Daniel’s Custom Tailoring

Daniel’s tailoring is my go to place for any occasion when I need alternations and custom work. From my engagement dress to my wedding dress, Daniel has been there for me! Daniel’s detailed-​eye, visionary ideas and unparalleled talent made my dresses fit me like a glove! My wedding dress was a lace, fit and flare, sleeveless dress that needed some slight alternations to fit my pear-​shaped body. Additionally I wanted a custom bolero to wear over the dress so I had sleeves as an option. Being able to have multiple favorite dress styles when investing so much money in a photo shoot and celebration was important to me. I found my own lace material in downtown LA and brought it in to see if Daniel could work some magic. I have to admit I was nervous — could my dream look really come true? Daniel always reassured me when I asked if my vision was feasible saying «no challenge is impossible.» The end result was a show-​stopping, jaw-​dropping product. I couldn’t be happier with my wedding dress and look and I owe it all to Daniel and his team. Thank you so much! Looking forward to my next project/​visit.

I was in a bind. An unexpected work trip came up and I needed my new suit tailored on short notice. Usually this would be a problem, but not with Daniel. His «anything is possible» saying/​attitude is absolutely true. He was able to taper my pants and jacket, hem my pants, and even make custom functioning button holes in 3 days. The finished product was spectacular. I’ve been jumping from tailor to tailor and can finally say I’ve found a tailor I will use on all of my clothes. Daniel’s attention to detail, knowledge of current trends, and years of experience show in his finished product. Thanks Daniel, you’ve earned a loyal customer.

I have known Daniel since I was little. He tailored all of my clothes… from school uniforms to prom dresses and everything else in between. One could not find a more skilled tailor who strives in perfecting every article of clothing. It was just recently I had brought him my maid of honor dress for my sister’s wedding only a few days before the wedding. If it wasn’t for him, I know my dress would have slipped down my bustline somewhere between the aisle and the dance floor. However, thanks to Daniel, that dress was going no where. It was as snug as it could be… and, best of all, he tailored it in such a way that it made me look skinner and bustier then I really am. It was perfection! Like I said, you will not find a better tailor as he will always make sure that everything lays beautifully and you love it as much as he loves doing what he does so well!

Daniel is amazing. I am a big guy with wide shoulders, a big belly and smaller waist and legs — nothing fits me right off the rack. I stumbled across Daniel 1 year ago, at that time he completely took apart 3 suits that I had (2 older and 1 brand new) and transformed them so that they fit me like a glove. He took the arms off, completely took apart the pants, etc. He has a deep understanding of tailoring and garment making and is a true artisan — proud of his work and unwilling to sacrifice quality.
Here’s what prompted me to leave a review, because I rarely do:
3 days ago I went to Daniel having just learned I needed to leave on a big important overseas business trip to Europe. Of course Daniel remembered me and asked what he could do to help me. Not wanting to go the route of buying something off the rack for $ 700‑1200 and then spend $ 500 tailoring it to make it right, I asked Daniel if it was possible to create 2 suits from nothing in 3 days. He immediately took me over the fabrics he had and we started to work. Daniel likes a challenge and worked around the clock (literally sleeping 3 hours a night) to make me two beautiful suits in time for my big trip. I picked up the suits as Daniel was sewing on the last button on my way out of town. The suits are incredible in fit, detail and quality. Like I said, I’m a big guy, but in these suits I look more slender and they really make a statement… Cannot even compare to buying a suit from a retail store off the rack. My only fear or hesitation with Daniel is that some day he may retire and I’d be faced with the impossible task of replacing him.

I went to Daniel’s to have my ill-​fitting Jenny Yoo bridesmaid dress completely redone because Daniel worked his magic on my sister’s BHLDN wedding dress that has insane beading on it. What he did for her dress was a work of art, and I knew my dress was going to be a piece of cake in comparison. Best of all — the pricing is more than fair for the quality, customer service and time he gives you.
My dress went from frumpy and ill-​fitting to looking like it was completely made for my body. I’m so happy with the work he did, and so grateful for the time he put into talking with me and working with me. He’s very, very good at explaining why he wants to do what he does, so you feel comfortable with the process and pricing.
To top it all off, he’s a kind man, and the one staff member I met was very sweet. I would recommend him to anyone, and my family will forever use him.

