Georgetown Alterations Express Services

It only took an hour to get the sleeves on my suit shortened and the sides taken in!!! Ms. Lee knew exactly what I was looking for.

Just called this store and the woman who answered the phone hung up on me without answering my question. Safe to say I won’t be coming here anytime.

Excellent service. Great work! Happy I found such a great tailor in Georgetown. I wish I could replicate this place in San Francisco.

Pros:
— My pants were hemmed well, but that doesn’t take very much skill.
Cons:
— I had asked them to take a dress in at the waist, and it looked awful — baggy and misshapen. They refused to fix it.
— I had asked them to make another dress longer (extend the hem), and they for some reason raised the slit in the back so that it reached almost to my butt. Why?
— All this ran me at over $ 80, to be paid in cash.
— A customer exposed himself to me in the dressing area, and later as I was paying shoved his phone into my face, with a photograph of his genitals. I recognize that’s not the store’s fault, but I will not be back.

I got my bridesmaid dress altered at the last minute. It wasn’t cheap, but the tailor did an excellent job on short notice with very little fabric to work with. This will be my go to place for alterations.

Who doesn’t like their clothes looking perfect on them, like they were custom designed exactly for your body?
Miss Lee is the most amazing at alterations. I’ve been coming to see Miss Lee now for quite some time– and to say that she’s the best after time and time again– well I could say it for forever. She has done everything from work shirts to ball gowns for charity events and her turn around time is absolutely to die for. Time is precious around these parts of Nova especially when you have so many other social extra curricular activities… Ok who am I kidding?! Boozing with our friends obviously.
She’s been able to hem and turn around pants in less than an hour, take in ball gowns in less than a day, and whatever other service you or need she can do. The pricing is fantastic– for an emergency hem and taking in the waste she only charged me $ 35. That’s nothing for less than an hours worth of service.
The only obstacle: finding this place. This place is a whole in the wall– up a flight of stairs kinds of place. If you are looking for that shi-​shi, let me serve you a glass of champagne type of place: this is not it. This place has character. Pictures behind the counter, a few little stalls set up for changing purposes, and her cute little asian accented voice yelling in the back «hey bay-​bay!!! What you want?! Bay-​bay!!!»
If you want fast, efficient, low costing, but high quality– come see Miss Lee!!!

Ms Lee saved the day! I needed a bridesmaid dress altered as it was 2 sizes too big and 4 inches too long. I was so nervous about going somewhere I hadn’t been as it was a very expensive gown and I was on a time crunch (the dress came in 3 weeks before the wedding.) She quickly had me try the dress on and took directions on how I wanted it to fit. She told me to come back in 2 weeks and the quote of $ 80. It may have been a little pricey, but it was well worth it because the dress fits perfectly now and in time for the wedding! I will definitely use her again! She does prefer cash and there’s no AC in the room FYI

I had an emergency alteration for my graduation dinner dress. I was so worried I’d either have to pay an excessive amount or she wouldn’t have the time. However, she told me to come in as soon as possible. She fixed my dress (which was far too large in the hip area) in 20 minutes. It cost $ 25 and it was completely worth it! I’d go back to her any time, any day.

Ms. Lee did a great job on my dress. If I wasn’t in such a hurry, I probably would have had her to alter it again. I needed the shoulder straps in my bridesmaid dress to be taken in. Although she pinned it where it needed to be, it was still super loose, so I had to have a friend pin it. I will most likely go back to have to slacks altered, because I have friends that used her and they loved the work she did. Plus, she’s somewhat convenient to work. I knocked off another star because I thought $ 30 was a bit much for fixing shoulder straps.

I don’t recommend this place. I brought in a $ 40 dress that I purchased on sale and they wanted to charge me $ 70 to get a 2-​inch basic hem.

Really really really expensive for alterations. $ 25 dollars per side to take in a button-​down shirt. I lost some weight and was told they couldn’t take in the much. I really don’t understand why she couldn’t if the Georgian lady in North Carolina could do it. I appreciate that they told me the truth, but saying that I lost so much weight that I have to get new suits and replace all of my clothes sounds bogus. Oh, and Paleo if you’re curious

The best tailor in the area without a doubt. I’m a student and last year was deciding between buying a new suit and having an older one tailored for an interview. Mrs. Lee knew exactly what I wanted. In two days, she turned my baggy suit into sleek, form fitting perfection.
Quick, Affordable and respectful — She’s the best.

