please understand it is the same as any other appointment! Some fittings may run a little longer than others. I know that all of us are a little impatient at times, but you will have your turn. The seamstress will then work with you as she worked on the customer before, with her full and undivided attention. You would not want the seamstress not to address all of your concerns; just think of it as going to the "Dress Doctor".

           

            The charge for your alterations is based on the work needed to be done. If you buy a dress for $100 or for $1000, the charge to alter will be the same if the same work has to be done... So, if you are on a budget and need to stay at a certain price including alterations you should always get an estimate for alterations before you buy the dress. Also, please remember you can use any seamstress; you are never obligated to use the seamstress that the dress store offers to you. That is for your convenience, and your work will never be done on your garment before you know the price...no surprises at the end.

            If you should change what you want or additional work needs to be done at your request there will be an additional charge.

            A legitimate will never order a dress too large for a customer to make money on alterations, we order the size the manufacturers chart says to order and the customer always has the right to order a different size but must sign that they are ordering a size not recommended by the manufacturer. All manufacturers have different size charts and every dress from that same company will fit different. Just because you fit into a size 2 in one Sherri Hill dress, it doesn't mean you will fit into all Sherri Hill dresses in size 2... It is always best to order what the size chart recommends. Also a lot of customers will be losing weight for their special day (good for you!!!) but your dress will be big when it comes in especially if it has taken several months to come in, which is normal when ordering formal wear. Have patience with your alterations because it makes the difference between your dress looking good and looking fabulous on you!

As we all know it is all about the FIT!!!

Celebrity Look Alike 

Celebrity Look Alike Want to knock off your favorite celebrity’s style? Become a Frugal Fashionista! We’re here to help you not only with what to wear, but how to wear it for less. It’s safe to say that we’d all love to look like our favorite celebrities from our most watched and popular tv shows, but who could possibly afford the styles worn in the hit series Gossip Girl or Grey’s Anatomy? All it takes is a little research! Google your favorite celebrity and type in “styles for less” and in an instant, all of your unanswered questions no longer remain unanswered. In this day in age, the economy is slowly but surely going downhill, but that doesn’t stop us from pampering ourselves! We just need to learn to do it at a more modest cost. We can’t spend $100 on a blouse or spend a grand on a pair of Jimmy Choo’s, but we can get a lot more for our money by simply researching the similar styles. This wouldn’t be considered knock off, it’d be considered unique. It’d be a twist to the already known popular styles. Prove to everyone your individuality, fix up your style, and do it at a cost efficient stand point! Here are a couple of websites to set you up on the right path! 

http://fashionbombdaily.com/category/look-for-less/ 

http://www.thelook4less.net/ 

http://www.thelooksforless.com/tag/designer-looks-for-less/

Trends: Fall 2012/Spring 2013

A Sneak Peak to What Fashion has in store for us What is fashion doing next? That seems to be a question that not many of us know the answer too. The designers seemed to have brought back the eighties with all of the bright dazzling colors or the edgy leather jackets with studs all over it. The upcoming year of 2013 will not be holding out on us, fashion followers. The fashion trends will be reinvented from the previous five or six decades, with knowing that, a way to save money is to simply ask your mother for her old clothes! Vintage is the new look. It is true that there has been many of hundreds, even thousands of unique styles. All these styles are unique in their own way. Young designers seem to be having a “writers block” but in a fashion sense. The trends seem to be lacking something; we just can’t put our finger on what though. Next year the trends will be huge and the reasoning is because styles from the past are being reinvented to bring the old to the 21st century. Many people are looking to be original when it comes to their style, this gives everyone a way to prove to one another how much of an individual they really are by bringing back the styles from the best decades. Today, clothing always has a style, and there are many different ones. Between being a hipster or living life on the edge, these new styles are a way to express yours.