T & T Tailoring & Alternations

Coming from a background of men’s clothing for over 30 years, I am very seldom impressed with outside tailoring. I had a small hole in a pair of my favorite motorcycle riding pants and I was ready to give them away. My wife suggested that we take them to a tailor and see if they could be saved. Since we go to sprouts once a week for food, I looked in their center. T & T is right in the corner of the center with lots of parking. Upon entering the shop, we were greeted by Theresa. She was sincerely pleased that we were there. Some businesses make you feel like you are interrupting them! She looked the pant over and said she would have it ready in one week. No hurry on my part.
As promised the pant was ready on time. Most importantly the quality of the work was amazing! I could not find the spot where the hole was. She took a piece of the fabric from inside the leg and it matched perfectly!
Coming from a big city like Los Angeles, I had a idea of what she would charge. Her fee was 75% less than the big cities!
If you want quality work and extremely fair pricing look no further! You will not be dissatisfied.

Quick and good prices. They are a go-​to for my tailoring.

I was looking for a tailor and found high reviews for T&T. For $ 23.54 they were able to repair 4 shirts that I can now wear again that I spent over $ 200.00 on. The work was better than I could have imagined specially because I ripped the elbows on all the work shirts. Even though it’s not perfect I feel they did the best work they could do as the elbows were trashed. On the major plus side I can use the shirts again instead of throwing them in the trash! I will be back next time I rip another shirt. Also the front desk lady was very nice and professional and had the shirts completed exactly when she said she would!

The work was good, but $ 50 for some patches and to hem some pants was a little pricey.

I have only ever dealt with one of the seamstresses and the work has always been excellent. She is able to get the item to me when she promises and if I have any concerns (like color of thread) she works well with me. I have had zippers replaced, holes sewn up, and items hemmed a well as altered. The work has always been excellent, Her stitching is so fine, that it looks better than anything a sewing machine could do. I highly recommend T&T Tailoring and Alterations (the name is wrong on this Unilocal page, but they are referring to the same store).

About to bring in two shirts for alterations. Depending on whether or not they are completed on time, I will post a more detailed review letting others know whether there seems to be a pattern.

I dropped of two pair of pants but one pair one week and another pair another week. In both cases, the lady told me they’d be ready on Thursday, «anytime». In both cases they weren’t ready and I had to wait… granted I only had to wait 5 minutes each time but come on!
The pants were the exact same pants and I was told it’d be $ 7 for each. The first pair was $ 7. The second pair was $ 8. When I told the same lady this, she said, «No. It was $ 8». Just to get out of there, I paid the extra $ 1.
However, the work was done good.

Regrettably my experience with this place has not been as good as others.
Our first experience was my husbands work uniforms. He was happy with her work. The second experience was also an item of my husbands. He wanted parts of it fixed and parts reinforced. She didn’t do the reinforcing. When I questioned her she only kept repeating «it didn’t need to be done». It didn’t seem to matter that he wanted it done and they had agreed upon her doing it.
Recently I needed a dress altered. So I figured I try her again. She stated that she’d be adding about 2 inches of elastic to the back line. 1 inch near each shoulder. She was late getting it to me (the day of the event) and when I picked it up the entire back line of the dress was elastic. From shoulder to shoulder. It looked like a high school home ec class project. I just made the most of it because I had to wear it that night. But I won’t go back again.

I came in, was greeted immediately, and showed her what I needed. I needed one pair of pants to be hemmed, and one pair of pants to be made into shorts. I didn’t need them to be rushed, I figure if I haven’t used them recently then waiting another week wouldn’t kill me. My experience was overall pleasant, with the exception of the woman in front of me who needed to be somewhere in 12 minutes (she let us know she was in a hurry), and was impatiently waiting while her order was being found. My pants were completed when promised, and checkout was a breeze. I will definitely be coming back.

In love with this place. I’m a drag queen performer and I was in need of a dress to be altered at the very last minute and the lady that attended me was super polite and very professional. My dress was ready the very next day. She really got me out of a tight spot. And the price was reasonable according to the very short time that was given. I’ll definitely be coming back in the future to get my dresses for drag altered.

They did a wonderful job on my pants and wife’s dress they were fixed on time and very reasonably priced. The thing I liked the most was how I was greeted. A warm smile and friendly attitude and atmosphere.

5 stars for the tailoring skill (i need hemming + waists taken in on all my pants/​skirts), but 1 star for having clothes ready for pickup when promised. to be safe, i usually go a couple days after the day written on my tag. when i do pick up my clothes, inevitably there’s a customer who’s frustrated + confused because their clothes are not ready on the date promised. don’t try asking for a discount because the clothes are late either, because she’ll just say no. best bet is to assume (+ plan) to pick them up later than promised. because it’s so hard to find a good tailor, i will keep coming here, but the customer service is not amazing.

T&T did an amazing job on alterations to my wife’s wedding dress. I took her dress to them because they graciously measured me for my suit free of charge. It was a great decision. They did a GREAT job listening to what she wanted, completing the work on time and at a VERY reasonable price. Kudos!

Excellent customer service, highley recommend.

T & T is the best place I’ve found for tailoring in town. I’ve used other places and this place is friendly, on time and does quality work. They know what they are doing here and prices are fair, if not cheap. It’s small but conveniently located.

