Lucy’s Fashions

I’m writing this review so other brides don’t have to go through what I went through. I live in Miami but wanted alterations done in San Jose since that’s where I was getting married and needed someone who could do the alterations well and do it quickly.
I thought Lucy was God-​sent when I found her on Unilocal and spoke with her. She seems very sweet and grand-​motherly. Everything went well until I came to pick up my wedding dress and my sister’s bridesmaid dress.
The bustline was folded over and stitched, the hooks were placed on the dress so 1 foot of bustle was showing (I’m not even kidding), and one side of the dress was 6 inches too long.
The bridesmaids dress just needed a simple hemming on the bottom. SEE PICTURES. The back is 2 – 3 inches shorter than the front and the inner lining on the back is showing. I don’t have pics of the wedding dress because I was so upset and crying. I didn’t have the heart to take photos at the time. I will probably have my sister put the dress on, and take photos of the bustle since my mom didn’t remove the hooks she put on there.
After the first visit, she told me she would fix everything I was unhappy about and needed more time to alter, but after I paid her and left, I re-​thought my decision and something in my gutt was telling me to not trust this woman to do a second set of alterations. What happens if she cuts too much or ruins the dress like the bridesmaids dress she ruined. When I showed my family and fiancé, he suggested maybe one of her students did the work, because there is no way someone who apparently teaches sewing could do such terrible work.
This is after she calls me in Miami telling me how she does such excellent work and is proud of the detailing she puts into all her alterations. She also re-​assured me that she was very reasonable and I didn’t have to worry about how much the alterations would cost.
In miami, they were quoting me $ 200 for the alterations on the same dress. She charged me $ 250, and the bridesmaid dress was $ 50!
But due to all the reviews online, and her constant reassurance, I just paid it and trusted her completely. It was the biggest mistake I’ve been during the entire wedding planning year. My mom thankfully is a seamstress and used to make our clothes when we were children. She however has never altered a wedding dress and told me to pay the money and leave it to the professionals since A LOT of work is put into altering a wedding dress and thus is the reason alterations costs $ 200.00.
Well when I brought dress home, my mom was SHOCKED at how terrible her work was. My mom took the sides apart and fixed the bust area not by folding the material over and then stitching it together, but rather by taking the seams along the side apart and re-​stitching that area. She obviously unstitched the folds that Lucy made because they completely changed the way the bust line looked. My mom leveled the bottom hem and fixed the buttons so my bustle doesn’t show!
I cannot believe this woman is actually altering wedding dresses! The wedding day something a girl dreams of all her life, and to ruin dresses for money on the most important day of a girls life, is not only tragic but evil-​hearted and greedy!
I was sooo angry and upset with Lucy the day I went to pick up the dress in spite of her telling me how bad she felt and how she would fix the dress etc etc… but she obviously didn’t feel bad enough to refund my money for screwing up my dress and the bridesmaid dress. I called her a couple times after the wedding asking for my money back but of course she didn’t care about making a customer happy or standing by her work… she greedly is clinging to the money.
My sister had to wear the dress as is because if my mom were to shorten the front of the dress to match the back, the dress would have been too short and she wouldn’t have matched the other bridesmaids whose dresses were perfect! (altered by other people).
Now I’m not as angry. but rather writing this review to warn others. If you ignore this review, and she messes up your dress, don’t say you were’nt warned. This woman acts and sounds like she is the sweetest woman alive, but if you’re unhappy and voice this, you will likely get what I get. No return of phone calls, and no regard or apology for the distress and upset she caused me the week before my wedding. I cried so much and couldn’t even look at the dress, let alone try it on for 2 days.
She also wants you to pay her cash so she «doesn’t have to pay Uncle Sam» as she put it. I was so angry with Lucy that I was tempted to report her to the IRS as we have a family friend who is an attorney that works there. But after some thought, I don’t want to be malicious, I only want to warn other brides! Who knows. maybe I still will report her since I don’t think greedy people should be rewarded for being greedy.
If anyone wants more, pics or wants more information, feel free to sent me a mess

