Luis Angel Custom Tailor and Alteration

Fast and professional. What more could you want for your alterations? No frills store but Luis has plenty of personality!

What can I say, Luis is a magician! He says on his business card, «Tailoring for me, is a work of art.» I have to agree.
He is now on Melrose Ave, near Fairfax after having moved from his downtown location. Its a hop skip and jump from where I live, so I walked over last week with a bunch of alterations. I was to leave for an important conference/​tradeshow in 2 days and much to my chagrin my midriff had expanded so I needed breathing room.
These were nice suits — a Zegna, a Theory and a Calvin Klein and a couple of nice dress pants that need to be hemmed.
For one, his pricing is very reasonable. I used to pay more for a pant hem at my usual tailor and wait a week. Luis did it a better price and in 2 days. He noticed the extra folds on the back of my Zegna and took those in and also adjusted the Theory suit
But the real magic was on the Calvin Klein. I had bought this suit at a great deal at Loehmann’s almost 5 years ago. But as I rushed out of the store, I failed to notice that someone had switched the pants. So while the coat was a 40R, the pant was a 30W; impossible for me to wear unless I went back 15 years in time. By the time I realized this the return period was over.
I needed at least 4 inches added to the waist and there was cloth only for 2! Two other very experienced tailors had told me there was nothing to do without an unsightly line by the inseam which meant I could not take my jacket off when wearing it. So this suit has been sitting in my closet with tags for 5 years!
I showed it to him and Luis said, «Let me try, if you don’t like it, you don’t pay.» When I went back, to my surprise, he had found 6 inches of room. I asked him how, and he said, «I can’t say — it’s magic. I found 6 inches of fabric where there was only 2.»
The pants are extremely comfortable now and I now have an extra suit. Couldn’t be happier.

ohh none of your comments are right they have the best costomer service that i’h ever seen the bikini lady is a nice girl she is a tailor and knows how to do her job very clean and the reason for that long waiting probably was a busy day or same day service so no need to complain

They shut down abruptly and stole my clothes.

i wanted to like this place after my friend recommended it but unfortunately i didn’t have such a great experience here. first of all, the parking lot is chaotic with small spaces and double parked cars. the place is kind of ghetto, spacious in the front with lack of décor and then in the back are the seamstresses who look like they’re (hardly) dressed to get up on a stage with a pole, wearing 5 inch stilettos, daisy dukes, and a bikini top. well, at least they got the job done after 4 hours, even though they said they would be done in an hour. i just had to wait about an hour while they were finishing up my jeans, which they messed up the first time, by not attaching the original hem, so i had to wait again so that they could fix it. can someone PLEASE recommend a good tailor who can keep the original hem on jeans and make it look decent?

I wear denim almost every single day and own many pairs. Only problem is, many designers only make one inseam and usually it’s way too long for me.
If you want to keep that original hem that is a bit distressed instead of a cheesy straight hem. Check out Luis Angel Alterations. This shop is great for people that work in the fashion district downtown. I’ve been to several alteration shops in the area and most of them overcharge (almost $ 20 per hem). At Luis Angel he charges about $ 13 and will have it done the same day.
WARNING: Smells like pee and he has dirty ass carpet. Just don’t breathe for a few minutes and you’ll be fine.