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A lot of people reccommend The Dress Doctor -

http://www.dressdoctor.com/

I'm sure they are fabulous, but I don't doubt expensive. I have the same situation as you - can not/will not do my alterations outside of the city. I looked into White Chicago and Weddings 826 - for both places, you don't need to have purchased your dress there to do alterations. White Chicago requires I think at least $300 or $350 that you have to put down for alterations...so if you need minimal work done like me, it's not worth it. For Weddings 826, there are some bad reviews out there for their alterations person!

I have ended up with Ms. Couture around North/Clybourn -

http://mscouture.net/

While they don't seem as "fancy" as the other places, they have fabulous reviews!

http://www.yelp.com/biz/ms-couture-chicago

A lot of the reviews I've seen not only celebrate how good the work is, but how reasonable their rates are. Score! I have my first fitting this Saturday the 6th - I'd be happy to let you know how it goes, and I'm sure I'll be posting about it anyway, so you'll see it show up on the blog!

This is definitely a tough decision....you spend a lot on a dress you love, so you don't want to go bargain basement when it comes to alterations, but you don't want to pay a fortune either :)

Hey MEA -

I have a post on my alterations that I'm sure will be on tomorow, but just wanted to let you know that my fitting was great! The seamstress at Ms. Couture (I'm not sure of her name, but I think she's the only person there) was so sweet and really helpful...I think costs were about what you'd expect (mine came in at roughly $300 for basic alterations, nothing major being done) and I felt very happy leaving my dress in her hands.

Hope this helps :)

So glad it worked out! :)