Guillermo Couture

I have begun to get back to my couture design sketches, and I needed to find a tailor for a dress that I designed for my friends wedding reception.
I sent an email to request an appointment along with a picture of my design sketch. I didn’t hear back for over a week, so I sent a message via Unilocal.
They never replied to my email, but they replied to my Unilocal message; and they confirmed an appointment opening, for which I immediately replied and confirmed on my end.
I called them the day of the appointment to let them know I was running five minutes late as my friend and I were buying the fabrics at Mood. The lady asked who I was and said that Guiermo had already left for the day. I told her that I have an appointment, and I told her that I did.
Holy RUDENESS… She said, «you never had a confirmation,» and I said that I had a direct one via Unilocal from the man himself. She then said that I must have never confirmed back, and I told her to look at the messages… And then she realized that I did. She then interrogated me about why I didn’t confirm or send an email, and so I told her that I did and that no one had replied in the first place so that I had used Unilocal.She then said that they wouldn’t have been able to help without seeing the sketch…
She then pulled up the original email and realized that I was not lying. She said, «well, you do know that we do couture»… Duh, lady. You are a custom tailor, it’s the same thing. She asked me for what my budget was before I confirmed another appointment, and I said «never mind my budget, what is your estimate for the dress?» I told her that we already bought the fabrics, $ 200 worth of French lace and silks… She then said, «we normally handle the fabric…»
Never trust a salesman that asks you how much you can afford… That is shady. So she said that they start at $ 3800…I asked if that included what she would have charged for the design and the fabric plus their markup, and she said that it was her starting price for the tailoring only…
Yeah, good luck with that…
I don’t recommend this place… They can’t even be present for an appointment, let alone manage email or Unilocal communications. At least learn to apologize and show some respect rather than being rude to a «no longer potential» customer.

I found Guillermo in NYMagazine Weddings list for tailors. I bought a dress from the bridal garden, and you basically buy the dress off the rack. I found a beautiful dress but because you’re not allowed to try the dress with heels on I didn’t realize when I purchased my heels the dress was too short and wearing flats was not even an option for me. I’m a heels girl. My dress was an asymmetrical mermaid lace corseted gown. I loved my dress but I needed the front to be longer! Guillermo assured me he could take lace from the train and you would not notice it. He attached it to the front to give me the length I needed, he painstakingly attached the lace in the front and it was perfect. for the amount of work he did on it, the price was very reasonable. This is not a dry cleaner tailor, he is talented and knows what he’s doing, I saw him constructing wedding dresses from scratch when I went in for my fittings. You don’t want to trust your wedding dress to a neighborhood tailor, and Guillermo is anything but that!
I also wound up getting a second reception dress a little less structured and easier to dance in, I found a Marchesa illusion back dress listed on preowned wedding dresses, it was a steal as it was brand new never been worn by the bride, (she went for a more traditional indian gown instead) I was eyeing the dress for a long time and when I saw it I had to go for it. The problem was the gown was a size 8 and I’m a size ²⁄₄. The gown was so delicate, fabric was tulle and chiffon with beading and embroidery over the tulle layer. We had a bunch of fittings on this dress as the work involved was so detailed. first we had the chiffon slip fitted to my body and then he cut the tulle with beading and embroidery to match. (Marchesa Poppy gown– you can see how delicate the fabric is). The end result was beautiful. He did an amazing job. I will say to the prior reviews, if people are worried about waiting till the very end make sure you say you need the dress by a certain date. It gets busy during wedding season as I’m sure all popular vendors know… so if you’re aware of this be proactive. I got married Labor Day weekend but because I kept unintentionally losing weight I wanted to get my final fitting closer to my wedding date. I didn’t want my dress to look baggy on me! I still was able to pick up my dresses a week prior to my wedding and they were perfect. Guillermo also made a floating cathedral veil for me for less than half what the stores were selling it for. I showed him a picture from BHLDN and he created the same veil for me.
I loved my dresses and Guillermo did an amazing job!

I was the surrogate mother to the bride! My best friend’s daughter was getting married — but Mom was across the country. Added to the challenge was the groom’s mother desire to have the bride wear her wedding dress from decades ago. My chore was to get the dress styled and tailored.
Where does one go?
I was referred to Guillermo Couture and to get to the point it was godsend.
Guillermo understood the objectives, aesthetic and the deadline?
He scheduled appointments to suit our schedules and produced a garment that literally caused gasps and tears as she walked down the aisle.
Great Eye! Great guy! Great experience!!!
And his couture garments are insane!

just stay away. Who needs the stress of working with these people on your wedding dress. Trust me when I tell you, you do not want this two days before your wedding.

Guillermo saved my wedding dress! After weeks and weeks going back and forth to a terrible seamstress in Brooklyn I ended up with a terrible uneven patchy looking dress 2 days before my wedding that was unwearable.
I emailed Guillermo late at night telling him my situation and my incredibly short time frame. He saw me first thing the next morning and completely fixed the dress in a day and a half. Not only did he rescue me but the quality was far superior, the atmosphere was calm and welcoming and the cost was very reasonable.
I cannot recommend Guillermo highly enough, he is my absolute wedding dress savior!

I agree with Stella and Rinata’s review below. Avoid at all costs. Charges exorbitant prices upfront, then produces products worth nothing close to what you paid. Totally unorganized. Every single appointment was rescheduled. A dress he said would take 2 weeks to make I couldnt pick up until 2 months later, and I had to sit and wait in the office for 45 minutes while the seamstress was frantically trying to finish. I ended up demanding a refund when I got the dress because it was made so terribly (the refund I thankfully did get). Do your research and find somewhere else.

I agree with below review. Don’t go to Guillermo. He asks for payment first, and seems all nice, but after he gets his money he’s horrible. So unorganized. Doesn’t remember his appointments and doesn’t really seem to care and take his time altering your dress. Doesn’t really work on your dress until the last minute!
I took my wedding dress to Guillermo because I saw him on the NY mag list for good wedding tailors. I don’t know what the f**k NY mag was thinking. He’s NOT GOOD. I had about 4 fittings and he never had anything done until the day before I came to pick it up. He had me stressed out until I finally picked up my dress. Not a good experience. He even forgot that he had an appt with me one day and he looked all confused when I came in. He literally had nothing done every time I came in, so I kept asking him why nothing was being done. He always ended up giving me 100 000 excuses.
Finally the day before I had to pick it up, he had everything finished, BUT I went in twice in one day just because it was done SO last minute. AND I work, so it was VERY inconvenient that I had to go back twice. It looked fine, but the process was horrible. He doesn’t seem to care about your dress since he got paid up front. BEWARE. DO NOT GO TO SOMEONE WHO ASKS FOR PAYMENT FIRST. This actually reminds me that I will write to NY magazine that they should take him off the list.

I dont recommend this place for any bride who wants to have her dress tailerd. I had to buy another dress a week before my wedding due to the bad work done on my dress. Horrible!