I’ve been a patron of Georgetown Alterations over the last decade. Anyone who’s visited this hole-​in-​the-​wall on Wisconsin Avenue knows that it’s a Washington institution — evident by the collage of notable clientele gracing the walls.
Ms. Lee (actually they’re four sisters) is precise and efficient. I know of no other tailor who can make a suit fit like a glove in a 45-​minute turnaround. There’s one caveat: Ms. Lee is in very high demand, and that’s especially so on weekends. I advise heading over mid-​week if you can find the time. And all services are cash-​only!

Ms. Lee and her staff are some of the best tailors I have tried. While other tailors fumble with the pins, their expertise quickly becomes apparent when during the fitting, their experienced fingers skillfully sliding pins into the fabric.
I moved to Boston six months ago and still haven’t found a tailor that could match the skill level and price point, so once I knew I would be in town for a weekend, I brought an ill-​fitting shirt and dress to Mrs. Lee to have the waist and shoulders taken in. She understood my time constraints and managed to turn it around in 2 days!
That being said, pinning may not always be perfect, so do try on your item before bringing it home. Check your hems to make sure they are even, check your fit to make sure that the fabric fits well and doesn’t pull when you move your arms around normally. Make sure you are happy with what you get — if not, they are happy to fix your problem either on the spot or for a later pick-​up at no additional cost.

I’ve become a regular here. Anytime a shirt or a coat doesn’t fit, I being it in because they’re so cheap.
I had all my work shirts tailored for $ 15 a pop. New coat that was too wide. Jackets. Shorts. Pants. They do it all and they’re honest if they thing something will cost too much to be worth it.
To have a suit jacket taken in they charge $ 25. For a big wool overcoat they only charged $ 30. I’ve had pant legs taken in because they were too baggy-​$ 15.
Their speed of work in the fitting area still is a bit overwhelming and people are generally on top of each other fighting over their one mirror. But as I said in my review two years ago, if you take your time and make sure you communicate what you want, you’ll get it. And if you don’t, they’ll fix it with no questions asked, and almost always while you’re waiting.

«hey honey, I do fo’ you no problem, you come see me soon!»
Ms. Lee runs Georgetown Alterations Express Services in what seems to be a run down apt off Wisconsin ave in Georgetown but the plethora Unilocal reviews and gogo artists autographed headshots made me feel she knows her stuff and is no run down. Parking can be tricky depending when you go– its Georgetown, people. I brought a dress to get hemmed and she offered to do it on the spot for $ 20 if I didn’t mind waiting a few minutes. While $ 20 to hem a simple cotton dress is pretty steep, I reminded myself «this is georgetown», I was in no position to whip out a sewing machine to do it myself (aint nobody got time fo’that), and wanted the dress within a week so after she offered to do it then and there, I happily obliged, no rush I told her! Within minutes, I tried on the dress and the length was much better on my 5 foot 1 frame. Upon further examination of the work, it was average at best, crooked seams and thread started pulling and dress is hard to walk in without feeling like a mummy. Either I should have waited a day or two to pick up so that she could take her time and maybe did a better job or said something but I just wanted to get out of there. I did not feel confident going back with my higher quality pieces for tailoring. Ms. Lee may have been a-​ok in a pinch to hem on the spot but quality of work was more meh and thankfully it’s a cheap cotton dress that no one will be looking at the bottom but it definitely needs to get done by someone who knows better and will take my higher quality/​more expensive pieces elsewhere.

Ms. Lee gets you right with no problems. Supreme skills. The only negative is the location. Tough to find parking especially if you don’t get there early. Prices dont get any better. Cash only!

She did a great job. I needed a bridesmaid dress hemmed and straps added. She did it in less than a week. She does take credit cards now through an app on her phone so it is no longer cash only. Would definitely go back to her again!

Miss Lee, I love love LOVE you!!! I bought this incredibly cute dress from BCBG, but it was not made for a 5’3 woman; I brought it in Wednesday and came back Friday to find that the dress fit me like a GLOVE! She shortened the chiffon bottom and cinched the waist so that it hugged my body better. And she didn’t charge me a ton. I’ve had so many positive experiences with her and expensive gowns that I am considering even asking her to fix my wedding dress for next May!
Thank you, honey!

Don’t judge this place by its looks because despite the looks of the building and the inside they do quality work. You can drop off your suit pants to get hemmed and they’ll do it in a few minutes for only $ 10. I’ve also dropped off a bridesmaids dress here for hemming and they did a great job. Their prices are very reasonable. I definitely recommend this place!
They don’t take credit cards so don’t forget to bring cash!