European Tailoring by Tanya

I had a great experience having a bridesmaids dress altered here! I moved to Illinois recently and didn’t have any recommendations for my dress so I was really nervous. But after reading the other positive reviews and coming in for a consultation with Tanya I felt pretty confident with this my choice for alterations. Parking was easy and free. The turn around for my dress was quick– less than a week! I had many areas of the dress taken in and a built in bra put in– I am very happy with my results. It was a great value for the amount of alterations I got. I highly recommend Tanya for formal dress alterations!

Great work, Great prices, Great people. After having a bad experience with another alteration place down the street from Tanya, I decided to give this place a try. I’ve been going back ever since. Tanya’s great at what she does. I’ve given her jeans to shorten, shirts of all fabric types to shorten and all of it has come back perfect. She has everything done within a week — even after I tell her I don’t need it quickly. Prices are reasonable as well — for the quality of work, it’s a deal!

Tanya has so much skill that my wife insists on giving her at least $ 10.00 no matter how small the job. We purchased three pairs of pants from Joseph A. Bank and asked Tanya to cut the legs to the correct length with cuffs.
I am handicapped so standing up is difficult, but Tanya used her measuring tape to assess the needed length whilst I was sitting in a wheelchair. After picking up the pants I tried them on and they were a perfect length.
Tanya sometimes muses about how she struggles with money; so my wife and I tip her well and encourage her to raise her prices.
Anybody who uses Tanya’s services should do the same. We all need her.
Simon and Nancy

Tanya is the BEST. I’ve had her tailor dresses, pants, skirts, skirts for years. There is nothing she cant do. Create a slit on a multi layer chiffon gown, sure! Take in a dress to hug your curves more, done! Bought a dress too big and need it tailored to your size, easy! She is same price or cheaper than the dry cleaners, and rest assured your clothes will come out perfect! Dont even take your pants to get hemmed anywhere but to Tanya! She is awesome & also very nice. (The store is closed Wednesdays & Sundays)

I’ve had a Mark Shale suit adjusted by Tanya and her workmanship is excellent. For my suit, I needed her to make a new waistline for the skirt. She did a superb job removing the existing band and shortening the skirt from the top to give me the breathing room I needed.
I’d also had her fix some bridesmaid dresses for my daughter’s wedding. The dresses we’d bought online were slightly too large for the girls, but couldn’t have been simply taken in on the side seam without ruining the line of the dress, so she removed the back zipper, made the reductions on both sides, and then sewed the zipper back in place. All beautifully done.
I’m very pleased with her work, and with her reasonable prices.

Tanya has been altering my clothes for over 15 years and I keep returning to her shop as her workmanship is outstanding. She is very professional, friendly. and prices are reasonable. Most recently she came to our rescue and altered all the bridesmaids dresses for my daughter wedding as the dresses did not arrive at the bridal store till the same week as the wedding. She got all the dress done before the day of wedding! She is fantastic

I have been going to Tanya since 2000. I started taking my dresses for school dances to her since I am short and everything is long on me. She would always do a very good job, reasonable price for the work and would have them done on time. She really pulled through for me in 2002 when I had a dress for prom that was a few sizes too big (one of those deals you can’t pass up that you want to make work). There was lots of beading that made it difficult on her end and about 3 – 4 inches taken in on each side of the zipper. Regardless, when prom rolled around, Tanya had pulled through and made me look like a princess. Now that my school dance days are over I take anything that needs hemming or taken in to Tanya. She consistently does great work at a good and fair price. She always is willing to have the work done within a few days of bringing it in (easy stuff like hems). My mom has been seeing Tanya for just as many years if not longer (she’s the one I get my ‘vertically challenged’ gene from) and we both will continue to see Tanya for as long as she’ll be in business. She is the nicest lady and will strike up a conversation with you. I’m not sure what her hours are exactly, but I do know she is closed on Wednesdays and Sundays.