Haute Couture

I’ve gone to Joana for two separate dresses and both times, her work was impeccable. She definitely knows what she’s doing and works quickly. Also pretty reasonably priced!

I bought my wedding dress off the rack at a consignment shop many MANY sizes too big and when I took it to Joanna, it needed more than just a few minor alterations. Joanna essentially rebuilt the dress to my specifications and gave me a gorgeous, custom-​made dress that perfectly fit my vision and the theme of my wedding. Going that route certainly made things more stressful and when I questioned my decision to buy such a difficult dress and debated scrapping it entirely and ordering a new dress, she was there for me and assured me the finished dress would be perfect. It truly was! I had 4 – 5 fittings over the course of 6 months and during that time, I lost 10 pounds. Joanna patiently took in the dress each time it needed to be smaller. She is an incredibly talented and skilled seamstress, with an eye for design and great instinct, and I knew I could trust her to give me a dress that flattered me on my wedding day. The dress fit my body perfectly, I felt gorgeous and got so many compliments. You are in good hands with Joanna.

Joanna is a wonderful seamstress! My daughter and I came to her with wedding dress and mother of the bride dress. She made it look simple to make our dresses look even that much better. She needed to take a significant amount of hem off the bottom of the wedding dress and you would have never known. My daughter was a beautiful winter bride with the help of Joanna. I felt that much more confident in my pretty dress that she made look better. Thank you Joanna.

Joanna is amazing. She did my wedding dress alterations and did a fabulous job! She has amazing ideas how to make you even more beautiful in your dress! She also designed and creates wedding dresses! She is very detail oriented and you can trust her to do a great job!

Her price is extremely reasonable and she tells you what looks best. You can tell she knows what she is doing and she knows how to make you look the best you possibly can.

Just today I got back my bridesmaids dress that Joanna altered. It is the most amazing alteration job I have ever seen! I had to have the dress taken in 3″ and had to have the hook-​and-​eye replaced, and it was not a normal bridesmaids dress but one bought at a store off the rack. It literally looks like the dress was made like that! The seams are beautiful and she really took the time to take the dress out, resize it and stitch it all back together beautifully.
Even better? Such reasonable prices. When I get married or have other alterations I will always use Joanna. So friendly, such great service and amazing prices. Thank goodness I found her!
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Joanna is a miracle worker! As somebody who normally wears a size 10, I was shocked when a bridal shop ordered me a size 22. I chalked it up to weird bridesmaid dress sizing and called it a day. Then the dress came in. It literally would not stay up on me and I realized the dress would have to be reconstructed. With only 2 months until the wedding day, I was so thankful to find Joanna.
I took the dress in expecting to pay out the wazoo for the alterations. Joanna’s price was beyond reasonable at a mere $ 50! It only took two weeks to correct it. Upon picking it up, I was in awe of how perfectly it fit while still looking like the original design of the dress.
The wedding day was this past weekend. Some of the other bridesmaids got their dresses altered at other places (including the actual bridal shop) and had weird issues with fabric sticking out, awkward tightness in certain spots, etc. My dress looked flawless. I cannot thank Joanna enough.

I had 2 bridesmaids dresses altered. One had to be completely deconstructed. Both look AMAZING! I, honestly, could not have asked for anything better. Super quick turn around.

Joanna is awesome. My dress was way too big for me and she fixed it beautifully with only one fitting. Also, my gilrs dresses didn’t come in until the week before the wedding and she got them done with a smile as well. She is awesome. I highly recommend her!

Joanna knows what she is doing! I recently went here to get my bridesmaid dress altered (after reading the reviews on Unilocal). Although I was measured and accordingly given the size to order at House of Brides, my dress came and was HUGE– it was like 2 sizes too big. So I was really worried about how the alterations would come out, since the dress was kind of odd and poofy to begin with… But they came out great! You seriously couldnt even tell I had it altered, it was perfect! OH and the price was awesome as well (pretty much half of what House of Brides would have charged).

The best… just the best.
Before I was even engaged, my best friend told me that when I got married, I had to use Joanna for my wedding dress. After seeing how gorgeous my friend looked in her perfectly altered Monique Lhuillier gown, I knew she was right.
I went to Joanna with my very simple Amsale trumpet gown in the hopes that she could make the dress a little more «me.» After some discussion, we agreed to put an organza illusion neckline on my strapless gown and added a dramatic bow on the back. I am absolutely in LOVE with the final outcome!
Bottom line– Joanna is amazing. She knows what flatters, what works, and how to make things fit. Listen to whatever she tells you and you can’t go wrong!

I just got married in September 2009 and Joanna did all of the alterations necessary on my wedding dress. She did a wonderful job and altered the dress according to my specifications. I would highly recommend her not only for wedding dress alterations, but for other clothing items as well. She even altered my husband’s suit that he wore for the wedding and did a beautiful job! Joanna is the person who I will go to for any and all future alterations.

Joanna is the owner of this establishment and she is one wonderful Polish woman!
I got married in March and was referred to this lovely woman by Becky B., also of Unilocal-​ing fame. She had Joanna make all of her bridesmaid dresses in different styles, using material which she purchased.
I wasn’t so in need, but I did need a jacket fashioned to match the dress that I was wearing. I told her what I wanted, she listened carefully, and let me know what things would look right on my body type, and what would not. I also let her know that I was paying for my own wedding, and couldn’t necessarily afford crazy amounts of moolah spent.
She actually sent me out to a specific store to purchase some materials that would be more affordable, and used them to make my jacket, which lowered the price. For altering my dress and my jacket, the overall price-​tag was quite reasonable.
She and her staff are wonderful, and will make anything that you need!