This shop has transformed my wardrobe! Daniel does great work whether you are closet shopping and want to update your clothes or getting something completely custom. Love it!

Worst experience with a tailor ever.
My husband dropped off a suit he bought somewhere else. It wasn’t what we wanted in the end so we wanted a return. I call 1 hour later and ask him to put aside the suit, that we will be requesting a return. He said that that was fine but he couldn’t process the return until Tuesday. Which I found odd. He was able to take money but unable to return it back to me an hour later. Also, in the phone call I asked him the reasoning for this, his response «My wife can do it. I’m busy. I don’t work for you.»
Impressive customer service.
I picked up the suit without hassle. 105 dollar charge for tailoring the helm and sleeves. Ridiculously overpriced, rude service, and he’s right. He will never work for me or anyone I know.
I’ll be calling soon to follow up with my return.
Awful.
Edit: So now he would like his daughter to do it. Tomorrow.
Incredibly unprofessional and ridiculous. DO NOT GO HERE.

Daniel was the 3^rd of 3 different opinions on altering my wedding dress. The first two wanted to take the length up and the straps in a bit and the prices seemed very high. By the time I met with Daniel, he had big plans for my dress. He ended up taking it in, in several areas the other two tailors didn’t even see necessary. I was a little nervous because my gown is beaded from the top to the bottom with really intricate designs. He did the alterations in two phases and in a very timely matter. From the time I dropped my dress off to the time I picked it up was less than 3 weeks! He said he could have it done earlier but I still had two months so I was ok on time. The best part was he didm way more work than the other tailors and it ended up being less than what they quoted me for! Daniel is very professional, does amazing work and has been a pleasure to work with. I would highly recommend him!

Super nice guy. Clean shop. Quick turn around. He tailored my dress for me. It fit so unbelievably well. I got so many compliments. I go to him for all my tailoring needs now. He’s the best :)

I found Daniel 6 years ago before he closed his shop. He was amazing to work with then as he is now. I brought my dress in for what I thought would be a hem job. It ended up being so much more than that. But when Daniel was thru with the dress, it fit PERFECTLY! It fit like it looked like it was made just for me. He was also able to get my dress fixed on short notice as I needed it done in a few weeks.
If you come in to see Daniel, know that you’ll be making a friend who will take care of you. He wants nothing more than for you to look amazing in your clothes.

Daniel does more than shorten or lengthen sleeves and pants, he alters my suits so that they have a custom fit. There is a difference in the way it feels and looks. Well worth the money.

Over 20 years I’ve trusted Daniel with making me look and feel better than I ought, a genuine craftsman without equal. You’ll never feel embarrassed when he’s done with you.
Shop first in your own closet.

Daniel’s Custom Tailoring is NOT closed! He moved to a new location (same #949−472−9374). This guy is awesome! I walked in cold during his new location’s opening week (about a month ago), and he has now done/​is now doing 7 of my suits, and 1 of my gf’s dresses. I thought I had a pretty good and inexpensive tailor, but Daniel clearly showed me how poorly tailored my «best» suits were & how much I was actually losing by not having the work done right. Look, the $$$ is important to me, but Daniel’s work is perfect and he will work with you until you agree. Has got me going back into my closet and reworking suits that were professionally tailored, and when he is done I wear these same suits back to work and my coworkers ask about & compliment my «new» suit. Daniel’s work is far superior to anything I have seen or worn.

That was the most spot on review I have ever read. I took my clothes to Daniel for a few years and got bought into his «I was trained in Milan etc.» The problem was he was totally stuck in the 80’s and an obvious of fan of «Dynasty». It took a lot of coaxing to convince him that Shoulder pads were not bueno and slim suits with one to two buttons are in, not three button. He tends to want to go baggy and boxy. After a few fittings he finally gets it right. Some other issues:
1. He is extremely expensive. I was often completely blown away by what my bill was at the end. I mean, $ 60 to get a shirt taken in and have darts put in?! There were numerous incidents like this.
2. He rarely get the work done on the day he promises you and tends to do this to lots of customers as I noticed. There were a few times i needed to have something done for an important business trip on the day he assigned only to find he hadn’t even started! Of course, he did a rush job that night which didn’t allow for a second fitting.
3. He makes you pay up front which is fine if he delivers on time which wasn’t the case.
4. As part I policy, he tells you that you can come back any time to adjust the work he did If you gain or lose weight etc. the few times I had to do that he was clearly annoyed.
4. His old location smelled like there was a dead animal in there. Not very clean or aesthetically pleasing to the senses. Looked like he hadnt updated the décor since Goonies came out in 82
Overall, while Daniel takes great pride in his work, he is just way too expensive for the services he provides. There are enough good tailors out there you can research which provide much more reasonable pricesn for the equivalent quality of work

