Quick Fit Tailor

Joseph is pleasant, efficient n attentive.
I bought a dress online and we all hope n pray that it will fit, but unfortunately the dress was too big, and I also had a couple items I’ve accumulate over time that needed to be fixed or alerted. I told Joseph my number one priority, which was the dress and he gave me next day pick up. I told him not to worry about the other items and that he can call me when it was ready to be picked up.
I returned the next day to pick up my dress and I was pleasantly surprised at all my items were ready to be picked up! Joseph goes above and beyond to make you happy. I am thankful I was able to find this establishment. Thank you, Joseph!

I can only comment on the service I’ve received having had a half-​dozen shirts taken in at the side-​seams and arms.
Joseph’s work, prices and ability to deliver on schedule are all solid. Can’t ask more than that.
If you go in expecting much conversation and American-​style customer service, you’ll probably be disappointed; you walk in, Joseph directs you to the changing-​room, you come out and get marked/​pinned, change back, then get your ticket. That happens to be exactly what I prefer.

One man Rambo!
I’ve had tailoring done all over the place — from chains like banana or nordstrom to mom and pop cleaners and everything else in and out of that. I’ve had lots of bad tailoring jobs too (uneven, loose seams, etc.).
This guy had been my go to guy for years now. Consistent, hard-​working, diligent, funny, and offers good suggestions. Prices are reasonable for what you get.

Joseph is the best tailor! He really knows what he is doing and never makes mistakes. He can fix anything and everything! My boyfriend has been bringing his pants here for 5 years and there has never been a complain! I highly recommend this place!

Quick tips!
1. This is a very small and unassuming store with not a large store front. There is a small waiting area!
2. Mr. Tran works very quickly, if you need some shirts or something or another taken in, he can sometimes do same day alterations.
3. If you arrive while he’s with another customer, you will probably have to wait til he’s finished.
Mr. Tran has been working in tailoring for a few decades. He started out in Los Angeles and eventually moved his business to Arcadia. I was in a rush to get my suit altered in time for a big dinner event. I asked him how long it would take to alter a pair of pants and he told me it would be ready in two days. I arrived on the day of my pickup and was able to observe his interaction with another customer.
The other customer was a guy getting a bunch of shirts taken in. The guy tried on each shirt and made comments about the fit of each one of the shirts. Mr. Tran took note of each one and made quick modifications to suit the guy. Almost every shirt that he had altered was already perfect and fit the guy really well. What impressed me was that the guy wanted a tighter fit on one shirt and Mr. Tran expertly took about ten minutes to fix it and it looked great on the guy.
As for myself, my pants were tailored expertly and they looked great. The fit was perfect and the height that he suggested with my shoes was great. It is clear that his experience is shown in his work.
The price was reasonable at $ 10 for the suit pants. He also does dress alteration. I am pretty sure he will be replacing our old tailors as I am planning to take most of my shirts to him to fit them properly!

Small tailor shop down 1^st in the streets of Arcadia and I would have to say Joseph is the man. Brought down a new suit that needed some work and he personally took care of me and my tailor needs flawlessly. Joseph was very straightforward and honest without wasting a moment of your time. He provides excellent suggestions on what style/​alterations you’re looking for and gets right down to it! I was a bit worried that I brought it in a bit late because I needed it two days later but without hesitation he guaranteed me that it will be ready and waiting for my pick-​up. Overall, very fair prices and Joseph did an outstanding job with my new suit. 5 stars!!! Thanks Jo you the man!

My wife and I have been coming to this shop for 7 or so years. Great work, fair prices. Joseph is always friendly and professional.

