Kim’s Alterations

Great alteration spot! It’s my go to since I moved to North County. Kim is SO nice. I completely trust her with my alterations and she’s helped me get items done quickly.

Kim will do a good job if you’re taking clothes to get hemmed, if you can wait 3 weeks and don’t mind paying a extra.
Also, do Not take your wedding dress. When I tried on my dress for her to look at, she said, «oh I can’t do this.» Then quoted me $ 400 (just to take in on the sides). I took back it to where I bought it and they quoted me $ 200. Just make sure your do your research.

Got 2 cotton sweaters hemmed and it was over priced and when my boyfriend picked up they didn’t even have him try it on before he left to see if it was done right, and the day dropped it off they were really unclear of pick up times and did not give me a price.

Excellent alterations on time and at a great price!
I had a bridesmaid’s dress altered here because I found I killer deal on one that was a couple of sizes too big. Dropoff and measurements took 5 – 10 minutes, and I was contacted when the dress was ready. Got there, tried it on… PERFECT FIT! I was both relieved that I didn’t gain too much weight, and that the dress was tailored to spec. Totally worth the money to alter the clearance-​priced dress from David’s Bridal to fit like a glove. I got compliments all night: D
In current news… My bras are officially trying to kill me. The underwire is coming out and trying to stab me in the heart! If you’re a lady, you know exactly what I’m talking about! Turns out, this tailor will fix those babies for $ 4 – 8 each, depending on what needs to be done.
Highly recommended!

She is so talented and has great interaction with you as a customer in making she you get what you want

My Daughter needed a Prom Dress that was given to us to be altered (taken in). Kim was able to pin the dress to show my daughter how it would look, my daughter being self Conscience she (Kim) showed her and talked to her about her dress and how well it flows making her hips and curves less noticeable. it was going to need a lot of work and Kim was honest and said it will be expensive and it may be better to check the stores around the area and see if we find anything. My mom found a cute vintage dress at a store 2 doors down from Kim’s. My daughter liked it much better and she tried it on and it she couldn’t get it closed, Kim came to our rescue and helped us close it and told us she could take the dress out so it would fit perfectly. We left the dress for her to do her magic I’ll Unilocal again once we get the dress back! I can not say how much patience this lady has because my patience with my daughter was wearing a Big thank you to Kim for all the hard work… she comes highly recommended from fellow school mates @ CHS there even was another student from CHS getting 2 things altered.

Kim doesn’t only do great work but she had an eye for fashion and knows your body type and what would be most flattering. I brought in a really nice cocktail dress and asked her to put a slit in the back thinking that a slit would make it more sexy. Mind you the dress had already been hemmed in RSF. She said it needed to be shorter and she was right! I then brought in another dress that was worked on by another tailor and said this dress looks funny on. I had it hemmed but it looks like I have a petticoat underneath and the bodice, although fitted and beautiful, the skirt was ginormous. I asked her for her opinion and she said the skirt is to wide (of course) and I need to take one side in more than the other so it’s even. I told her I want to keep the pockets and match the stripes. Her answer «no problem». She really knows how to make the garment look like a million dollars because it looks custom made. I highly recommend her (and her team).

Had a broken zipper on a skirt that I was going to wear that night! Kim was so sweet and fixed it perfectly in such quick time!!! Thank you!

My new mother-​in-​law told me to go there for the alterations of my wedding dress, and I thank her for that. But I mostly thank Kim for the job she did on my dress! She knew exactly what to work and how much to make this dress even more perfect. She cut the too long train in one shot knowing exactly what she was doing, impressive. And the dress fits me perfectly :)
I recommend her to everyone who need some alterations, I will go back «with closed eyes» as we say in French, I fully trust her!

Kim is everything you want from a tailor. Local, knowledgable, helpful, and does great work. Highly recommend.

Kim is incredible! She transformed my wedding dress so that it fit me perfectly! This was no easy task given all of the intricate lace and the sheer back. She helped problem solve a solution to cups in the bust that were too small and didn’t give up until she knew I was completely comfortable. She added extra fittings when needed and after all of that still kept the price low given all of the work she had done. I would recommend her to anyone in need of alterations and really do believe she is the best. I attached a photo that shows the back of my dress but it fit perfectly from every angle!

This place is awesome. Very affordable, they can work very quickly if you need them too. Very VERY good work though, this is my go to spot for any alterations I need.

I bought a sample size dress that didn’t fit – like it was a 10, and I’m normally a 4.
Why did I buy this dress? That’s a great question. I had too much champagne while shopping.
Anyway.
Kim made this dress fit so effing well that people thought it was made for me.
I love Kim, and I loved my dress!!!