Being vertically challenged, I’ve had to seek out seamstresses my entire life.
Back in Michigan, I had the fortune of working with two different fashion designers (not high fashion) both who did tailoring on the side and with two very adept seamstresses, so I have worked with people who know how to design and construct clothes, and make them fit proportionally to the individual’s size and shape. I would have stayed with each one of them, but I moved away from the city of the first. Then second one retired. The third one moved away from Michigan, and then I moved here saying good-​bye to the fourth.
Since moving to Albuquerque, I’ve worked with Theresa a few times. She’s shortened new pants that were too long. She’s fixed clothes I’ve loved which were falling a part thus preventing them from having to go to Goodwill prematurely.
I bought a long formal dress I adored, but it was way too big, and she fitted it to my smaller frame, and it fits really well now and hasn’t lost its original charm or sense of proportion.
She definitely knows what she’s doing. And she’s always had my clothes ready when she said she would have them. But I haven’t asked her to do rush orders, and I hope I never have to, and continue to plan ahead of time.
Also, I haven’t had the opportunity to ask her if she could design something for me, but I bet she would do well with such a project.
I had no idea she other people working for her, though see from other reviews that she had hired others to help her. The last time I worked with her was about six months ago. Regarding that one negative review, I’m guessing she may have gotten overwhelmed more than she was used to, and was working all by herself. It sounds like she’s remedied the problem.
I highly recommend working with Theresa if you need quality tailoring.

In my opinion good tailoring is closer to art than it is to trade. A tailor that takes pride in their craft can transform a $ 50.00 business shirt into looking like a $ 300.00 custom-​made shirt… and make you feel like a million bucks to boot.
On the other hand, a tailor without the same skill, can quickly turn an opportunistic venture into one of wasteful regret.
I have been going to T&T Tailoring for over a year now. In that time, I have been able to transform many mass produced, ill fitting clothes into custom form fitting and up-​to-​date, trendy pieces of clothing.
Because I have witnessed great tailoring at work over the past year, I have decided to take more expensive pieces of clothing, including my suits, to T&T Tailoring for tweaks. As of yet, I have not been disappointed with the work performed.
However, I will say (as some of the reviewers have stated) that on one or two occasions, my items have not been ready on the date agreed upon. This has been remedied by calling ahead a day or two prior to my pick up date. I don’t know the intricacies of a tailoring business, but I could only assume that it’s not as easy as one might think. A little leniency can be justified in my book.
Bottom line: T&T Tailoring does an excellent job with the service they are providing to the public — tailoring and alternations. If you understand this, you will be happy with the finished product. Plus, you just might end up looking (or, at least, feeling) like a million bucks!

Hands down one of the best businesses I have ever come across. I needed some karate pants shortened, and had two pairs done within two hours for $ 9 each. The woman who works here is about as nice as a person can be.
She even asked if I wanted the beefy karate hem. which is actually about 7 separate hems on each leg, no additional charge.
She also completely replaced a zipper on a pair of my wifes pants for less than $ 10.
All of the stitching and measuring was absolutely perfect, and like I said, done within a few hours at no additional charge.
I am looking forward to having more alterations done here!

Updated comments:
Since my first Unilocal entry, I used T & T Tailoring for pants, shirts, sport coats, vests and overall, I found Tuyen (spelling?), the owner, to be a great tailor. Not sure about her skills with suits because I haven’t taken any to her, but sport coats were tailored well. Her pricing was reasonable and she will do just what you instruct her to do, which I think is essential.
Many people expect tailors to know their style, but this can result in unhappy results. Sure, good tailors can keep you from doing something that will damage the clothes or that will look horrible. However, short of those extremes, you must know your own wants and then communicate them clearly (bring pictures of what you like!). That’s my opinion. Men can’t really buy designs driven by good fit in Abq. (think brands on Mr.
, J. Crew Liquor Store, Varvatos, Armani, etc.), plus, I am kind of slim and most clothes here are huge in girth, so I buy what I can, and get everything tailored to a custom fit.
At any rate, I was happy with tailoring, especially pants — not hemming either — pant leg and seat slimming, really a rebuild of two new pairs of Brooks Brothers slacks. The cut was too stodgy and I had her slim them down for a more modern look and she did a great job. My other pieces didn’t require such «technical’ alterations, but all of the work was pretty good and when it wasn’t, she did adjustments no charge. I’m not saying T & T is perfect, but among tailors in this town, she does excellent work.
Note on timeliness: I noticed one comment that was pretty harsh, mainly due to a delay in getting some suits tailored. It was harsh because, although I empathized with the comment, the individual apparently wrote it before the suits were finished, and never followed up regarding the quality of work. In the past, Tuyen did all the work herself, both fittings and the taiiloring, often with her kids there (impressive really!). Like others, I too experienced delays and it could be dissapointing. However, once she did rush some clothes I needed for a trip, and got them done in a few days. Since then though, she hired some seamstresses and has really improved her turnaround time. Last month, she took in the sides of a few Lacoste polo shirts. Stores in Abq don’t sell these (I got them in Barcelona, but you can buy them larger towns like Denver too), so I didn’t want them destroyed. Based on past work, I wasn’t too worried, and was pleased to find that they were ready to go when I came to pick them up, and they fit like they were made for me.