Reid’s Tailoring

Edward is amazing. He is very detailed and very precise — exactly what you need in a tailor. I bring all my high end stuff to him to tailor. I highly recommend him!

Edward has saved my life time and again! He is such a hard worker, is dedicated to his craft and the quality of his work has never disappointed.

I brought a dress and a pair of pants to be altered here. Reid did a fantastic job with both items. He takes his time to make sure everything is perfect and his personality is kind and patient. I would definitely come back again for special occasion dresses and clothing as I feel that’s where he shines the most.

Even though he was unable to do my tailoring, he did point me in the right direction. What a nice gentleman.

I have a special place in my heart for Edward. He’s one of those people who perform quality work time and time again, and charge fairly for it.
I’ve been going here for years now with everything from clothing alterations to drapery adjustments. Every time, even when I stump Edward with something a little obscure, he rises to the occasion. Sometimes I’ll buy something that may need a few tweaks and take it to him to see if he can adjust it to me. He’s always honest about whether it’s worth it to alter or just return.
I have a lot of respect for business owners who are more quality-​minded than profit– minded. Edward is like that.
One note: He sometimes takes a little longer than you’d like, but it’s worth being patient. It’s because he’s so good that he stays busy and takes his time to do quality work.

Edward knows what he’s doing and isn’t afraid to tell you his honest opinion. Aside from being a master tailor, he’s very nice and extremely accommodating. Trained with the best in Hong Kong, every single item Edward altered for me has come out exactly as promised.
For excellent work, I’m willing to pay a premium.

I took my bridesmaid’s dress to Edward to have it hemmed up from floor length to mid-​length. Edward took the time to figure out what would look best on me and recommended a slightly different look (more of an angled style) that I’m very pleased with. He is meticulous with details, cares deeply about what he does and just an all around wonderful person to do business with.

Edward is a very skilled tailor and his work is perfection. He really knows how to adjust, fix and rework so that your clothes come out like new. You pay for his skill, but it is worn every penny. I would not go anywhere else.

People say that even though Edward is excellent, he takes a long time. Thankfully for us, we received my husbands suit on time for our wedding. Excellent quality work. He knows what he is doing and is confident in it. Very friendly and proud of his craft. He is not just a hem and lengthen kind of tailor, he actually can build a suit, and therefore knows exactly what to do. My husbands suit pants were too tight in the crotch, and calf, and also the pant length was too short because of his large calves. Edward fixed it all. He is great. Cash only.

I was feeling creative so I purchased a camouflage army jacket from a thrift store to sew patches, studs and spikes on. The jacket was quite large so I decided to have the side seams taken in at Reid’s (thanks Unilocalers).
Ed did a fabulous job with my jacket. It costs $ 18 and fits perfectly. It took a little longer than I expected (1week) because he was working on a wedding dress. That was ok because it wasn’t a priority.
Cash or check only.

Always does a nice job on my dresses.

I want to start by saying I have been a client of Edward’s for 9+ years. I am petite and love to dress fashionably. However, fashionable clothes are mostly designed for tall women. So in every city that I have lived it is very important for me to find a high quality tailor. I buy high quality clothes that I want to look like they were altered with the same care & knowledge that they were originally created with. I have to alter the vast majority of clothes that I buy, so I have a lot of experience with tailors. Edward has been able to completely take apart suit jackets & remake to fit me perfectly. Yet, he will tell me when I bring something in & try it on if he cannot make it look exactly the same & fit my body. I do not understand why someone would say you should not take your jeans to be altered or hemmed by Edward. For a lot of people in San Francisco, their jeans are their most often worn & treasured article of clothing. They should fit as perfectly as my Gaultier suit. Edward often does take a fairly long time to repair your clothes when compared to a dry cleaner’s alteration person, but not when compared to any other high quality tailor in town. Quality work takes time. If you only want a quick, cheap alteration job, go to the dry cleaners. However, don’t dish a quality tailor for not being the dry cleaners alteration person. I highly recommend Edward & have sent several of my friends to him. Everyone has been pleased.