Oh no, a mistake!
Kim is on vacation. Crap. I was thrown off but, I just went with the flow. I’ve been Kim’s customer for the last few years and have had MANY items altered/​tailored. I grew accustomed to the quality of work being overall pretty solid. I’ve also known Kim’s to be expensive but, I never really minded because the work was good. If there was any sort of minor discrepancies with the work, it would be taken care of and they often gave me a slight discount at times.
I’ve also previously given Kim’s a 5-​Star review as well. It’s my ‘go-​to’ spot.
However, over lunch today I picked up a golf shirt that was to be more form fitted with the sleeves shorter and sides taken in. Definitely a bit of work and an extensive conversation about what was to be done. When I got home and tried it on, to my disappointment and a bit of frustration, the sleeves were different lengths! Ahhh hell! I’m going to have to go back, show them the fault, which is First-​World problems for sure but, it’s an inconvenience.
Having read other reviews, I do wish Kim’s had a ‘menu/​price-​list’ to generally know how much things will cost. $ 56 for a pair of shorts hemmed and my shirt that was wrong, in my opinion, is steep.
Measure twice, cut once. We all make mistakes.

I have mixed feelings about my experience at Kim’s. I went here for the first time since I was in the area meeting a friend for lunch, and, when I mentioned that I needed to stop off at the tailor’s, she suggested Kim’s since she said that she had been going there for about twenty years.
I brought in a pair of pants that needed a zipper repair, two unlined dresses that needed hemming and a slot near the bust sewed up about an inch, and a lined faux-​leather skirt. When I asked how much it would all be after I tried on the dresses and skirt, Kim said it would depend. That was my first red flag. I’ve always gotten an exact price quote from previous tailors.
The second red flag was a call I received about four days after I dropped my clothes off. Someone called, saying that there was a note on my «flowered dress» to call before they worked on it. Well, that dress wasn’t mine (all of my clothes were solid colors), so I let her know that it must have been someone else’s. After that, I was worried about my order being mixed up.
When I did go pick up my order, my four items were in the plastic bag waiting for me (with no one else’s items, so that was a relief) — but the shocker came when they tried to charge me $ 78 (!!!) for the four items. There was a list of things itemized along the side of the ticket, but I asked for an explanation. Again, the two long dresses were unlined, and the zipper on the pants didn’t need replacing, just fixing. Kim came over and finally re-​calculated things, charging me $ 56. That still seems high to me, but at that point I was just ready to get my things and go.
Long story short: they did really nice hemming work on my two dresses and one skirt and did a nice repair job on my pants zipper, but I would ask for the price up-​front, before you leave the store. If I do go there again, I won’t make the same mistake.

I used to think that alterations were for minor things, like doing a hem or taking in a little. Was I wrong! Kim can do ANYTHING!
About four and a half years ago, I was driving my daughter all over the county, trying to help her find the perfect prom dress. She’s very slender and very particular about fit. Nothing fit properly. But our epiphany occurred at a bridal shop. We saw someone getting major alterations to her wedding dress. Daughter and I looked at each other, went to Marshall’s as a last resort, picked out three great dresses in too large of a size (couldn’t decide, and it totaled only $ 45), checked Unilocal,found Kim, and that was the start of buying great clothes at super-​reasonable prices (like, used even) and having them altered to the exact fit. Even pants can be altered so they don’t bag at the knees.
Getting things altered has actually saved us alot of $. Great sale price on a cute piece, but it’s too big? No problem, have it altered. Has really opened up the possibilities.
Kim is terrific.

Kim is amazing and one of a kind! She hemmed, bustled, and took in the sides of my wedding dress, which was basically one enormous piece of lace put together with teeny tiny stitches. She put so much work into it and it turned out beautifully. She is also such a sweet person and truly appreciates her clients. I also use her for all of my regular tailoring and have always been very happy!

My mom, my bridesmaid and I all used Kim to alter our dresses. My wedding dress was beaded, but Kim did an amazing job! She added snaps to the sides or my dress and veil so that my veil would stay in place as well. She altered my moms dress wonderfully, even though we brought it in a week before the wedding! She was very kind, and worked with what days I needed things to be picked up! I will be coming back to her for anything else I need altered!

I recently took two pairs of suit pants to Kim to get altered. They were too big everywhere. I was nervous about having the pants tailored given that it was a complicated task and these suits cost me a small fortune. Kim did an AMAZING job and the pants look brand new and have an amazing fit! Definitely check this place our if you’re ever looking for a tailor!

I have been searching for an amazing alterations shop to fix the growing pile of clothes in the corner of my closet.
I had a pair of new dress pants that needed to be shortened, a pair of pajama pants that had a hole thanks to the dog playing tug-​o-​war with them, a couple of other pairs of pants that needed holes fixed along the seam and two shirts that I have been holding onto for almost a year.
The shirts were both too long for my short frame and fit a little snug around the stomach so I figured if someone could shorten them and then add that extra material to the side seams, I would be good to go. Of course it made sense in my head, but wasn’t so sure it would work out when done… so I had to mentally prepare myself before going in to pick up all of the clothes today.
They were PERFECT… all of them! Whether the pants needed to be shortened, fixed, or altered, Kim and her staff did an amazing job. I’m psyched that I have found a convenient location to drop off clothes for alterations.