Perfect Tailoring

I was looking for a good tailor in Milpitas and always had good luck with a Unilocal search. My good luck continues as I found Amy of «Perfect Tailoring». She does such amazing, professional,
intricate work on my clothes, that they look like they came that way from the manufacturer! I introduced Amy to my cousin, who has given her everything from suit blazers to sport windbreakers, and she was equally impressed with her work! 5 out of 5 stars for Amy :)
A perfect score for a perfect tailor!
B & W

After spending whole my life dealing with long sleeves and pants, I have decided to find alternation shop rather than shopping for new clothes.
Few things to get altered over last weeks and she did a wonderful job. I am glad I found this place and will definitely take all my pants here from now on.
Excellent service, reasonable price, and phenomenal job.

The service and results are definitely worth 4 stars, but the turn-​around time was awful.
I came here on September 5^th to get a dress hemmed, and a skirt and a pair of shorts taken in. The lady was very nice and efficient. She pinned each item perfectly and gave me a receipt for pickup on September 14^th.
Because of work, I was unable to get to the store until September 17^th. Upon arrival, the only garment that was completely finished was the dress. The lady apologized, but she stated that the other garments would not be completed until the following week.
The work itself was very average. I’ve had clothing altered elsewhere, and the results were fairly similar. It wasn’t worth driving 10 miles out of my way to get my clothes altered here.
All in all, if I was in Milpitas or if I had a difficult garment to alter, I would take it here. For basic items, I would rather go elsewhere that can complete the service in an efficient manner.

I love coming here for alterations. The lady who works here is always so sweet and has a huge smile on her face. You can tell she really enjoys doing this for people. The prices are very decent and I am always pleased with everything I’ve had altered, whether its a dress that is too long, a top that shows a little too much, or jeans that drag on the ground. I’d highly recommend coming here!

I took some work shirts that were too big here once, and she did a good job taking them in.
With that in mind, I thought of bringing in a project, to sew pockets into pants for knee armor for motorcycle riding. At first, she acted like it was a bizarre request, which was offputting. If she didn’t want to do it, she should have said no. But she took it, and said 2 weeks. After 6 weeks the answer was still «next week.» When I finally got my item back, the pockets were on the wrong side of the fabric. I wanted them outside, not inside. She gave me an excuse about the fabric not being able to be sewn on the other side, but she obviously just got it wrong. Again, if there really was a problem with what I wanted, she should have said no.
So I ended up with an item that needs to be fixed by someone else, and foolishly I paid her fee. I should have just walked out.

Never coming back.
Came here two times and both times the seamstress told me to leave and come back later.
I had heard such great reviews about her, but she always seems to be so piled up on work. She needs to hire more people to keep up with the demand.

This place has the worst service ever. I called her to ask her how fast could I have my stuff if I brought them in on Wednesday afternoon and she said «tomorrow». When I brought in my jeans to get hemmed, she told some she’ll have them ready on Saturday. I come in on Saturday and she acted very incompetent and flustered and says my stuff isn’t ready. Do not promise someone you will have it ready at a certain time and not have it ready. That is very bad business practice, to ruin someone’s time just because you can’t manage your time wisely and over promise. Keep your word or else I’m going somewhere else, which is what I am gonna do here.

Here, I’m writing only about my experience of visiting the place in this review and not about their service. I was in need of an alteration work to one of my clothes and found this place based on Unilocal reviews. To find the exact address is a bit tricky and the Google Android map din’t help me greatly either. Perfect Tailoring is located after a bakery store Le Rêve Patisserie et Café (Turn Right after the bakery) and then again, spot it after a barber shop. Finally, met this Korean seamstress, who spoke less English as fellow Unilocalers rightly pointed out. I explained to her what my cloth needed to be altered and also specified I want it back a little early, say within 2 day’s time. She gave me an estimation of one week’s time and honestly stated that she can’t do anytime before that. Here, I wanted to appreciate that she was straight forward in handling her customers, whether first time or not (doesn’t matter attitude), rather than falsely getting into a commitment and being problematic to such customers for not able to deliver their things on time. I then went to a different store and got my work done fabulously.
If needed, hope to give this place another try at a later point in time!!!

Amy is the best! She is our seamstress! We have brought her designer jeans, st. John suits, and even kids costumes! It’s never a disappointment! Always pleased with her work!

I’ve been to this shop a few times, the lady is very nice, pricing is reasonable and her work is good. However, they were never delivered on time.
The first time I went there was in August, I brought a dress there to shorten and she told me it would be ready on Friday. I had to leave town on Friday and I needed that dress for an event. I went to pick the dress up at her shop, turned out it was not even started. From then on, I always go a day or two later than her estimated completion date and so far it has been working well.
Then I drop a coat off there for lining repairs on ¹¹⁄₉ (Monday) and her ticket said it would be done on ¹¹⁄₁₃ (Friday). I was busy for a whole week and ended up picking up my coat on 11/​23, 10 days after the supposed completion date. Again, the coat was not started. This is my only coat and I’m going out of town for Thanksgiving, so I returned the ticket and got my coat back as-​is.
I know that good work takes time and I don’t mind if she gives me a later completion date at all, but I don’t want to drive over only to find out my garment hasn’t even been worked on. It’s very disappointing.

