Something Blue by Liliana Puertas

ere. She is clearly very busy as she had a bride booked before me that carried over and another bride 20 minutes after me. She paid close attention to every detail and measurement and made sure the length of my dress looked great with both pairs of shoes. My dress was gorgeous and she did an amazing job making the bustle look like its own dress. However, I did not find her method of pricing to be professional. After she pinned me up, the next bride was sitting waiting next to me as she reviewed my estimate. I didn’t feel that I had the space to discuss it with her as she was so busy. Even though her page states starting at 400, her estimate to hem, bustle, and tighten the top corset of my dress was $900. I had to deposit half that day. I tried calling her the next week to discuss it and what I was paying for but she told me “400 is only for a simple dress like from David’s bridal”. Even though David’s bridal sells similar dresses to mine. I felt my alterations were basic and standard. Other brides I know who got married after Covid spent 500 or less for similar alterations. Then at my 2nd fitting the dress wasn’t ready yet because she didn’t have enough time (within 2 months) to sew all of my bustle buttons. She then told me that the new estimate could be up to 1100 but she didn’t give me a final price. I came back for my final fitting and the dress was perfect just how I wanted. The bustle details were gorgeous. I am very happy with my dress alterations. However she now had asked for a total of 1300 which is only 500 less than the dress itself! Again I had to discuss this in front of other people and I told her that wasn’t in my budget I budgeted for 900 give or take 100 and it didn’t seem fair to keep increasing the price based on “how much time it took me”. I felt I was at her mercy to be charged whatever price. She finally negotiated on taking $50 off the total price. But then she said since I didn’t have 600 in cash on me that she was charging me a credit card fee of $38. At no point did she mention a cash discount until that minute. I could understand if I was adding fabric or changing the shape or sleeves or something but this seemed outrageous for standard alterations. I would recommend you give yourself a lot of time and do not make a deposit with Liliana until you shop around, unless you are willing to pay any price for a perfect dress.

nce with her. It was truly one of the best decisions I made working with Liliana. I came to her with a vision in mind about my wedding dress, and she brought it to life in a way that exceeded my expectations. She added gorgeous sleeves to my dress, and made sure my worries about the fit were not an issue for the big day. I have a relatively busty top and Liliana made it so I could dance all night long in my gown with no problems. Throughout the entire process, Liliana communicated with me every step of the way. She was always so professional, poised and so so sweet. Not to mention, she made me feel like a queen in my gorgeous perfectly fitted dress! Thanks to her I felt calm and confident for the big day. I will forever call her my fairy godmother because I truly didn’t know what was possible until I met her. I had the absolute best experience with Liliana and would 10/10 recommend her to any bride looking for a highly experienced professional!

he alterations required basically deconstructing the top of the dress to shorten the straps and adding both an under bustle and an over bustle to make the dress look just right. She went into each visit with a critical eye and I left feeling confident and beautiful!