I’m going to try to make a long story short:
I had a baby recently and my whole body changed, which resulted in dragging my feet in finding a wedding dress. A month from my wedding, I picked a dress out of desperation, but it didn’t fit right... and even came with sleeves about 6 inches too short. It was a disaster and so was I. Then enters who I refer to as my ‘alteration angel’, Diana. While other well-known seamstresses in Brooklyn made me feel like a monster for inquiring about helping me with my dress so close to my wedding, Diana said, ‘Sure, no problem, bring it in’. Wow! The first person who made me feel at ease instead of like crap. Then, when I came, she proceeded to alter my dress to my size. But when I had it on, fitting perfectly, I still didn’t like it. ‘No problem’ says my AA (alteration angel), we will do some stylistic changes on the dress. When I came back a few days later, the dress was TOTALLY different and in a good way...but I still didn’t like it. I was now 2 weeks out from my wedding. I looked her in the eye and told her I was a practical person, but that I really needed permission to scrap this dress and get a new one. I thought she might sway me as my wedding was 2 weeks out. I thought she might lie to me and tell me the dress looked beautiful on me. But no, she told me the truth. That the dress was crap and didn’t look great and I should find a dress I love. I promptly found my dream dress, but it was way too big. ‘No problem’ said my AA and she proceeded to alter the dress to fit like a glove the week of my wedding, which turned out to be the day after HER wedding. She did all of this while she still had to plan and make her wedding dress and she never seemed stressed and she never made me feel stressed! She was like my therapist, I swear! She is truly amazing! To top it off, she stalked my first disaster dress on social media and admitted she didn’t think it was the same dress, especially the sleeves. The dress was from a very good brand who also has a strict ‘no returns’ policy, but when I emailed them and told them that my alterations chick who studies and makes dresses for a living thinks that I received a different dress, they REFUNDED ME (but first, AA had to revert the dress back to its original design)! Holy cow! And, the best part is, I felt hot and amazing and so incredible on my wedding day. I love my pics and I love how I felt and I know I would have felt quite different if I had worn the first dress!
I cannot say enough about Diana! I refer everyone to her and my only regret now is that I don’t get to see her anymore...she is the type of person you would really want to be friends with! Go to her for sure!