I went to Mafalda’s in Gilroy for my dress. My alterations were NOT up to par AND they lost my veil. I was a hot mess; I found Lucy on Unilocal,but because I was crying and sounded like a wild elephant, but loving fiancé called her and left a message.
13 hours later, Lucy called Brandon and told him that I could bring the dress to her job (she teaches sewing classes at CET on Vine St. in San Jose) and she would fix it and give it back to me within 24 hours.
After work I rushed to CET, Lucy was there, she took me into her classroom, and assured me she could fix me up.
24 hours later I went to Lucy’s house, tried on the dress, and WAS SO, SO, SO, SO, SO HAPPY! The sleeves on the dress were perfect and the dress fit like a glove. It cost me $ 45 and I wish I just wish I would have found her earlier in the game.
While I was there I mentioned that I had another dress that needed to be let out; I had it in my car, so Lucy made me get it, try it on, and said she’d have it ready for me by Friday (the day before my wedding).
I went back the following day, AND IT WAS FINISHED AND PERFECT!
Lucy, you’re amazing.
Ladies, go straight to Lucy. She’s nice, accommodating, true to her word, and an excellent seamstress!

Before I rate Lucy, I have to tell you my story:
My husband’s Aunt offered to make my two wedding dresses last year when he proposed. She «started» to work on them Dec. 2011 and agreed she would finish in May 2012 for our destination wedding on July 20, 2012. Well as the wedding date came closer, she kept coming up with excuses and pushing back the ready date… mid June comes around and she promises they will be ready. My mother-​in-​law goes to pick them up to find she only finished one and REFUSES to make the other. She will not explain why and will not even apologize to me or give me the fabric for the second dress which I knew she had. The one dress she «made» was a joke and I could tell she probably stitched it up the night before.
After a day of crying my eyes out (there was only a month to the wedding and I felt so hurt and lost) I found Lucy on Unilocal.My husband and I were nervous after what happened but we hoped for the best… we met at her house, showed her what we had, the pictures of the dresses I wanted and talked about cost. To my surprise, it was less than I thought it would be and she agreed to make them on such a short notice.
She started late June and had both done by the first week of July and she made one of them twice because I am so picky ;). At times I could tell she was annoyed by us because she was really busy and we were so anxious and nervous, BUT… I mean I was getting married in THREE weeks and had NO dress. But she did a fabulous job! I felt so beautiful in her dresses and they fit perfectly! She only needed two fittings! Everyone at my wedding LOVED them and kept saying how lovely they were… one of them is a replica of Kim Kardashian’s silk Vera Wang gown she wore to her reception and a few of my younger cousin’s pointed out that it looked EXACTLY like her dress, not knowing I copied her. Lucy is a hidden gem and is very talented. She saved my wedding! I can not thank her enough!!!

Lucy did an excellent job not only altering my wedding dress, making me a custom veil but also making all of my bridesmaids and my maid of honors dress, and i had a big wedding party of 12 girls. She was very affordable and very easy to work with. I highly recommend her, Lucy is wonderful!!!

Lucy made my sister’s wedding dress and, several years later, mine.
Needless to say, my sister was thrilled with her gown. She had found her dream gown, and said the one Lucy made was exactly the same — in appearance and the fit was perfect. She loved it and recommends Lucy to everyone. Lucy’s prices were also extremely reasonable.
Fast forward a few years, Lucy made my gown and everything was wonderful again.
Lucy is absolutely wonderful.

Excellent!!! Lucy took a design I had from two different dresses and made it exactly how I wanted it and for a quarter of the price I would have paid for in the store. I would highly recommend her work to anyone who is thinking of having something made for that special day.

Lucy has been making dresses for me for 20+ years. There is honestly nothing she can’t do! She has made everything from prom dresses to 2 wedding dresses for me and all of them are exquisite! Her prices are extremely reasonable and what she produces is a custom designed gown made to your exact specifications. There is no reason to pay $ 1000’s of dollars for a wedding dress off the rack when Lucy will make you exactly what you want, designed especially FOR YOU at a price you can afford.
I wouldn’t go to anyone else.

Lucy’s Bridal and Alterations was a perfect solution to get my bridesmaid and wedding gown designed to my exact specifications. Lucy is pleasant, very reasonable pricing with superior work.
Highly recommended!!!