Seamstress Extraordinaire

ommendations. I eloped to NYC and had planned to walk throughout Manhattan with a photographer for a few hours, so a slightly different bridal case. We worked together to determine a train length that would be manageable for my 5-hour city walk but also be an elegant bridal length. She teaches you how to walk in the dress and steam/manage the transportation of the dress. She was my hype girl in every session with her and was a highlight of my wedding experience. I am so grateful to Diane for making me feel like a beautiful bride and for helping my experience be stress-free.

special keepsakes from my mother’s wedding gown to have on my wedding day. I can’t recommend her enough!🩷

out my dress. She listened to all of my concerns and requests and provided her professional expertise without any judgment, which made the experience so comfortable. I’m so grateful for her help and highly recommend her!

. She is a master seamstress with a wonderful personality! I loved working with her and would recommend her to any bride!

the detail on my dress, and she really took the time to explain everything that she was doing to my dress to make sure it fit me in all of the best ways to highlight my best features. Highly recommend Seamstress Extraordinaire!!

I had to get a double bustle because of the train. She made me feel comfortable and confident. She made sure my two friends knew how to bustle my dress. I’m so glad I found Diane and her team!

to bustle the dress, and also gave tons of pointers on how to walk/sit in the dress etc. I'd recommend Diane to anyone!

asked great questions and I fully trusted her to do her thing. She took her time and I never felt rushed. My MOH came for the final fitting and she went over how to bustle. She taught me how to walk with my long train. I felt amazing in my dress on my wedding day, and can't thank Diane enough!! Highly recommend!!

d all of my questions and gave advice on alterations that I should or should not consider. I asked about adding pockets- she got materials together to show me a makeshift sample and walked through how it would look with my dress. With my particular dress it didn't work- pockets would have been extremely noticeable and would have taken away from the overall look, and I really appreciated Diane taking the time to walk through it and show me- she truly cared about wanting me to look and feel great while giving her expert opinion and advice. She was also extremely thoughtful throughout the appointment- she noticed I kept tugging the dress down near the armpits, and she suggested she cut out some material to make it more roomier for me- which I didn't even know was a possibility! In addition to that, my dress was hemmed, bustle added, and chest taken in (with the lace design re-added by her!). I highly recommend her and will absolutely use her again when needing alterations.

and I also wanted to change the design of the chest in a way that I didn't even know was possible or not. She was the friendliest person, very organized with appointments made far in advance and EXTREMELY talented and made all the dreams I had for my dress come true. It fit me like a glove yet allowed to me to sit comfortably and dance like crazy! She was able to entirely change the chest area of the dress without making it look like she changed a thing. She also truly thought of and asked my opinion of every single detail of the process from suggesting multiple different ways she could design my straps on my dress, down to the reapplication of single lace floral pieces after hemming. I genuinely can not recommend her enough to any bride looking for any type of alteration on their dress!

ed and a bustle added, etc. I can’t recommend her enough. I got SO MANY compliments on my wedding day and I feel like the dress fit like a glove.

year back due to COVID and I completely forgot to tell some vendors. She was a dream to work with! My dress was very extra, and she knew exactly what to do with it and did such a wonderful job! Thank you Thank you Thank you!

l occasion dress altered, you absolutely should trust Diane to do the job! She’s incredibly talented and skilled at alterations. She added some lining and did other complicated alterations on my wedding gown, but you could never tell that the dress was touched - she’s that good. She knew when I first came in and tried the dress on exactly what was needed, but consulted me on everything and took the time to understand my vision. Her prices are also extremely fair - I had gone to two other tailors and they wanted to charge almost double. Also, she not only altered my dress to be able to bustle, but she provided talk-through custom videos for us so that my maid of honor can just follow along on my wedding day. The best part is that she does it all with kindness and compassion and truly made me feel comfortable throughout the process. She took care of me like I was family! Seriously run don’t walk to book Diane!!!!