It’s kind of a shame that if you Unilocal «Tailor,» this shop doesn’t show up.
I have been coming here for years and have taken suits, working pants, higher end jeans and work shirts here. I have been here approximately 8 – 10 times throughout the years and I keep going back because Mr. Tran’s work has always been good and it’s so much cheaper than going to Nordstrom or something.
If you are looking for a good mom and pop shop that does good work, I would give this place a shot. If it’s too far from you and you live closer to San Gabriel/​Temple City, Formosa Cleaners does good work from my experience.
Now, if you’re still reading, I’d like to take the rest of this review to address the obnoxious and ‘nose in the air’ review that Puccini wrote. I would encourage you guys to read her review but ask these questions:
1. Did she actually have anything done, or was it just a big venting session?
Answer: It doesn’t seem like they did, from what I can tell. It was just complaining that the shop wasn’t fancy enough.
2. Why did she list prices of her things? Why does it even matter how much your stuff cost?
If the answer is that she was trying to say Mr. Tran hasn’t dealt with high end stuff, 2 of my shirts Mr. Tran worked on costs more than what Puccini has listed. So he has. Since Puccini’s review is oozing with phoniness, my suspicion is Puccini just wants to be a snob.
3. Since she attacked other Unilocalers as not knowing what they are talking about, and asking them to check other Unilocalers reviews of the type of places they visit and review, basically accusing people of being low brow based on the places they visit, I encourage you to check hers.
Look at her ratings. She more or less is a troll using one star reviews to bash businesses if it wasn’t perfect. Yes a «lifestyle emerges» from reading a person’s other reviews, and hers seems to be a 1 star troll.
At the time of writing, she has 11 out of 23 reviews that have received 1 star. This means that about half of all of her reviews are 1 star. Wow, she must be the unluckiest person in the world getting that much bad service all over the place!
4. Why does it even matter what kind of clothes is in his shop? She takes a dig at the clothing of other people in his shop, using it as a basis to say it’s not good enough for her (describing it as ‘low-​end, dime store clothing). So what? Do you have to wear those clothes? I’m not sure if you know this, but you are in the suburbs of the San Gabriel Valley. If you don’t want to support small mom and pop shops, don’t. But please check your snobby bs at the door; control some expectations. If everything you are so desperately trying to convey about your financial status in your review is true, and you think these honest mom and pop shops arn’t shiny enough for you, why don’t you go elsewhere?
I remind you, she hasn’t actually had anything done there. How can she spout out a review like that, being so adamant that this isn’t a good business? If your grip is with the french couture label another Unilocaler used, why don’t you keep your criticisms to that, instead of taking unnecessary shots at the business, the owner and other patrons of the business. It’s true, Mr. Tran is an older guy who may be rougher around the edges, but the work is good, the prices are fair, and unlike Puccini, the shop isn’t trying to pretend to be something it’s not.

Was recommended to come here from a few people.
Street parking. Service is quick and to the point. Get in and get out.
I wanted them to tailor my 42 suit to fit as a slim 40. They took all my measurements and said it would be ready in a week.
I was skeptical because the total cost was $ 100 to tailor but it was my favorite suit that I only got to wear once before it did not fit anymore. But I was very happy when I picked it up. It fit perfectly to my body like a custom made suit.
I was a very satisfied customer and would come back.

Had my suite fixed. Tried on my slacks and the slacks were still too long. Tranh claims it was because I pulled my slacks up when he measured it. Really??? Who does that? And the side of my slacks next to the front pockets were not taken in correctly, so it looks a bit baggy there. I thought maybe if I ironed it, it would fix the problem, Not! And the inside of my coat was not hemmed closed… so that’s two trips back.

He’s tailored my suit jackets, blue jeans, suits and dress slacks. I recommend him.
I’ve taken Jones of New York Suits, Seven for all Mankind jeans here. He did fine work on all the items I’ve taken in.

Came here after reading the stellar reviews. I was satisfied by the quality of the work, and I would definitely come back if I needed small touch ups.
PARKING: Street. Travel southbound on 1^st if you can because the shop is kind of hard to see.
SERVICE: I had a leather jacket (Fluxuss) and a skirt that needed some repair. The leather jacket has a huge rip in it (I got it from the $ 20 bin, otherwise it would have been around $ 500). He repaired the rip without an issue, and though the seams are visible, you wouldn’t be able to notice that it was a repair. The skirt was a simple zipper repair where the zipper had become detached from the fabric of the skirt.
I don’t think I would take pants or jeans here due to the other reviews, but simple alterations are great. Prices are reasonable ($ 13 for the jacket repair and $ 7 for the skirt). Bonus points for accepting credit cards!

