L’Mode Bridal Alterations Specialist

lism. Their craftsmanship is on another level—every seam, tuck, and adjustment was flawless. They made sure the dress hugged in all the right places without losing comfort. Not only are they talented, but they’re also incredibly friendly and make you feel taken care of throughout the process. I’m so grateful for their work!

h to figure out what to do with my dress. Enter Dorie. She was incredibly responsive, was able to fit me into her schedule within 1-2 days of my reaching out, easily saw the fit problems and how to fix them (which the previous shop had told me were impossible to do...), and was able to get it all accomplished in my limited time frame. The work was high quality and just what I needed. Thank you, Dorie, for rescuing me.

dirty, and the zipper was broken. In addition, it fit me, but just barely. Long story short, I knew it was going to need a lot of work. I found Dorie on Yelp; she was responsive and easy to schedule an appointment with. As others have mentioned, she works out of her condo in Tustin, but she provided clear and easy directions and her working space is set up nicely. Dorie seemed unphased by the amount of damage repair my dress needed and gave me a couple of options for ways to let the dress out; she showed me that my dress presented some challenges because of an all-lace section at the top of the back of my dress. We settled on one of the options, which Dorie called "major reconstruction" in her notes =) I had no idea what to expect in terms of cost, but the amount that Dorie quoted me seemed reasonable considering the amount that needed to be done (repair, shortening, adding a bustle, and the "major reconstruction"). I went back a few months later and everything was great - the holes were repaired, the length and fit were perfect, the zipper worked, and I think Dorie had done a bit of work to the top of my dress to ensure no "boob gap". The only issue was that the "major reconstruction" option I had chosen required adding panels on the sides of my dress and Dorie had not covered the added panels with lace (I didn't take any photos of me wearing the dress at that appointment, but you can kind of see the panels in the photo of my dress on the hanger). We hadn't explicitly discussed that at my initial appointment and the way it looked might have been ok for some people, but I really didn't like how much the added panels stood out without lace. Luckily I had purchased some extra lace from the manufacturer through Mariposa and Dorie hadn't used it for anything else yet, so I asked if she could use the lace to cover the added panels - Dorie charged me a bit more for that (which was fine with me) and sent me off. At my final appointment with Dorie, I was thrilled to see that she'd had enough lace to fully cover the side panels and you would never even know they were there! Everything was perfect - I loved my dress so much! I've attached a couple photos from my final appointment with Dorie and from my wedding day =) Overall, I'd highly recommend Dorie to any bride, whether your dress needs a little bit of work or a "major reconstruction" like mine did. She was very communicative and easy to work with and got everything I needed done in plenty of time for my wedding. Dorie is clearly very good at what she does and she's trustworthy - your gown will be in good hands with Dorie! Thank you Dorie for making this whole process very easy for me and for turning my beat up sample dress into the dress of my dreams!

ive up on the dress until I came into her lovely shop. I felt crazy because of how much my prior tailor fought me on my concerns, but within a minute of looking at my dress, she knew everything that was wrong with it. Fixed all of it, and I felt so sexy and beautiful! I got so many compliments that night and my husband was VERY pleased! 😉 Yes she’s pricey, but at that point, it was worth it. If you can afford it, she’s a guaranteed professional and fairy godmother!