Allure Alterations

Do not bring your clothes here!!! I cannot stress that enough. Work clothes of mine had been there for 10 days for simple changes like taking them in a size. Less than 24 hours before picking them up the owner Leanna calls me to tell me they haven’t even started on them!!! Completely unacceptable. She said not only would it be another week or longer but she would not offer me any discount because, as she rudely said, «I still have to pay my people». After 9 days, not having one of 9 items started is unacceptable. Even if they had to close for ONE day like she stated. Never once apologized when I came to pick up the UNALTERED items. She should not be in business.

friendly and good work.

I was on the hunt for a good alterations shop and this place is it! I needed a jacket o be completely reworked including the lining and they made it happen, sooner than I thought too.

I am a petite so I frequently need things to be taken in and shortened. I have taken about 8 pieces of clothes here for alterations (dresses, skirts, jeans, and tops). The work has exceeded my expectations! The stitching is clean and the clothes look as if they were purchased this way. My only complaint would be the alterations are a bit pricey. Overall recommended!

Used to love going here about 3 – 4 years ago, but recently the prices have gone way up and the quality way down.
The last straw was when I brought in a brand new expensive peacoat to have the sleeves taken in about 3 inches (i’m short) About $ 80 later, I bring home the coat to find out the stiching is uneven on one of the elbows! Thank goodness it is on the underside, but that’s something that is unacceptable from a tailor! They should have seen that before sending it out to me.

I brought in a two piece special occasion outfit. I requested the zipper be replaced in the top and the taffeta skirt was a little too full at the bottom. To replace the zipper was $ 54.00. Okay. A little pricey, but I agreed. To take in the taffeta skirt: $ 190.00! ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY DOLLARS!!! I left the top there for the zipper replacement and took the taffeta skirt to a young woman who sews out of her home. She charged me $ 20.00. I kid you not. She said it was easy, it didn’t take her long — and she did a great job! Allure did do an excellent job in replacing the zipper.

I can no longer support Leann and her little alteration shop. She has performed poorly on tailoring enough items of mine that I have to come clean. Over the years I have taken jeans, dresses, and jackets to be altered and the results have been okay to poor. She altered a dress for me and just like Linda, put in padding without letting me know. It worked out fine so I ignored it but would of been nice to have been told about that. She also altered some jeans of mine which she did a decent job on, but I know of other places around town that can do a wayy better job where you wont even be able to tell there was stitching.
The real kicker is my lovely jacket… I took it to her to mend the elbows and redo the lining and she ended up making one arm shorter than the other. I left it with her to fix and when I picked it up everything seemed to be fixed. Well shortly after the elbows were messed up again and so I decided to take it to another tailor. I came to find out that she did a piss poor job on the lining and it was all twisted and messed up on the inside.
I’m not saying Leann can’t do some things right, but I had to pay her way too much money only to have to take it somewhere else to have someone fix her previous mistakes.
I won’t be taking anything here again.

I sort of just stumbled upon this place not knowing what to expect since I found it online. The results ended up being mixed.
I came in needing to alter a bridesmaid dress to the extreme and they did a wonderful job catering to my size. However some of the changes they did I had no idea they were doing! For instance, they had sewn in padded boob inserts (excuse me fellas) into my dress without telling me. It ended up being great but I definitely would have liked to have known in advance. Further, they called me a few days before pickup to tell me they made a mistake on my price estimate and that it was going to be more expensive. This was an unfortunate inconvenience since no one likes to be sprung like that.
Overall though, their work can’t be denied despite the few little bumps.

If you need any sort of alterations, this is the place to go in Houston… my friend Leanna is the owner and she’ll fix you right up! They also have a cleaners next door, but I’ve never used it. Been to Allure many times and never had any issues — highly recommended.