Service was EXCELLENT! Extremely nice lady. Will definitely recommend to everyone.
Brought a dress in to alter, bring it home and find that its still to big, brought it in to the lady to do it again, she didnt wana charge me!
And i need it urgently the next day. Gave her a tip at the end of the day for doing it twice!

I love coming here to get my clothes alter (cause I’m short!) Her turn around time is about 2 days which is pretty good compare to other places that I been too.

I have been here a few times now for some alterations. I went in most recently on a Saturday afternoon before they were closing and asked that two of my boyfriends’ work shirts (collared button up, long sleeve) be altered so that they could be a bit smaller and have more of a slim fit. I brought another collared shirt that fit him better since he could not come with me — I let the tailor keep this for measuring as an example. I feel bad for forgetting her name :/​
She said it would be ready by Thursday and told me it would be $ 40 for two shirts. She also gave me my ticket and said to bring it back on Thursday. The only reason I am giving 4 stars is because the language barrier could be a bit difficult for both of us haha. However, she did a fantastic job with the shirts and they fit him perfectly :)
I am always satisfied with their work and this is our go-​to alteration place in the South Bay!

I just picked up my first batch of alterations and I’m dumbfounded by the quality of work. I showed up on Saturday with no appointment and a stack of suits and dress shirts in need of major adjustments. I have a horrific time buying dress shirts because my neck is 18″ while my waist is 36″, so anything off the rack usually results in a tent-​like appearance. This wonderful seamstress turned my ill-​fitting wardrobe into a finely tailored closet of colorful options. She shortened cuffs, slimmed down sleeves, and shaped each shirt to compliment my physique. I have an athletic build but prefer the tailored European look with my suits, and she’s helped me to accomplish that with every single garment in only a week’s time.
Ma’am… you’ve earned a customer for life. I’m emptying my closet and heading over tomorrow to have you fix everything I own. Thank you for doing what you do so very well.

My dress turned out to be perfect! [:
She did a wonderful job.
Thank you!

The lady here speaks very little english but if you want to make sure that she does what you want, I suggest that you bring in a picture as an example to be sure.
I brought my wife’s jeans in to be hemmed and my jeans to be tapered under the knees. I showed her a picture of how I wanted my jeans to «stack» at the bottom and she knew exactly where to «taper» them after she saw how the jeans fit on me. I got them back and they were perfect. I bought some fairly expensive jeans and was worried about the outcome but I am happy!
I went back two days later and had some more of my jeans tapered in!
Highly recommend!!!

UPDATED REVIEW: I just dropped off a faux fur vest today and I need it done in 2 days which she accommodated without charge — and she had it ready in time. Maybe she’s just too nice and accepts everyone’s rush request which is why some of the other orders get pushed back.
Anyway, she’s definitely redeemed herself and i’m updating the review to 5* :) I’ll def come back for the convenience and price, and even if I need items by a certain date, I will still probably come — but just make it known clearly that I definitely need my items by such and such date.
BTW — The faux fur vest alteration cost only $ 35 to take in the sides and shorten the length in the front, I checked another alterations place and they were going to charge me $ 200?! That’s more than the vest even cost… I didn’t see any alteration reviews on Unilocal for «faux fur» stuff so I’ll update my review with results after I get it back :) — FYI, the vest fit great. Will def be back for all my alterations needs!
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Alterations here are quick and easy (and cheap!). I’d really like to give a 5 because the tailoring here is excellent but its happened to me 2x that my clothes weren’t ready by the time they were supposed to be — and I didn’t request rush or anything. Both times I went, none of my clothes’ alterations had been started yet. It’s not a huge hassle for me because I work nearby so I can come back easily, but if I didn’t it could be an inconvenience.
Also as others mentioned, the Korean lady’s English is somewhat limited. It’s usually pretty easy to get your point across and come to an agreement, but if you’re doing something complicated, bring a Korean speaking person: P

I came here just because my regular alteration place was closed for the day. I was in dire need to get my pants repaired so I found this small place! I was a bit iffy at first because it was a new place, but once I went inside. the lady smiled at me and said hello (which always makes a good first impression!)! I tried my pants on and I asked her shorten them + taper them a little bit. She said the pants would be ready in two days!
I got the pants back not expecting much but they fit perfectly! I’ve came back here about 2 or 3 times since my first visit, and I might just become a regular :) I highly recommend this place!

I recently had two pairs of dress pants hemmed here. This is a small shop nestled in a similarly small shopping center. I never had any issues finding parking here.
As you enter Perfect Tailoring you will notice that its a small operation. It’s one large room where you can see everyones clothes hanging on racks, and the single dressing room is behind a curtain next to the counter. Luckily when I came to drop the pants off there weren’t any other customers and I got taken care of quickly. I tried the pants on and together we agreed on a good length.
The lady working here is very sweet, and also very quiet. I know she can understand English well, but not sure how well she can speak it. Although, hemming pants is a relatively simple alteration so this wasn’t an issue for me.
When i picked the pants up the woman was helping another girl with alterations on a dress, so unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to try my pants on. I paid $ 18 for both pants. The alteration came out great, all the stitching looked just as good as the original.
The woman informed me she could finish them in one day, however I was out of town and had to come a few days later. Sounds like a quick turn around here though.
Overall good service and work done here.

I’ve come back several times since my first visit, and I’m always so happy with Amy’s work.
I’ve gotten pants, skirts, and dresses altered and I’ll never go anywhere else!