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Wow that is a lot of money for alterations in my opinion.
But, then again I bought my dress for just about that much...
Can you take your dress to another place or a seamstress to get a quote on alterations??
I would try to see if another place can do the same thing for less....
Unfortunately I think that might be standard. I'm getting charged not quite that much, but just need hem and bustle. My friend got married in October and paid $300 for hem and bustle, plus a few torso adjustments.
Thanks i will try that.... but i dont have a lot of time and im affraid if i take it to a cheaper place they wont do a good job???? and my dress has so many details... hhmmm?
Thanks!
Yikes. I found a seamstress that did it out of her home for $45. Maybe look around? However, I do think that is about normal for a bridal shop. I would def. tell them it's not fitting how you wanted it to for that much money. Be bridezilla if you have to!
$300 is about what I paid for alterations, and I think I got less alterations done than you (just a hem, bustle, bra sewn in). Depending on your metro area, this might be quite normal. You can always shop around and find alterations for less though. Try a tailor that doesn't "specialize" in bridals if your alterations seem uncomplicated. They always get you with the word "bridal", you know?
Unfortunately bridal shops like to error on the large side because it is easier to take in a dress than let it out. They just happen to make some money off it too. When I ordered my dress, based on the measurements, I was told I was in between two sizes so I picked the smaller of the two. Now that I have gotten my dress it is too big (and I haven't changed size at all). I fell like I could have ordered one size even smaller.
Here alterations run $30-50 for hem, $100 for moving the zipper, or $50-60 per side to take in the sides. My grandma is going to do all my alterations for Free 
! I strongly suggest asking other places for quotes. And not just bridal shops, many local laundry mats have great <span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana">seamstresses who's rates aren't jacked up just because the 'W' word is involved. If you do go somewhere else, ask your bridal shop if they will still steam your dress before the wedding, or make sure that the new alterations place will take care of that.
Thanks ladys!
It is nice to hear your opinion, ill let you know what they tell me today at the store.
I paid 350.00 for my alterations. Like you I was NOT HAPPY about the cost. However, after shopping around and reading weddingbee I realized that was the going rate. Where do you live? That will affect the price as well.
Good luck!
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Wow that's a ton of money!!! Could you price a separate seamstress that ISN'T a bridal gown employee?
I paid $400 for my dress and it needed no alterations b/c of the way it laces up. And i'm freakishly tall. I would not have been happy about that much money being "suddenly" required. I"d price around. But a lot of times the store "builds in the cost" of the alterations which has happened to a few friends of mine so their dress sounds super pricey but it an all-inclusive price, too.
Okay; you have me nervous now. I will need alterations + a design modification (want the train + length cut off). I was guessing at around $200. (Runs to update budget).
Hello Karma007 it really depends where you got your dress from... but sadly it cost me that much ($310) only for alterations which sucks but my wedding is now so close and i dont have time to wonder around. I want to have it ready already uuhhhh! .... Ask how much would it be for all your alterations and yes be affraid!.... hopefully no!
Best wishes!
Yeah, that's normal for where I live, my seamstress' going rate is $375; aw, I thought I saved by getting my dress on sale, what a bummer, well, it is designer from Kleinfeld with intricate beading and enbroidery; I'm a little bummed the alterations jack it up :(
I tried to ask at my local laundromat for cheaper but even she said it's too difficult and to go to the expert even though it's more expensive; now I'm going to have to haggle and negotiate like crazy
My budget was $300, I got my gown at 599; aw, but my alterations will be $375 give or take
WOW! I am paying $120 for mine I have a lady that is doing it out of her home. I went 3x to her and she had to take everything in and make the bustle I did not need my hem taken up. I think that them charging that kind of money is horrible. I personally think they order you a size way bigger so they can make their money off their alterations. I would try to find someone who does it on the side or go to a totally different place!