Based on a prior review by Kahloy C, in which he mentioned that this is a «first class haute couture» tailor, I stopped by today with some high-​end items. Because my items are so expensive, I wanted to first stop by to meet the tailor, get a sense of the shop and its cleanliness, and most importantly get a read on the man himself. «Couture» tailors are neat, tidy people — always perfectly polite and unflappable; this attitude is usually reflected in the perfection of their seams.
I brought in 3 items: an Escada oversized bag (retail ~$ 1,200), a Moschino skirt (this is not the Cheap ‘N Chic diffusion line, but the actual Moschino, so retail about $ 600), and a TSE skirt ($ 200). The bag has some white leather edging that was showing wear, so I wanted the edge replaced. The tailor kept asking «what fabric is that?» about the bag, and when I told him it was leather he said he didn’t sew leather. Interesting, since couture clothing often have leather designs that high-​end tailors usually deal with, and he clearly has not had to «deal with» such items. Also interesting that he couldn’t tell that it was real leather — I can tell an expensive leather bag from a mile away.
On to the next item, the simple TSE skirt. It was a simple straight skirt with no lining. He quoted $ 12 to take in the sides, and $ 12 to shorten the hem. This is not cheap, given that the shop is very very modest (in both location and presentation); I have had the same price at most average tailors in Pasadena. For the Moschino skirt (a straight simple wool skirt with lining), he quoted $ 16 to take in the sides and $ 19 to shorten the skirt. Again, this is average market pricing for below-​average work.
I then asked him about the simple TSE skirt: would the alterations be noticeable? I already knew the correct answer: it should have been «absolutely not!» because it was the most simple of hems and even an average tailor would have no trouble promising virtually perfect work. Instead, Tran said, «It’s not going to be exactly the same! NO ONE can make it exactly the same!» Excuse me, but I’m pretty exacting about my clothes, and countless mid-​range tailors have shortened almost identical hems for my skirts with virtually NO sign of the alteration.
I didn’t say anything, but I must have looked shocked. Tran then said,“where is your tailor? Where is your regular tailor?” in a nasty tone. It’s none of your damn business, sir. Tran then said, «You should take it to your regular tailor!» as if I couldn’t possibly find someone who could make a perfect alteration.
Then, the best part: throughout our entire 5 – 10 minute conversation there is stuff falling out of his mouth; he was chewing nuts or something gross and white and it kept falling out of his mouth and I was pretending to not notice that he was spewing bits at me every so often. Then a piece fell out and hit my skirt! I jumped back and literally ran out of there.
Regarding the previous review that brought me in to the shop by reviewer Kahloy. I should have heeded the warning bells I heard when I read it, because usually someone who uses high-​end tailors has excellent grammar; when I look at their other reviews I can see that they visit high-​end establishments in LA, so a lifestyle emerges of that person. In this case, there was poor grammar in the review (it’s «advice,» not «advise,» buddy — now go edit your review!) and he seems to frequent low-​end (mostly Vietnamese) eating establishments. And to top it all off, based on Kahloy’s photo, he looks exactly like the tailor Tran. So much for the «objectivity» of Unilocal reviews.
I also noticed the kind of clothing that was being worked on in the shop. All low-​end, dime-​store clothing. Mr Tran is not a «Monsieur Tran» by any stretch of the imagination (i.e., a French couturier of any caliber), and his son should not be writing reviews for pop.

I was referred to Quick Fit Tailor by Macy’s where I bought my suits, so I thought this is a sure thing. I took two of my suits in for alterations. I needed to take in the waist and shoulders. Tran forgot a couple of items need to be done; I had to point them out him after I tried out the suits. There were some very visible wrinkles at the shoulder area. Tran had to redo some of the work. The way the job was done was not first rate as rated by some of the reviewer.

