Irina Sigal

You can spend as much as you want on clothing but the reality is, without a good tailor, you’ll still look cheap. Irina is the best at what she does, and we’ve been going to her for years. Every piece of clothing she touches – from pants to dresses to skirts – comes back looking and fitting better than ever.
For example, she took a Nicole MIller gown – that was beautiful to begin with – and turned it into a much more practical and equally stylish cocktail dress, giving it a second life in my wardrobe. She’s also altered dresses for my wedding guests with impeccable results.
Most recently, I brought over a bunch of new dress pants and skirts. Unfortunately, I’m not 6 feet tall and they need a serious hemming. Thankfully, Irina and her staff are up to the challenge. Fittings are always quick and painless – they thrive on efficiency. Without even asking for a quick turnaround, she promised to have the latest project done in just a few days, even with the holiday.
Spend what you like on clothing, but make sure you have a dedicated tailor on hand to take your clothes to the next level. My pants were far from cheap to begin with, but I’m confident that when I don them next, they’ll look like a million bucks!

I am beyond thankful that Irina was not only able to save me from a terrible dress disaster, but she also designed and made the most beautiful dress I have ever seen! The design of my dress was creative and original. I can’t wait to wear my dress again soon!
I would recommend Irina to anyone and everyone looking for alterations or their dresses custom-​made. I know I will be coming back to Irina to make me countless more dresses in the future. Highly recommend everyone to go here!

I had an awesome experience with Irina and her staff. I am scheduled to be in my brother’s wedding next weekend and I am five months pregnant; I waited until the last possible minute to get my dress altered because I wasn’t sure how big I would be. I went to Irina on a Monday and the dress was completely ready by that Friday! Irina had to completely restructure the dress, which of course was a great concern of mine. She did an incredible job and the dress looks great. I was in years during our first meeting because I was so concerned that it would never fit, but thankfully, she was able to produce a miracle. I will never take a garment somewhere else. Irina is worth every penny and then some.

I grew up in Glenside but live in Center City. I have had quite few dresses and jeans, growing up, altered at Irina’s Elkins Park location because her work is hands down the best and I want my already expensive dresses and jeans to be altered properly. Then one day during a run down Locust St towards the water, I saw her second location. I can hardly control myself, I am so thrilled about this! Now i don’t have to drive out of the city to get my clothing alterations!
Now the amazingness (yes, I make up words because she is that wonderful) about Iriana’s business. I had a very $$$$$$ bathing suit bottom that I borrowed from my sister with these very cool chain like links across the side. Well it was very poorly made and that’s a review for another day, but the little orange bathing suit material that held the cute gold links together was not well sewn and one fell off and another was falling off. I was terrified to tell my sister and when I did i promised to get it fixed. Well I went to 4 different Tailors in the Center City area and contacted Shopbop and contacted the Creator of the suit bottoms. Zero success. I went to Irina’s in Elkins Park to get a dress altered for an up coming wedding and I brought the bottoms thinking it was a shot in the dark, and she fixed it. She fixed them right up perfectly, the color was the exact match, she sewed up the one that was about to fall off. She actually saved me from devastatingly returns broken bottoms just before the summer season.
I will never cheat on Irina Sigal with another tailor. I am her loyal customer.

Wow — this lady is good! I went to her with a disaster of a bridesmaid dress that came in from China and was waaaay too small. I had read her other review and thought that, being a dress-​maker, she would be able to help. She surpassed my expectations!
First, she offered me several different suggestions as to how she could fix the dress and make it look good. I opted to buy more fabric. This dress was triple-​layered, including satin and silk, and she managed to put in panels on the side that blended in perfectly with the rest of the dress. Not only could you not tell that the dress had been altered but it also ended up looking great because it was a perfect fit!
I definitely recommend Irina Sigal for any dress making or alteration needs and will go back to her in the future.

I recently had my short lace wedding dress altered here. I was concerned about the delicate material so I did my homework before going to Irina Sigal. The results were perfect, done in a timely fashion, and reasonably priced.