S H Tailor

They did an excellent job altering a recital dress! Great time frame, affordable pricing, good customer service. I’ll be back!

Thanh was very professional and very patience. She designed a beautiful dress from a picture my daughter brought with her to appointment. My daughter was a Débutante and wanted a dress that fit her 5’11 frame. Thanh design the dress just as the picture she was shown and my daughter was extremely happy. She was so kind and so accommodating to our needs for my daughter’s special night. Thanks for your perfection and caring attitude, I would highly recommend her.

I’ve been coming here for years, and I’ve brought every type of clothing and material under the sun. Thanh is great, and also very fast.

Thanh is pretty awesome and she’s looking out for your best interest. I took a jacket in to take in the shoulders ($ 45 – 80) at other places and she said that it was unnecessary and charged me $ 25 to bring the jacket in from the back. It took care of the problem and she has also worked on my pants and a winter coat. Overall, I’ve had no issues and her work is fantastic. A big plus is that she accepts credit cards!

I just had my wedding dress altered here. I had a lot of headache and stress dealing with this store for the 2 months that they had my dress.
I do have to state that the final end product was ok. It was definitely not what I wanted but I was still able to wear it on my wedding day and look decent. But what bride wants to just look decent on their wedding day? The problem was mainly with the whole process of the alterations. And I believe the owner does not do any or most of the actual alterations/​sewing. I saw a lot of workers in the back working on dresses.
The problems I had with the owner were with communication, pricing, and the mistakes she and/​or her staff made to my dress.
Mistakes: When I came in for my second fitting, my dress had a 2.5″ oval tear in the skirt and also a dirty stain! These were definitely not there before so I’m sure either the owner or her staff did that to my dress. I asked her if she could fix these things and she said yes. I am not one to be confrontational otherwise I would have made a bigger deal about it at the time. Anyway, my next fitting with her would be 2 weeks later, and during these 2 weeks I was very upset and nervous about the outcome of my dress. I wasn’t sure how she could fix the tear because it was in a very visible spot in the front left of the skirt area close to mid section. My dress was pretty simple/​flowy and made of silk organza, so it did not have any beading or fluff to cover the tear. When I came back in 2 weeks, she had gotten rid of the stain and it looked like she «fixed» the tear by taking off alot of material from the skirt where the tear was located and then resewing the cut areas together. And it looked like she had to do it to the other side of the dress as well to make it look even. So the end result was that there was a lot less fabric on the skirt of my dress and it did not have the «poofy» feel and look that it had before. AND there were 2 seams now in the front where there wasn’t before. So technically she did «fix» the tear, but by fixing it, she made the dress look totally different than the original. She also cut my train a lot shorter than I wanted. Her excuse for the loss of all that fabric was so that it would make me look skinnier. It seemed to me that she had a lot of excuses to cover up her mistakes.
Also, at one of the fittings, she made the top of my dress extremely tight and it required 2 people to zip me up, and so when I tried it on, I had so much frontal and back fat hanging out… it was very unappealing to say the least. I asked her if it was too tight, and she said no, and that it made me look skinnier. I believe she just didn’t want to make anymore work for herself to have to adjust it. I ended up having to lose 6 pounds to have less fat hanging out.(Note: I was 5’6″ and 143 lb.)
Pricing: When I first brought my dress to her to get an estimate on alterations she told me $ 300. I did go to another bridal alterations place who gave me an estimate for $ 250. I ultimately ended up going with SH Tailor because her store was a pretty good size and neat, she sold me on how good she was, and she had lots of photos of girls in their pageant and dance dresses. I also figured a $ 50 difference would not be that much. However, when I came back a month later she told me it would be $ 350! At this point I did not have much of a choice to go back to the other alterations place because it was already about 2 months til my wedding and I just wanted it to get done.
Communication: At my first fitting she told me to buy a bra and a cup so she could sew it into the dress. I brought the bra and cups to her and asked her if she can do it so that I can still save the bra after my wedding (since it was kind of a pricey bra). When I came back for my second fitting, I was surprised to see that she just attached the bra to the inside of the dress instead of sewing it INTO the dress. She told me she did it this way so I could still save the bra afterwards. However, when I tried it on, I could see the bra when I looked down and I did not want the bra to show in photos or for people to see the bra when I bend over. So, I told her to just sew the bra into the dress because I wanted the bra to be hidden and I didn’t care if she had to cut the bra to do it. When I came back for the 3^rd fitting, SURPRISE! She did not sew the bra into the dress like I had asked. Her reasoning was she wanted to save the bra for me and she could just adjust the seams a little bit to hide the bra. I only wish she could have called me to tell me these things beforehand instead of me being shocked each time I came in for a fitting.
Again, the end result was wearable, but definitely not what I imagined it to be. I’m not sure if I was just unlucky or if she does this to a lot of wedding dresses. Either way, I would not bring any more clothes here.

Thanh has been my tailor for over 10 years and I wouldn’t consider going anywhere else! (I’ve been traveling from Cypress to her shop in Bellaire for almost that long!) Whether its letting out a hem, altering pants or a suit to give it a custom fit or handing her a picture of an outfit and material for her to duplicate (without a pattern, I might add), she can do an amazingly professional job on anything I’ve given her! In addition, if I need something altered within a certain time frame, she always has it ready for me. I’ve referred her to family and friends alike, and never heard anything but compliments about her work. She loves what she does and has a true gift!

Tam is the best! I used her for my wedding dress and for all thing that need adjustments. She is so wonderful and treats her customers like family!

Thahn knows her stuff! She is one of the best tailors I have ever hired. She has the ability to visualize the perfect fit and knows exactly where the garment should be altered to make any outfit look custom made. If you need her to add embellishments or other designs, she can take your concept to the next level.

This lady is a delight, diligent, honest, quick and her work is first class. Been using them for years and never once been dissatisfied or had a problem. If anything isn’t perfect, it gets redone, no questions asked and no extra charge.

I’m so surprised she doesn’t have any reviews yet! My sister-​in-​law came here to get her wedding dress altered and so when it came time for me to get my wedding dress altered I decided to try SH tailor.
Thanh, the owner is the sweetest woman ever! She turned my ball gown wedding dress into an A-​line dress for my destination wedding. I had about 4 fittings, she first adjusted the top of my dress to make it tighter, then worked on the million layers of tulle, then the hem and lastly, the bustle. I know my dress was a pain to work on but never once did she comment on it. She does a ton of alterations on pageant dresses, prom dresses, wedding dresses, and I’ve seen a few men come in to get their suits altered too. I would definitely recommend her. I just wish she was closer to me because she’s in the Bellaire area and I live in Missouri City. But, she’s open until 6 during the week so I could always come by after work.
Oh and her pricing is super reasonable too!