I think mine will be about $350. Even though they measured your widest body part, they still order in sizes, so if you were in-between sizes, they probably ordered you the size larger.
In my opinion, thats not too bad. I got charged $585 (yes! ) for my dress! My sister in law who got her dress fr. the same place i went to had a mermaid dress and her's cost $850 to alter. Its really outrageous what they charge just to do some minor alterations.
Hi Ladys!
Im glad to hear from all of you.
Yesterday afternoon i went to the bridal store and the price did not change even though i try to lower by telling them that my dress was suppose to at least be perfect on my hips but ... you know they didnt take that :( so the lady who does the alterations for them told me that she would lower the price a little bit from 310 to 260 and i thought that was so nice... but the manager added the TAXES and it went up to 278. Before i left the store i thank the lady from alterations for understanding my situation and helping me, then today i receive a phone call from this lady telling me that the manager screamed at her really bad and told her that it was not her bussines to care about the brides problems, that if we could pay for venues, plane tickets and everything else then we should have enough to pay for alterations and thats how it is...
and if the bride cant do alterations then let them step in the dress (we dont care) WOW! .... in the end it is all about the money.
right now im not working and im cut up in the middle of this wedding which my FI is paying almost by himself. the company i worked for 6 years closed and i just started to get help from the gov. What are we suppose to do when the wedding is almost here and there is basically no job and no more money hhmmm? people like the one at the store wont helpor understand and the person who wants to help gets screamed at.
anyhow this nice lady told me to pick up my dress from the store and take it to her and she would do it for me for half of the price they want to charge me at the store.... sorry for the long e-mail, i just want to share with you what happened and to say that there are still good people out there that want to help.
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Wow, if only everyone knew how bridal stores operate behind the scenes, eh? That's awful. It really attributes to the fact they're a money-making macine and don't give a damn about us. Especially a major store like Kleinfelds. They probably figured you were a budget bride anyways and had no business shopping there, so "Here's let's suck you dry!" Think about all the women that go in there and plunk 7K down on a dress. Gag.
I'm glad your seamstress is being such a wonderful lady about this. She probably will make MORE money (i bet the store pays her $15 an hour doing alterations) doing yours on the side. Don't they realize that money is TIGHT in this economy?!?! Geesh. You catch more flies with honey.
Makes me want to open up my own store and NOT sock it to everybody.
Oh my! That's aweful. The salon where I got my dress doesn't do alterations and I'm glad, sounds like I can get a much better deal elsewhere. I really really hope mine doesn't turn out to be $300! My dress came in too big too, even though I didn't lose weight.
Hi ladys is me again!
To finish the story, this afternoon i went back to the store to pick up my dress, when i got there i told the lady (manager/owner that i had somebody else who was going to alter the dress for me for free and what she told me was shocking for me! she said i had to pay a fee ($35) dollars because they had taken the meassurents already .... excuse my language but what a B****! she knew i left my dress without any payment and that i was not sure if i was going to end up doing it there or somewhere else, i had to hold back! i really wanted to be a bridezilla and tell her a few things... but i didnt.. i maintained myself calm and that made her even more angry, i knew for sure she didnt like me since the nice lady from alterations was trying to help me lowering the price for me....... Those two ladys where so fake!!! Gladly the other Nice lady will do all the alterations of my dress for 170 dollars :) im happy about that and the fact i wont pay the store 310 dollars!.... im tired i just want to have my dress at home ready to go.
P.S ... I will never go back to that store EVER EVER! and would not advise their services to any other bride.
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Hi ladys!
I dont know what to think i went for my first fitting and the dress is loose in my hips, waist, and bust
... i have not lost any weight and the inches of my hips still the same.
What they told me at the store is that they meassure the widest part of the body (the hips) now just a month away from my wedding they are charging me 310 dollars for all the alterations? hhmmm??? im going to day to talk to the manager because i think if they took meassurements of my hips shouln't be fitting perfect????
I need your advise!
Thanks!
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