Expert Alterations and Tuxedo

I brought in a blue full sequenced dress that needed a little bit of hemming. I was a bit worried about how it would look but when I got it back, it was perfect! He measured me fast and the dress was done in a few days– it was done way ahead of his done date which i was happy about. The price was reasonable too, so much cheaper than what other tailors were charging me.

I bought a brand new armored mesh motorcycle jacket and wanted to have some Harley Davidson patches sewn onto the back of it. I asked my wife about it and she said that, because of the mesh pocket in the liner (where the back armor goes), the entire liner might have to be removed from the jacket before any sewing could take place. She said there was no way she was taking this task on.
I looked online for several alteration shops and then narrowed my search by reading the reviews of each shop. Expert Alterations and Tuxedos had far more positive reviews out of all of the shops. So I took my jacket and the patches up to Expert Alterations and Tuxedos and talked with Noor about doing the work.
I explained the situation to Noor and showed him on the jacket exactly what I was talking about. He took the time to fully understand just what I was telling and showing him. He then documented the instructions on paper and gave me a (very fair) price and a date to pick up my jacket.
When I went up to the shop today to pick up my jacket, I was thrilled with the professional work that Noor did for me! The jacket looked amazing! He had to unstitch most of the jacket to carefully remove the entire liner from the shell of the jacket so that he could sew the patches on. Then he meticulously spaced and placed the patches on the back so that they looked even and correct in alignment. Then, somehow, he sewed the patches on (I don’t even pretend to know how you see fabric patches on a mesh jacket to begin with) even though the jacket would not have necessarily fit on a sewing machine. Once the patches were sewn in place, Noor had to re-​assemble the jacket and the liner and sew them back together. I couldn’t tell that the jacket had ever been
altered at all, that is how professional Noor’s work is! The seams and the placement of the patches was absolutely perfect.
The above picture shows the perfect placement of the patches, but I cannot relate to you all the meticulous effort he put forth in completely removing and then reassembling the entire lining of the jacket. He might as well have sewn the jacket himself from scratch!
Not only will I use Noor and Expert Alterations and Tuxedos for any tailoring, alteration, or tuxedo needs that I have in the future. I will also recommend him to any and all of my friends and family! Do yourself a favor and skip all of the searching and reading of reviews to find a shop and just go see Noor at Expert Alterations and Tuxedos! You will not be disappointed!

Update: The owner called me during my son’s wedding rehearsal, knowing well when the I would be in the midst of these important events. Because I reported him to the BBB, he called to tell me how wrong I was. As I recounted the incidents and reality of his work, he denied, denied, denied anything. I told him that I was at my son’s wedding rehearsal and cannot argue what he remembers. He continued to tell me how I was wrong; and he did not having the decency to wait a couple of days. I asked him to call me in September, but I have not heard a word.
I need to mention that my reviews are not emotional. I am a solid Christian and sincerely mean no harm to anyone. Including Noor. However, he needs to stop lying to everyone and saying he is so stupendous! It appears he is all about pride and money which is unfortunate for a so-​so tailor.

Multiple sources recommended this Lamp and Lantern establishment and we were not disappointed. Noor is an established and talented tailor. He is polite and professional during each visit, will not accept payment until the work is completed, and always asks to make sure we’re happy before we leave the shop. He is prompt and willing to work on a shortened timetable when asked to do so. My husband has had several suits tailored at Expert Alterations and most recently, I had him do an evening gown for me. He is our go-​to tailor now. We have never been disappointed but if ever are, I’m confident Noor would make it right.

Not happy at all!!! Took in my 7 jeans to get shortened and when I tried it on it was uneven. He tried to tell me that with jeans, the back will always be longer than the front, Really!!! Paid $ 24 for the alterations and got back uneven hems. I’m a very unhappy customer and I can assure you this place will NEVER get my business or referral again.

Expert indeed! I needed a dress altered in every which way. And in a hurry. Not only was he able to complete it within a few days but it was like a custom fit dress. It fit like a glove. It’s my dress dress to this day. He did a beautiful job and was so pleasant to work with. I would trust him with anything that I needed. Very pleased.

I live in Chicago, bought my wedding dress in New York City, and decided to have it tailored in St. Louis where my parents live.
I trusted online reviews to pick this tailor for my wedding dress and I could not have been happier with my experience!
Noor, the owner and tailor, was friendly and listened to exactly what I wanted. He was honest and let me know that due to the ruffles adorning the skirt of my dress, he would not be able to hem it as it would leave the ruffles unfinished and they may unravel.
We tried a couple types of bustles, but it wasn’t what I had pictured. Poor Noor endured me crying in my dress in the middle of his store!
We finally came up with the idea to tuck the bottom of the dress underneath itself and sew it under as a solution to «hemming» it. Now by this point it was a Saturday and I didn’t live in town, plus my wedding was just a couple weeks away.
Noor went above and beyond, and then some. We stayed late Saturday by 4 hours, and opened on Sunday (which he says he has NEVER done) to make sure I could try it on and be comfortable knowing it was exactly how I wanted it. And it was perfect!
To top it all off, he didn’t charge me extra for the time and opening on a Sunday. WOW!
I would not hesitate to come back for any and all services in the future. I may even wait to get things hemmed and tailored until I know I will be in St. Louis again next!
Thank you Noor, you saved and perfected one of the biggest aspects of my wedding– my dress!