Ed is awesome! He has amazed me with altering skills, time and price. Quality of his work is perfect and I’m always amazed with how reasonable the prices are.
I’ve taken everything from jeans to about a dozen bridesmaid dresses and watched him fully re-​construct one particular dress. Don’t be out off that the store is in a small back alley, or that the space is tiny and over-​crowded (and overwhelming) z. Ed is the real deal!

Reid totally tailored my pants for my wedding suit. The result was a perfect fit. It took a while to get it done, but that’s because he’s in high demand and does it all himself (it appears). He’s super nice and very helpful and listens to your requests. I’d say his prices are a tiny bit high but overall you get what you pay for. I’ll continue to use him for any other important tailoring I need done.
Killer.

The first time I took some jeans in to Reid’s, the proprietor explained to me that most people need their right pant leg hemmed to a different length than their left. If you hem both pant legs to the same length, when you put them on, one leg will hang longer than the other. He further pointed to the pants I was wearing, which I had hemmed myself, and lo and behold one leg was a good half inch longer than the other.
Needless to say, I was aghast.
He went on to explain that this was likely because my right ass cheek was larger than my left. I had to agree that yes, this was probably the case.
Since this little lightbulb moment I have dutifully brought all my pants in to Reid’s to be hemmed to the most exact specifications. I’ve never brought in anything more complicated, but who knew you could hem pants with such professionalism and attention to detail?
I recently moved across the city and am finding it hard to justify the trip over to the Marina when there is a pretty good tailor two blocks away. However, the new tailor only pins up one leg to measure, and I don’t have the heart to tell him about my ass cheek situation.

Things to be aware of when you go to Reid’s:
1. Edward has more work than he can handle. He’ll do his best to accommodate you, but it’s not always possible. If that’s the case, don’t be one of those a-​holes who threaten him with bad Unilocal reviews because you can’t get same-​day service. Yes, this has happened to him.
2. Edward is not a bargain Chinatown tailor. He’s the kind of guy you can trust with your most priceless, cherished clothing items. When you see the quality of his work, you’ll see it was worth every penny.
3. Edward goes on vacation for about a month once a year, generally in the fall. In the past it’s been in October. Of course he’ll let you know if you drop something off right before his vacation.

He’s a kick butt tailor. A loyal customer for 12 years

I got knocked up… and was in a bridesmaid in a somewhat disorganized wedding, therefore I didn’t get the bridesmaid dress until 6 days before my flight back home. I brought the dress to Edward, and he knew exactly what to do and did it quickly. I switched dresses with another girl, so the dress was about 4 sizes too big. I was absolutely amazed at the outcome– Edward is truly talented and knows what he is doing. I would recommend this shop to anyone with a complicated alteration or who needs high quality work done quickly.

Reid’s are absolutely awesome. Ed (?) took my Diesel jeans to be adjusted at the waist and was concerned that the thread in that area was multicolored (ok, they are nice jeans, which was why I was here in the first place). He made no promises. He actually unpicked that thread, and re-​used it when he put the waist back together again. I’ve never heard of such care to detail before in a modest adjustment like this. When I picked up the item he was marveling at how he had never seen such a silk thread before, and then there were some stories about China thrown in too. A very nice chap, and superlative work. I have to be honest I don’t use tailors a lot, but I think Reid’s is in the top 0.1%.
Some of the reviews have mentioned him being expensive, but I don’t actually agree. The jean adjustment cost me $ 30, on a $ 200 pair of trousers; better to fix, than to try and sell.

He’s not cheap, but he’s good!
I have had several pairs of jeans altered here– the waist is ALWAYS too huge on me if I can find jeans that flatter my leg/​booty area… so Mr. Reid-man…whatever his name is… he takes a lot of pride in his work.
Not only will he be able to match ANY trendy designer’s thread (yes, he even re-​stitched my True Religion’s with 2 colors of thread!), he will have to try them on before you pay to make sure they’re right– and if they’re not– he goes back in to fix ‘em again.
I definitely recommend him!