McGrew Studios

This place has Awesome service!!! I seriously have never been helped this good. Friendly staff and very creative:) I will defiantly be back.

Jen took time out of her very busy day recently to sit down and give me an hour long interview about her business. She is very kind and after watching her customer interactions I could tell that she is willing and able to make pretty much anything you can think up. The designs displayed in her shop are very beautiful, intricate and most importantly accurate to the time period (obviously she does her research). I would recommend McGrew’s Studio to anyone who asked!

Love this place! They were able to do a dress alteration for me for a very reasonable price and a quick turn around. Great results with a great price. Plus, they’re cool, so there’s that.

I cannot say enough complimentary things about Jen. I called her crying Thursday night with a dress nightmare. Not only did she pick up her phone (miracle!) She cleared her calendar and made sure the dress was Cinderella perfect in the nick of time. She was kind, sweet, affirming and reassuring. If you’re in a pinch and need a Fairy Godmother (or not in a pinch!) Jen McGrew is the seamstress for you! She is an A+, wonderful lady all around.

In 2009 I had a corset made by the studio. Selected my own fabric, measured to my size, and the style I wanted. When it was finished, I noticed a discrepency in the side curves, I sent it back and the issue was promptly rectified. I recommended them, and have since seen nothing short of excellence come out of the studio. They’ve expanded from corsets and slipcovers and also make outstanding costumes for all occasions, do alterations, tailor made creations, set design, bridal, set design, AND have a lot of steampunk connections and items.
Over the years McGrews has raised the bar, produced outstanding theatrical and custom clothing, and strived for nothing less than the absolute best. An immaculate example of the amazing talent right here in Utah.

McGrew Studios saved my backside!
I have been drooling over the pieces I had the pleasure of seeing on a movie set, these magnificent leather works of art, created by McGrew Studios. Just walking into her studio is a visual treat akin to a rich decadent chocolate truffle. :D
I am a local artist, that does custom boots and other costume pieces and I found myself in a bind of an emergency on a commission that I was working on (costume boots), and the owner of McGrew’s Studios welcomed me in, last min, around her busy schedule, helped me find the materials that would match perfectly the piece I was needing, and then put it all together for me. I am forever grateful, as the boots were then ready to ship off to Qatar the next day, all thanks to Jennifer McGrew and her amazing studio. I found her prices beautifully priced with her level of masterful workmanship, and I could not have been happier with my experience working with her studio, and am looking forward to again in the future. Thank you!

Made my wedding day perfect by creating my dream dress!
I was found by McGrew studio some about 6 years ago and have had a number of corsets built by them. They are amazing. Last year, when I was planning my wedding, I searched high and low for the perfect dress. Sadly, the perfect dress only existed in my mind. I had McGrew studio make my dress and it turned out perfectly to what I had envisioned in my head. Jen is an amazing seamstress who can sew anything.

The worst $ 1400+ I’ve ever spent! Please read!
I found McGrew Studios here on Unilocal,and after reading Su C.‘s review, I decided to check them out. I needed custom Lady Gaga costumes made by a very skilled seamstress, and that is what I thought I had found.
After meeting with Jen, I believed she was very skilled in her craft. Beautiful, intricate costumes covered the walls and ceilings, so I thought no doubt that my costumes would be easy for her.
After deciding on the costumes to be made, she gave me a quote and insisted on collecting a deposit. I thought that since it would cost almost $ 2000 for 2 jackets and 2 foam shoulder insets to be made, that a deposit was reasonable. Going forward, she agreed that I could make payments since that was quite a huge amount of money. She also agreed to make me two custom body suits for $ 200 each — even though I provided the body shaper and fabric for her to use (unreasonable price!).
As I visited the next 2 times, I gave her $ 200 each time in payments for the costumes. Upon the 3^rd meeting, she demanded full payment for all of the costumes, even though they had not been finished! You wouldn’t ever go to a store and give your money to someone with nothing in return! They claimed on multiple occasions that they needed the money «to keep our lights on» and «pay the bills.» I’m sorry, but my financial responsibility is to pay for finished costumes, NOT your bills.
Scared by her many threats via email and voicemail, I paid for the rest of the first jacket ($ 700 for jacket, $ 300 for the shoulder pad inserts). Plus she had $ 400 of mine for two custom bodysuits, which I still hadn’t received. After giving her the $ 1000, she sent me picture messages of the the jacket process, to which I was excited because it looked like it was turning out nicely. Boy was I wrong.
She did finally give me one of the bodysuits I had ordered. The day she gave it to me, I had a Lady Gaga performance in SLC to which I would wear it. Upon the FIRST time wearing it, it ripped up the back and up the sides. I was extremely upset with this poor craftsmanship, but she claimed it was just part of «wear and tear» and that she would not repair it for me.
Since I now live in Vegas, I had a girlfriend of mine to to her studio to pick up the finished jacket and mail to me. When I got the jacket, I found it to be of CHEAP material and VERY poorly constructed. Being a professional seamstress myself at one point, I was able to see all the careless mistakes made within the jacket, as though she threw it together in order to get paid. «Couture» construction is one thing, but unsymmetrical pleats and untrimmed seams are just ridiculous.
Dissatisfied with the final outcome, I wrote to her expressing my concern and that I would like a refund or SOMETHING done, to which she denied me. She claimed that when she gave the jacket to my friend that it released her of any liability of the costume and that I would have to take it AS IS! Is this any way to run a business? Whatever happened to 100% satisfaction guarantee? I am now stuck with a POS lady gaga jacket that I cannot wear since it is so poorly constructed that it doesn’t even fit correctly.
I would stay FAR away from this company. There are MANY other brilliant costume makers that will charge a quarter of the price for the same garment and better construction.