I brought in a much too long layered dress with a very complicated hemline, and it looks perfect! Extremely great and friendly service!

I never had any of my clothes tailored my whole life. I figured you buy clothes to fit but sometimes you need to tailor certain clothes, especially suits and dress pants. I didn’t know much about tailoring and alterations but luckily I had a good friend recommend this place.
It is tucked in a corner of cozy Town and Country, Lamp and Lantern Village. It might be a little hard to find but like Easter eggs hiding, they are a joy when you do find them. That would be my metaphor for Expert Alterations and Tuxedo.
The pricing for altering was fair, the work and stitch are perfect, almost like I bought my clothes from the place. The owner is delightful and funny and knows what he is doing with decades of experience on his belt. No pun intended. You can choose how fast you need your alterations and don’t have to pay if the work does not meet your liking.
I recommend this place to anyone trying to alter a suit or jacket. Hands down money worth the work.
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I got married last year, but haven’t had time to write a review till now. Noor, the owner, is amazingly understanding, kind, and talented!
I don’t live in St. Louis and so hadn’t been able to try on my wedding dress, which was in St. Louis with my parents, until the week before the wedding (when I arrived in St. Louis). I had tried it on a year before, but I had apparently lost a bit of weight since then so needed to get it tailored.
In a panic, I called a number of tailors around St. Louis to see if they would be able to get it to me by my wedding the next week. Some places with a large number of positive reviews were downright rude when saying no. My sister and mother were having their dresses altered at Expert Alterations and said I should bring my dress there because Noor said he would help.
My dress was really complicated with lots of detailing (and really heavy!) so it would be hard and labor intensive, but he would do it by the next week for me. He suggested that I add a bustle to the wedding gown since it had a realllllly long and heavy train. I am so glad he did! My wedding would have been a disaster if I had been dragging my dress all over and tripping people in the process. Even with the bustle, my dress was hard to maneuver around. He also suggested getting a second dress to dance in, which was another really good suggestion as it turns out. I hadn’t gotten one yet two days before the wedding (I didn’t know that I was supposed to), but Noor said he would be willing to rush it for me if I went shopping and brought it in for him. He is a super sweet man. =)
This year, my sister had a wedding dress disaster and Noor saved the day AGAIN! I love Expert Alterations and cannot sing enough praises for them.

I can’t say enough good things about Expert Alternations. Noor literally SAVED my wedding gown a week before my wedding!
The salon I bought my gown from had a «seamstress» (butcher) they prefer to use on site so I went along and let her do it even though we knew and preferred Noor at Expert Alterations because he did my sister’s gown and mom’s dress last year.
I went to pick the gown up (flew in from Chicago for final fitting and pickup) as scheduled. When I arrived saw that all the pins for the hemming and bustle were still in it from the fitting… nothing sewn!!! The only exception was that she did let the top out, BUT it was all wrong!!! The left bodice was razored and gaped open and pointed, the right was at least two sizes too big, droopy, and a completely different shape!!! With doubts, my mom and I asked her what time to pick it up the next day because we needed to drive back to Chicago in time to pick my sister up from the airport at 8pm. Cecila (Heavenly Stitches) tried to play it off as we never mentioned that we need to pick it up on date previous agreed, but that my mom would come all the way back to St. Louis days before the wedding just to pick up the gown and without a final fitting. She stated without any remorse that the quickest she can be at the shop the next day was by 4 pm. Finally she offered to meet the parking lot of Galleria to give me the dress at 8am and if the mall was open then we could go try it on one final time. This didn’t sit well with us but we agreed.
After we left the store nearly in tears, we decided to stop by Expert Alternations to see if Noor could help. We were afraid to get our hopes too high because he’s always so busy and there’s so little time to correct a large mess. He remembered us, agreed to fix it, and told us to bring him the gown! When we went back to the store to ask for the dress and a refund on the things she didn’t do, she refunded less than a quarter back because she claims we didn’t give her a chance to fix it for us. Honestly, after the job she’s done thus far… NO THANK YOU we don’t want to risk further damage!
We did a fitting session and Noor realized it was a lot more work than he anticipated. It was a large dress and he was very concerned about the shape dress was in. Shockingly, he said he’d have it done that night by 7:30pm! We threw in another surprise for him, the hemming my mom’s MOB dress that Cecila also didn’t do well. We knew our dresses were in great hands when we left, but we couldn’t help worrying about the amount of work needed to be done in such a short amount of time. We were just really relieved and a little surprised that he was willing to be so accommodating to our needs.
We went back to his shop at 8:30pm and both dresses were done and hung in the dressing room ready for us to try on!!! I tried it on and it was even more PERFECT than I had pictured! The bustle was perfect because he measured everything out to make sure it was all even. The bodice and sides were completely reworked/​structured inside-​out so it fit better than any dress that I’ve every worn. All the loose buttons were tightened without us requesting it. The hemming was beautifully done all around. I had my very first Cinderella moment and he was TRULY my fairytale Godmother. Did I mention he didn’t charge us extra for staying late and rushing?
He takes pride in his work and loves what he does. It really shows in all the pieces he’s done for us. I will forever travel from Chicago to get things done by Noor. My other sister has already decided to have him do the alternations for her gown when she gets it.

I took a pair of tuxedo pants there on tuesday and they were done less than 24 hrs later!!! The work was exceptional as well as the customer service. He did exactly what I wanted & for a reasonable price. I will DEFINITELY be back; it was worth the 30 min drive.