roperly for your dress leading up to your day). I was nervous because I needed some length taken off of my dress because I am short, and my dress was a beautiful lace. I was skeptical of how lace dresses are shortened without ruining the design. Diane was the BEST - my dress looked perfect! She even added sleeves on that I had wanted. On my wedding, guests commented on how much they loved the sleeves on my dress. I whispered to one of my cousins, "I added these, the dress didn't come with them". She was shocked and said she would have had no idea, they looked like they were just naturally part of the dress. Diane also is so helpful and patient when teaching you how to get the dress on and off and doing the bustle. I felt so comfortable with my dress in her hands. A true artist! - Danielle Desimone Volpe

out and had a secret pocket sewn in. The dress just looked flawless after her alterations! I would recommend her to anyone needing help with their dresses!!

s I didn’t and fixed them. I will always use her for future alterations, she’s that great.

s easy. Diane was super responsive to phone calls and emails. She was also very flexible with scheduling as well. I work from home once a week and would often have to meet on those days during my lunch hour. She was more than willing to accommodate! She made sure to correspond through text or email to remind me of upcoming appointments! It was so helpful and a great touch. I had two gowns---an Allure A-line gown and a cowl neck satin dress from White Runway. Both gowns did not need many alterations. The Allure gown fit like a glove, but the layers under the skirt added a much fuller look than I was going for. Diane educated me on what those layers were and why it made the gown look the way it did. She made some recommendations on how to make the skirt look less full and I fully trusted her judgement. Diane also educated me on bustles! She did such a wonderful job on my gown---it looked amazing and photographed so beautifully! I highly recommend her services. She has so much experience and has such an awesome and diverse background. She’s also great to be around! She was so easy to talk to and made me feel right at home in her in-home studio. Thank you, Diane, for the amazing work and even better conversation during each fitting!

vous to trust someone to alter my wedding dress, and Diane was definitely the right choice! At 5 feet tall, I had about two extra feet of fabric to my dress. I had told her that it fit me perfectly, except for the length. When I went there, Diane told me that while I think it fits me perfectly, there are definitely improvements that could be made. I was a little skeptical but figured she’s the expert so I’ll trust her judgement. I was in awe when I went to pick up my dress and saw how much better it fit. She was absolutely right! Not only is Diane truly an “extraordinary seamstress,” but she is such a good, kind person to work with. She didn’t mind me using that time in my dress to test different necklaces and bracelets for the big day. She took the time to teach my maid of honor how to bustle my dress by showing her, letting my MOH try it, and then correcting her. I felt like she wanted to make sure my day was perfect and I was beautiful, not just that she wanted to get the job done. Her prices were very reasonable and her flexibility with timing was unmatchable. My mom had intended to get her mother-of-the-bride dress altered at the store she bought it from, but changed her mind and decided to go with Diane instead after going to my fitting appointment with me. When my mom went to pick up her dress two weeks before the wedding and felt like she wanted another small adjustment, Diane worked quickly to make the revision so the dress was perfect and ready to be picked up with time to spare. If you’re having trouble finding the person to trust with the most important alteration of your life – that person is Diane. Trust me.

e was so flexible with appointment times and was so responsive. She also altered my sister and my mom's dresses and all 3 of our gowns looked 10x better after her work. I would recommend her to anyone and am absolutely a lifelong customer.

pful in answering all my questions. I would absolutely recommend Diane to anyone and will be using her for future alterations!

than we were expecting but it is an upfront all-inclusive charge so she does not try to add-on things later on. I would trust her to alter absolutely anything.

much of the wedding ourselves), I tried to save money wherever I could. This meant that after finding an Oleg Cassini dress I really liked at David's Bridal, I went searching to find the dress cheaper elsewhere. I was able to find the dress for $500 less on Ebay, being sold by someone who had cancelled their wedding (meaning bonus--it wasn't even worn once). I couldn't turn down a deal like that, so I bought the dress, even though it was a size 22 and I am around size 8-10 (depending on the brand). Fortunately, I found Diane online and she was able to not only greatly alter a dress with an illusion neckline, lace overlay and beading, but incorporate some of my ideas of how to make the dress "mine". The dress is tea length and ivory and Diane was able to sew into the dress a navy petticoat that peeked out just a tiny bit from the bottom of my dress as well as add a navy sash that didn't interfere with the zippering and beading up the back. Not only did I love her work, but Diane was great to work with as well as reasonably priced--I wouldn't hesitate to recommend her to anyone seeking bridal gown alterations, especially those that have tiny details that are going to need very close attention.