Nam’s Tailor Shop

Nam is the most talented tailor I’ve met. My son was getting married and I selected a dress in 12. I am a size 13 and Nam, the genius that he is, added an inch here, took up an inch there and I looked fabulous. He’s professional, kind, thorough and totally worth the drive over. I will always turn to Nam when I need tailoring of any kind. Love you Nam!

Nams Tailoring on 7^th & Los Angeles. In 15min had my suit pants custom tailored for $ 5. This guy is awesome. Make sure to give him a tip for his excellent work.

Nam’s is fast, cheap and a little sloppy. I take suits there to have the pants hemmed and sleeves shortened. I would not give him anything more complex to do. Nam’s is not a precision tailor or a tailor who will do exactly what you want him to do or who will happily re-​do his work. He doesn’t speak very much but he has always had a smile for me. Parking can be hard to find. Get the alterations done while you wait because he seems to rely on just his memory for which items belong to which customer. Bottom line, if you need something hemmed quickly and cheaply and don’t care if it is not done perfectly, Nam’s is the right place.

Worst tailor shop ever… I just bought two learher jacket and they totally ruined it… I had very specific things to be done and the guy seemed like dodnt give a damn

I’ve used Nam’s a few times along with some other tailors for my suits and dress shirts. Nams prices are very good (low) but his attitude and demeanor is horrible. Maybe cause he’s an old man.
He does not like REDOING his work because when it comes to my suits, I am extremely picky if my wants are not met. If I want half an inch, if it’s not half an inch to the TEE I will have him redo it and I did just that which pissed him off. He tailored them quarter of an inch and when I asked him to redo it he would complain saying… its only another quarter of an inch bla bla. Don’t get me wrong… he’s good at what he does. I can tell he’s been tailoring for decades. He needs work in customer service skills. He needs to follow what his customer wants exactly and not do what he thinks is right.
His prices are good, and he’s well experienced in this field, but his attitude lost him one star. And him not following my directions the first time and giving me an attitude on redoing the work loses another one.

I dropped off two blouses and a dress on Easter. One soft spoken guy was working when I dropped them off. He told me to come back the following Wednesday (3 days). When I came in I received 2 of my 3 items along with someone else’s pants.
Well. I told the owner, Nam, I’m missing a white blouse and that these pants are not mine. He looks at me confused and then in regards to the missing blouse told me I never dropped them off, insinuating I was lying and saying he remembers that i only dropped two things off. WHEN HE WASN’T EVEN THERE ON EASTER (f r u s t r a t i o n blooms)! So I point to the soft spoken guy saying he was the one who helped me and HE said he remembered, which gave enough credit for Nam to acknowledge that the blouse is missing.
Ok. He then tells me he’s going to check with the dry cleaners service. For the next 3 visits over the span of 11 days he said to me «Not yet, come back.» The first 2 times I came in, I was told to come back on a certain day. And still no blouse, just «come back.»
So now I ask Nam, is it possible you gave my blouse to the wrong person, just like you gave someone else’s pants to me? He laughed and said, «no, its not here yet.» Then I asked for the number and/​or address of the dry cleaning service they use and he wouldn’t give me it saying he didn’t know. I don’t understand why a business owner would hold that back from a customer, but ok. I told him how much the shirt cost and he was going to give me a fraction of the price back, and then still charge me for the two items I received back. There was no way I was going to pay after all the inconvenience his sloppy service did. Eventually, after my continuous requests about getting the dry cleaners number SO I could show them what the blouse looked like to make the search easier, he was pushing the money to me without charging me for my other two items. At this point it was a joke.
So now that shirt is floating somewhere in someones closet, or maybe still at Nams, but he believes the shirt is not there.
He never took my name or number from the very beginning and this could have been prevented if the items had a name to them, so they wouldn’t have ended up in another person’s hands or M.I.A. and I wouldn’t have put energy towards this Unilocal review.