Came into this joint with mighty high expectations. Left feeling undeniably defiled.
This dude is a swindler. Straight up ice cold swindler. He’d steal the blanket off your cold and dyin mama if you turned around to warm up the kettle!
I’m too tired to write a detailed narrative on how this seemingly kindly old asian grampa bruv scammed me out of 20 bucks but the bottom line is that I asked to get my new work pants tapered and hemmed.
Isn’t a simple taper and hem the easiest thing for tailors? I mean isn’t that shit Tailoring 101? Don’t they teach that to you the first day you step into tailoring school? This guy must have thought to himself «Damn, I already know how to make pants shorter, I should skip the first day of class to go home and play some Doom 94» or whatever jawn was poppin back when he was a youngin.
I tell the man, I want a hem with no break. Easy as that. Instead du says, «hey man, let me give you a little break». I’m like nah I don’t really want a little break. He says «hey man it’ll look more professional.» I say alright whatever worst case is I can cuff em once and I’d have no break. I want that ankles blowin in the wind steeze ya smell me cuz?
Then I ask him to give my jump offs a taper. Keep in mind I already know the measurements I want. Hemmed to 30 inches, tapered to 7.25 inches. But du doesn’t ask me for numbers. He must’ve mistooken me for some clueless serf. So he just does it old school tells me to put my jawns on and he’s touchin me and whatever. I figure, maybe his way is better he is a tailor and all with 4.5 stars on Unilocal (with like 8 reviews too my oh my).
So he just does some random ass chalk shit and asks me to bend my knees to see how well I can move in them. Alright, this guy is the master, I let him guide me.
Quotes me 20 bucks, I figure okay whatever. Come back a week later and du is just sitting there tailorin in his musty little shop. The place smells like OD old spice. I don’t know how he stands it.
He hands me my pants, asks me for 20 and that’s it. Doesn’t ask me to try the joints on. Doesn’t thank me. That’s it. I’m like «real dawg?» BUT THE KICKER IS: I AM A SPINELESS ASIAN AND I DON’T SAY ANYTHING. I JUST KEEP MY CONFUSION AND ANGER TO MYSELF. THAT’S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO B’s YOU GOTTA STICK UP FOR YASELF.
So I just walk out like like stone cold steve austin. Smoke a doobie on the street, throw the cigarette butt on his porch and ride away into the sunset on my harley. Get back to my crib, check the goods and realize that:
A) THIS DU DIDN’T EVEN TAPER MY PANTS, THEY STILL 8 INCH LEG OPENING. I MEASURE MY SHIT BEFORE I GO TO THE TAILORS AND I KNOW THE MEASUREMENTS.
B) BARELY EVEN HEMMED IT. I DON’T HAVE «LITTLE BREAK». I need to cuff my pants THREE TIMES to get them barely up past my ankles.
So I basically paid 20 bucks for a 1.5 inch hem.
Wholly dissatisfied. Du won’t even pick up tha phone. Grade A clown. Stay away from this joke of an establishment.

Mr. Tran is awesome. Funny guy and will honestly tell you what he can and cannot do.
I’ve dropped off shirts/​pants and suits and have been completely satisfied each time.

I would recommend this tailor to anyone that needs to get their clothes hemmed!
I took a pretty expensive suit that my Dad used to wear to have the sleeves shortened a tad. The cost was very reasonable and he was able to get it back to me in time for a wedding that I was invited to. He has done some of my other blazers as well. All primo jobs!

Monsieur Tran is one of the few first class haute couture left. Today I almost went crazy when I couldn’t find his shop; the building was demolished and he had moved. Luckily and thanks to the power of Unilocal,I found his new location.
This man knows his craft very well, gives sound advise, and does outstanding work. He has never ruined any of my suits and has me looking sharp every time.
He can custom tailor suits, dresses, shirts, etc. Take your old baggy jeans and he’ll make them skinny for you.
First impressions last, make sure you always look good in a suit and go see Monsieur Tran.

I’ve used Joseph for my tailoring over many times at this point. Over time, my opinion of his work has basically gotten better and better with each visit, to the point of revising my old review from 4 to 5 stars.
— His prices are very reasonable/​competitive. Also, for the amount of value you potentially get from rescuing clothes out of the grave with good workmanship, it’s even more worth it.
— He is professional and communicative. This is really important to me.
— He takes credit card.
— He has decent store hours.
I’d say my only complaint is the excessive old spice smell in his store.
Tip: If you’re driving from the southwest, like me (e.g. from San Gabriel /​Alhambra /​etc.), take Huntington/​Campus instead of Duarte. It’s significantly faster.

Good quick and friendly service! Also open on Saturdays which is very convenient especially when dealing with a 9 – 5 M-​F schedule.