Top Tailor

I hate buying clothes. No, really… I hate clothes shopping. I can’t stand the act of not being able to find something I like, then finally finding something and it being in the wrong size or the total worst… FINALLY finding something that I love, and it breaks.
I was in this conundrum before Swingamjig festival. I have a fabulous 1950’s swing dress (which I have worn to death), but sometime last year the zip just disintegrated. Now, it was a fairly old and very well loved dress, so it’s not a surprise — but I was devastated. But what to do? I have used a couple of places in the City before but found them to be very expensive for something as simple as fixing a zip. I remembered a recommendation from Joanne D. (she got her bag fixed by these guys) and took my beloved dress down to Piccadilly arcade.
The tailor’s is on the top end of the Arcade (closer to New Street than Stephenson Street) and has clear signage. It looks like a bit of a jumble sale inside (with garments everywhere and a sewing machine on the counter), but this is probably a sign of their popularity in the City.
I popped in around 11am to see what the damage would be for the dress. I was greeted with a warm smile and welcomed in to the store. I handed the offending garment over to them and they had a brief look. I was offered a replacement zip service for £8 (which really isn’t bad) and told it would be ready the next day (in time for the festival). Feeling very relieved, I paid in advance and left it there.
I actually couldn’t get back the next day (busy times), but popped in the day after to collect. You honestly wouldn’t know it had been fixed! They managed to pop in a very strong replacement «hidden» zip which is even better than the original one! The staff seem to really know what they are doing, service is friendly, prices are very reasonable (I remember Jo saying they fixed a zip on her bag for £3) and I was very pleased with the work they had done. If you have a garment in need of a bit of TLC, you could do far worse than popping into Top Tailors and seeing what they can do.