I had to write about my experience at Nam’s for the 1^st time. I just brought some new suits and they needed some hem’s in the pants and the sleeves of the jacket. I called a lot of places but they wanted what I felt was too much to do this. I called Nam and he quoted a price I felt was reasonable for the work. I must admit I was a lil skeptical after reading some of the bad reviews on Unilocal but there were more good than bad reviews. I took my suit down to Nams and he did the alterations in about 40 minutes. Everything was precise on the suit just as I wanted and I tried it on in store and the work was quality top notch. I have two more suits that need adjusting and you don’t have to wonder where I will be going. I told Nam I would be back and he has my business going forward. Great Job!

N– ot your average tailor shop
A– bit off the beaten path
M– any times I go just to
S– horten pants, but one
T– ime I had to have
A– bridesmaids dress hemmed
I– was so happy! $ 35 and it
L– ooked great. Done that day.
O– verspoken is not Nam. He’s
R– eserved and gets the job done.

This guy is the biggest hack of a tailor I have ever encountered. I just got two pairs of pants hemmed, and I gave him very specific instructions, which he ignored. When I called him out on this, he argued with me. Then he finally did what I had asked for, but he did the worst job. Loose thread everywhere. This guy is a lousy, arrogant, obnoxious man who just lost a customer.

Sloppy as hell! Went in to get a shirt tapered, jeans original hemmed, and pants tapered.
Hemming jeans is $ 5, original hem $ 10. I opted to get the original hem because… why not, it was another $ 5 and didn’t feel like telling the guy a regular hem was fine (Nam was not there if that makes a difference).
I ended up not altering the other pair of pants because he was insisting on tapering it without measuring how it would fit on me. I should’ve taken it as a sign to forget the whole thing. The guy with glasses was rude, no care in the world.
Got my jeans back after a few hours and I ended up with the second worse case scenario behind it being damaged: my jeans have this interior cuff (due to cutting corners to maximize volume) that changes the behavior of the jean. This is actually worse than a regular effin’ hem because of this cuff. If I would’ve known, I would have gladly taken a regular hem job or nothing at all and still have given him my $ 10 to stay away from my jeans. How does a tailor make an original hem worse looking than a regular hem?! Ridiculous. Go anywhere else if you care about your jeans.

This tailor butchered a suit I brought in. He made the sleeves a full inch too short and another tailor had to use extra fabric to extend the lining to make them long enough again. What a headache. He make work fast and cheap, but he also does very poor work and can ruin clothes. I don’t recommend.

They are fast but they are also sloppy and dishonest!
On two separate occasions I had the same experience. I had brought 5 shirts to have it shortened and both times they were not all done. Nam even tried to charge me before I had a chance to check the workmanship.
Upon checking each shirt, I realized that 1 to 2 shirts were not even altered at all. What a waste of time for me to wait for their correction AND tried to charge me for services not even rendered! No apology no nothing as if I was an inconvenience.
I will not return for a dishonest tailor. Be warned if you do go! Make sure you check ALL of their work!

BUYER BEWARE– you get what you pay for. I had a terrible last experience and will never go to Nam’s again. The good news is that there are plenty of good shops in the area on either side of Nam’s.
Nam does all his quotes verbally and doesn’t provide any type of receipt when you drop off your clothes. I received a $ 5 quote for a zipper replacement but had to pay $ 10 to get my skirt back. I would have gladly paid the $ 10 if that were the price originally quoted.
What was Nam’s reason for the mark-​up? He saw the label on my skirt and decided I should pay more — this is the explanation he actually shouted at me. Outrageous since I had taken about half my wardrobe in for alterations over a short period of time and this was a bad business decision over a pittance of $ 5.
The quality on the other work I had done at Nam’s was spotty at best. Seams and straps that should have been cut done and re-​sewn was instead folded over and then sewn across in the wrong color thread (we’re talking for multiple items).
I had to take too many items back a second time to have them altered correctly and a few I’ve never been able to wear again. I should have bailed much earlier since each time I’ve been in the shop there were always people returning a second time for Nam to correct his alterations. The shop is also very disorganized with finished work just piled up in a stack on the counter — I had to wait while Nam went through the pile several times to find all my alterations.
The silver lining is I found a great alteration shop on the SE corner across from Nam’s — two blocks from the corner. Prices are nearly as competitive but you get professional services — a receipt with drop off and garments that are hung up and ready for your return. A world of difference for just a few dollars more.

