Lora Dukler Couture

I recently took some items to Lora Dukler. I have a habit of buying dresses from discount stores in a size too big, and then have them taken in so that they fit perfectly. I used to have a great place in NY that would take these dresses in for a song and a dance. Not so much at Lora Dukler’s. I paid $ 49 for one dress, but she was going to charge me almost $ 200 to take it in in a couple of different places. My jaw almost dropped to the floor. I passed on getting that one done.
Then I asked her to take in another dress that needed much less work so the pricing was more reasonable. She did a great job, but I still felt like it was pricey for the amount of work done. I also asked for her to shorten a couple of my husband’s ribbon belts from Polo — that was the best deal that day and he was very happy with them.
The work was good, and i got it back in a week but for the most part it was overpriced. I will keep looking for my go-​to tailor.