I have been going for years, and have had many things altered from him including 4 suits which were about 500.00 each, he completely took them apart and restructured everything, they look great and he didn’t a really nice job. He does great work but charges way too much. So I have spent thousands with Daniel and will not spend anymore, he pissed me off!
I feel he is not fair and will take advantage of you when he can.

As the previous reviewer mentioned, Daniel is a really nice, and garment eccentric kind of guy. I don’t have experience with dress alterations, but I have had Ecko jackets, wife’s Burberry coat, dress shirts, and business coats altered by Daniel (mainly his wife working in back). Alterations are slightly slow so plan ahead. Many of these alterations were slightly more complex than simple alterations, but I haven’t had any issues for several years I have been using alterations by this shop. Take Daniel’s off key enthusiasm as really his way of making sure that the attire conforms to your body structure and style (mid tucked in, shoulder pads, etc). I feel bad for the previous reviewer, but the work done on my articles of clothing have stood up with this store’s professional work. If your dept store isn’t available to do your alteration and your needs are more complex than for the down-​the-​street-​dry-​cleaner-​tailor, go ahead and consider Daniel’s on your tailoring list.

Daniel is a nice guy and he seems like he really wants to help you, but he is pretty old school and set in his ways. I originally went in to have a dress altered, and he actually did an amazing job, despite my reservations when I walked in and saw all the weird 80s suits and dresses with giant shoulder pads on display. So later that year, my husband (who was not yet my husband) and I went back to see about altering a suit for him to wear for our wedding. Daniel wanted to start from scratch because he thought it would be cheaper for us.
We had very specific requests — something more fitted, kind of more 60s/​mod but not too extreme — and we had pictures with examples of suits we liked. We were very specific in the details, starting with NO PLEATED PANTS. Daniel thought this was a bad idea, and wanted to do pleated pants, but that completely goes against the style of the suit we wanted, and pleated pants are just wrong anyway, so we told him no and to please do flat front. Everything seemed to go well, and he seemed to know what we wanted.
When we went in for his first fitting, the first thing we noticed was that Daniel just went ahead and did pleated pants any way, despite our no pleats request. Maybe he thought he would «show us» that it looked «better», but it looked lame, like an 80s business dude. The jacket was also really long, like a Cedric the Entertainer suit! So at that first fitting, my husband put on the suit and Daniel put a bunch of pins in it so he would know where to take it in. The pants were really baggy, and we kept asking him to make them slimmer. This totally bummed him out, but he pinned it slimmer and slimmer until we told him it looked right.
Then we went in for a second fitting. The pants were no longer pleated, but they were so big! Not slim at all. And really long, so they sort of pooled around his ankles. We asked him to take them in more, and he seemed really put out by it. Like, he just wanted it to be done with and we were taking up too much of his time. But if he would have just listened to us the first time, instead of trying to give us what HE wanted us to have, it would have gone more smoothly.
In the end, we had about 3 – 4 fittings, we were kind of frustrated, and the suit we got was just «good enough», but not great. Oh, and the pants ripped during our reception. Luckily in a place that was not clearly visible!
I would only use Daniel’s Custom Tailoring if you need simple alterations, but he is not current enough with trends or even knowledgable about past trends, so don’t take anything special in.

I would not use this tailor again. I went in because the location was convienant. He makes you pay in full before any work starts. It took me over a month to get my dress back. I called every day after the date my dress was supposed to be ready and was told that Daniel was ‘busy’ and would call me back. So I finally started going to the store and I had to make one of the employees call Daniel for me, and when I finally got on the phone and demanded my dress back he said it would be ready the next day (almost 4 weeks after the original due date) When I picked up the dress it looked like he had just done it the night before, and it was HORRIBLE. I should have done more research. The Better Business Bureau gives him a ‘D’ rating. Please do not go here if you ever want to see your clothes again!