Pros:
— Fast fast fast service; I have been here twice and both times I tailored my high end jeans here in under 10 minutes (could take longer depending on what you want to get done or how busy they are). I asked him ‘how long’ and his response was, ‘now.’
— Precise; Nam and his people are absolutely precise w/​their tailoring
— Cheap cheap cheap!!!; $ 5 for tailoring your jeans! Can’t get better than this!
Cons:
— Parking: expect to spend $ 1 – 5 on parking, depending on where you find parking (on meter, or a lot). After all, this place is in DTLA.
— May/​may not have communication barrier; if you’re Korean, you’re good b/​c Nam is. If you don’t speak Korean, Nam speaks English in phrases mostly, but straight to the point. His responses to my requests are usually bare minimum but do not be discouraged by this! If he doesn’t get you, he will clarify. But most likely he won’t, since he seems to just get what the customer wants when he looks at the clothing. Just let him do his magic, and you’re set!
Overall, if you want fast, cheap, quality tailoring service, Nam’s Tailoring is where it’s at :)

Been coming here for a few years. Always good work. Even his tailors are good. Iangusge is a barrier though. Lots of pictures and pointing. Bring a sample if you want it done right. I did visit when Nam wasn’t there and they messed up my shirt and I had to go back to Nordstroms to buy another very expensive shirt. I told the guy what I wanted and he jacked up the sleeves. The asian lady was not very sympathetic either. She could not speak english. So I am disappointed since I have had such good service in the past by Nam. I will not be going back unless Nam is there. time for a new place.

«I hopped off the plane at LAX with my dreams and my cardigan…»
More like I hopped on the Dash with my baggy dress, my dreams, and hopes for a bargain…
Sing it fast, and it’s close enough.
What a pleasant surprise! Hunting for a dress for Del Mar opening race day, all I could find was a dress I loved but was too big (I thought) in the waist, bust and arms. I had all of two days to get it tailored, and was feeling a little frantic. I found Nam’s on Unilocal,with the majority of reviews mentioning my favorite words: «cheap» and «fast». Nam proved to be both, as well as knowledgeable. I walked in, we exchanged a greeting and I put the dress on in one of the little fitting rooms. When I came out, motioning to the sides where the dress was very loose, he shooed my hands away, gathered up the top of the dress stuck some pins it, and it TRANSFORMED! A dress that looked like a tent now looked fitted. With two pins, I tell you, two pins! He told me to come back tomorrow, same time. He didn’t say a price, and from the tone of other reviews, I decided not to ask.
I went back the next day, a few hours earlier than he’d said (I’m impatient like that), and I was not disappointed. Fifteen dollars for the tailoring, I tried it on at home and it was perfect.
Why is this not a five star review, you may ask? Though my dress was obviously tailored with tender, loving care, when I came to collect it, it was in a heap with other clothing. My dress is maybe not that special to Nam, and I don’t mean to say the other clothing is riffraff, but it was momentarily disconcerting to see my apparel tossed haphazardly with the rest. For $ 15 tailoring of a more than $ 130 dress, I should not expect preferential treatment, but alas, there it is. I rate on feelings.

I decided to give Nam’s tailor a try. I walked in and there was a korean man with a needle and thread up front at the counter. There were three people working in back busily. I went to the counter with my jeans that needed tailoring and a pair I wanted to be copied. I gave the tailor, who I am assuming was Nam instructions. He told me it would cost $ 15 and to come back in an hour. I came back in an hour and I tried on my jeans but they were not cut to the exact fit so I asked them to fix it. The first response from Nam and the tailor behind him was «No.» I said «Yes.» It was obviously different from the pair I told them to copy. Nam and the tailor complied and changed my pants. I waited and they were fixed. I walked home only to find that the hem was not sewn all the way. I had to go back to get this fixed. A 1 hour tailor actually took about 2.5 hours.
Go to Nam’s if you know what you want, have a copy of what you want, and are not afraid to tell people what you want. The tailors here will try to tell you what you want, but you know best. Don’t pay until you are satisfied. The quality of the tailoring is not that great. The bottom hem looked sloppy. It is not a straight one sewn line.

Place isn’t that great, and I won’t be back. Place takes shortcuts. Asked for an original hem on my new jeans. Got them back with an original hem but using a technique that I had never seen before. There was a lot of excess fabric underneath. I took them to my go-​to tailor to get them fixed. Not coming back here ever.
Also, everyone is right that the «service» sucks. It’s awkward being in there. He doesn’t talk, doesn’t ask questions. Some people may say that this is just because he’s «old-​school,» but it wasn’t a good experience for me.
0 out of 10.

I’ve taken everything I own to Nams over the years, the service is prompt, the price very low, averaging approximately half of what you would pay at a local shop, and and quality and service excellent. I want to emphasize that communication is important, make sure you understand what you’re looking to get, tell him so, and you will get everything tailored exactly as you want it.
To emphasize the promptness of the service: essentially almost any volume of clothing tailored will be done by the next day, regardless of the volume of clothing that the shop presently has. I’ve brought in 20 articles of clothing, with about 35 different things to tailor on them (ranging from «slimming» down shirts, shortening sleeves and trouser lengths, and even shortening down the length of button-​up shirts), and the job was able to be completed in less than 20 hours, done by the next day. What shop can you go to where something like this is even remotely possible?
I’ve brought in clothing that retail over $ 1,000 individually to Nam’s to tailor. As stated before, the quality is excellent. I would rather pay him $ 20 – 25 to slim a jacket down, as opposed to paying a ridiculous $ 60+ for the same job at an «in-​house» tailor in Barneys New York.
Nams can tailor essentially everything; he can even tailor jackets and coats with shoulders that are too wide for you. I brought in a coat that was approximately an inch too wide on the shoulder, and after about $ 50, he was able to make it fit perfectly on me. He can do many things that no other tailor would be able to do, at a very discounted price.
The only negative thing I can say is that this establishment is not in an particularly affluent community, or anything remotely closely resembling that, it is in a state of disrepair and for the most part the individuals frequently patronizing this location seem to local inhabitants of the surrounding area.

Nam is my go-​to tailor. I’ve brought countless items here over the past year — bridesmaid dresses, business suits, jeans, casual jackets. The cost is low enough for me to never bat an eye and just hand over the cash. Although he can have my clothes ready in an hour or two, I always tell him I won’t be back until the next day. People are always streaming in and out of the shop and I’d hate for them to do a rush job when I can wait a couple of days. I’ve brought friends here who have lost weight and needed their entire wardrobe refitted and he was able to do it in a day turnaround.
He kinda reminds me of the Soup Nazi — you walk in and acknowledge him before you head into one of the ‘fitting rooms’ to put on what needs to be tailored. He doesn’t say anything when you walk out — he just starts pulling at the hems and makes his notes before he dismisses you with his hand. DO NOT FIGHT HIM ON WHAT HE SAYS. He clearly knows how to do his job, so just shut up and let him do his thing. Once you hand over your clothes, that’s it. Don’t wait for a ticket or receipt because you won’t get one. You pay when you return and only after you try on the clothes again and he sees it to his satisfaction. Even if this place is out of the way, I wouldn’t go anywhere else.